Hofesh Shechter
Venice Dance Biennale review – Wayne McGregor delivers sinners and shapeshifters
The British choreographer’s programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from Rocío Molina and seven visions of vice
Chris Wiegand
29, Jul, 2022 @2:27 PM
Shechter II: Contemporary Dance 2.0 review – uplifting and strangely emotional
Arts Depot, London; and touring
The young dancers nurtured by Hofesh Shechter rise to the challenge of his teasing 2019 work with irresistible confidence
The young dancers nurtured by Hofesh Shechter rise to the challenge of his teasing 2019 work with irresistible confidence
Sarah Crompton
10, Jul, 2022 @8:00 AM
Shechter II: Contemporary Dance 2.0 review – young steppers pulse to a clubby score
Hofesh Shechter’s hardworking junior company move through Latin, locking, electronic beats and Bach
Lyndsey Winship
28, Apr, 2022 @10:39 AM
Hofesh Shechter Company: Double Murder review – never less than compelling
Shechter’s heartfelt response to the pandemic, The Fix, is shaded by his 2016 work Clowns, both performed with spectacular commitment
Sarah Crompton
19, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
Double Murder review – ghoulish and gripping with hippy hugs
Hofesh Shechter presents two contrasting pieces: Clowns, which lambasts our seeming indifference to violence, and a tender antidote called The Fix
Sanjoy Roy
16, Sep, 2021 @1:21 PM
Political Mother: The Final Cut; The Life and Times review – Shechter and Clevillé on film
Hofesh Shechter’s groundbreaking 2010 work has lost none of its power, while Scottish Dance’s Joan Clevillé revels in a single take
Sarah Crompton
27, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
Patter of tiny feet: dancers on leaping into motherhood
Juggling babies and a job is always difficult – what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?
Lyndsey Winship
03, Mar, 2021 @1:00 PM
Devastating, unviable, admin overload: UK stage companies count cost of Brexit
New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe
David Jays
24, Feb, 2021 @6:30 AM
The week in dance: Vandekeybus / Rambert, Draw from Within; Hofesh Shechter – review
Wim Vandekeybus lets Rambert loose in a nightmare, while Shechter’s solo piece has a timely sense of constriction
Sarah Crompton
04, Oct, 2020 @8:00 AM
'The thirst and drive is there': a leap forward for British dance schools
Conservatoires adapted quickly to our new normal. What sort of industry will students graduate into – and how far have we come since UK-trained dancers were said to be ‘outclassed’?
Lyndsey Winship
08, Jul, 2020 @3:30 PM
On my radar: Hofesh Shechter's cultural highlights
The Israeli-born choreographer and dancer on Netflix series Unorthodox, the joy of board games – and banana pancakes
Hofesh Shechter
02, May, 2020 @2:00 PM
'I need to get as much done as possible – I've had cancer': culture during coronavirus
George Condo has made drawings inspired by social distancing: Tansy Davies wants to make a shamanic land opera. We conclude our series on artists’ responses to lockdown
Interviews by Lyndsey Winship, Tim Jonze, Imogen Tilden, and Arifa Akbar
16, Apr, 2020 @7:47 AM
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