From England with Love is an ode to this intricate and beautiful country. Through Shechter’s choreography, the dancers evoke the paradox at the heart of this open, generous, and soul-searching place, conflicted by its dark history and powerful attachment to old traditions. They draw us into their search for identity and self-knowledge. Performed to a rich score that clashes the breath-taking sounds of English composers with raging rock music alongside echoes of choir and electronics.
Playful and poignant, full of pride and paradox, From England with Love is a farewell note to old England and a peek into the heart and soul of this multifaceted place.
“The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities.” – The Times, about Hofesh Shechter
Produced by Hofesh Shechter Company.
Co-commissioned by Château Rouge, scène conventionée – Annemasse, Espace 1789, scène conventionnée danse – Saint-Ouen, Scène nationale de Bourg-en-Bresse, Düsseldorf Festival!, Escales Danse.
Supported by Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia and DanceEast.
Funded by John Ellerman Foundation and The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation and project funding from Jerwood Foundation.
Supported using public funding through Arts Council England and BNP Paribas Foundation.
This run of performances of Shechter II’s From England with Love is dedicated to Jack Keenan. Jack was a wonderful and generous supporter of DanceEast together with his wife Linda, who continues his legacy.
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