In contrast to previous productions by Belgian contemporary dance company Les Ballets C de la B, in their new work Out of Context there’s no live band (vsprs), no opera singers (pitié!), and no trained dogs (Wolf). Instead, choreographer Alain Platel has sought to ‘return to the fundamentals of dance’: no narrative, few clothes, little music, just [...]

When Merce Cunningham died at the end of July this year, aged 90, the Théâtre de la Ville was already preparing a tribute to the iconoclastic choreographer, as part of the Festival d’Automne. The homage has turned into an adieu and provides testament to Cunningham’s enduring importance in the world of contemporary dance. The 2-week [...]