The celebrated contemporary choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is returning to Australia for an exclusive season at the Sydney Opera House. He will be presenting M¡longa, a new work based on the tango.
Born in Belgium to a Flemish mother and Moroccan father, Cherkaoui is an alumnis of companies such as Rosas and Les Ballets C de la B. He has created more than 20 dance works, including Sutra and Babel, both of which have been highlights of Australian festivals. He is a resident artist at Sadlers Wells in London and has collaborated with such artists as Akram Khan, flamenco dancer Maria Pages, Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic.
In M¡longa 10 tango dancers from Buenos Aires, two contemporary dancers and a five musicians explore the social and choreographic vocabulary of tango. "What attracts me most about tango is the eternal embrace of the dancers,” Cherkaoui says. “When a tango couple dances, we sense the hypnotic dialogue between two bodies connecting intuitively, merging into one. If there is such a thing as my style of dance, it is rooted in touch, in physical contact -- and that is inherent in tango."
M¡longa
Sydney Opera House
12-15 June
Bookings/more info: here
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