{"id":16122,"date":"2018-05-02T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=16122"},"modified":"2018-05-02T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T13:44:27","slug":"hofesh-shechter-company-presents-show-at-the-mac-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/05\/hofesh-shechter-company-presents-show-at-the-mac-belfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Hofesh Shechter Company presents SHOW at The Mac Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hofesh Shechter, one of the UK dance scene\u2019s hottest properties, comes to Belfast for the first time 17<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup> May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u201cThe ultimate dance macabre\u201d (The Observer<em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16123\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/press1-3-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" \/>The internationally-acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter, whose landmark pieces include <em>Political Mother<\/em> and 2017\u2019s <em>Grand Finale<\/em>, now brings his unique, high-energy work to The MAC Belfast for the first time, as part of a UK and world tour.<\/p>\n<p>Described by the New York Times as \u201cone of the British dance scene\u2019s hottest properties\u201d, Hofesh Shechter Company presents <strong>SHOW<\/strong>, a wild and mischievous performance composed of three acts: The Entrance, Clowns and Exit.<\/p>\n<p>Combining Hofesh\u2019s bold, exhilarating and tribal choreography with a pulsating score, <strong>SHOW<\/strong> revolves around a group of anarchic performers as they play their parts in a macabre circus of comedy, murder and desire.\u00a0 It will be performed by Shechter II, the apprentice company of the celebrated choreographer, for dancers aged 18-25.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 dancers auditioned for Shechter II and the final eight, drawn from the most inspiring young talent across the world, represent the very best of the next generation of contemporary dancers. They are Riley Wolf (UK), Juliette Valerio (France), Zunnur Sazali (Singapore), Adam Khazhmuradov (Belgium), Natalia Gabrielczyk (Poland), Emma Farnell-Watson (UK), Robinson Cassarino (France) and Neal Maxwell (Switzerland).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon Magill<\/strong>, Creative Director at the MAC said: \u201cIt is a real privilege to be hosting recent Olivier nominee, Hofesh Shechter in Belfast for the first time, which continues the MAC\u2019s approach to presenting the highest quality work across all art forms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW by Hofesh Shechter is at the MAC for three nights only from 17 \u2013 19 May.<\/strong>\u00a0 For more information about the show or to book, visit themaclive.com.<\/p>\n<p>This has been supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hofesh Shechter, one of the UK dance scene\u2019s hottest properties, comes to Belfast for the first time 17th \u2013 19th May \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u201cThe ultimate dance macabre\u201d (The Observer) The internationally-acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter, whose landmark pieces include Political Mother and 2017\u2019s Grand Finale, now brings his unique, high-energy work to The MAC Belfast for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/05\/hofesh-shechter-company-presents-show-at-the-mac-belfast\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16125,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16122\/revisions\/16125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}