Treated with trademark physical and verbal wit, Border Tales looks at multi-cultural living in the UK seen through the eyes of the characters on stage. Luca Silvestrini turns his sharply satirical gaze to stereotypical thinking, tolerance and where lines are drawn between 'them' and 'us'.

Seated in the round to bring you closer to the action, a cast of international dancers and local performers will entertain and provoke you with this amusing yet poignant look at how we perceive ourselves and each other.

Commissioned by Bath Dance, ICIA Bath, DanceEast, DanceXchange, Dance Manchester and The Place. Supported by modul-dance and the Culture Programme of the EU, Greenwich Dance, Yorkshire Dance, The Place Choreodrome, Trinity Laban, British Council and in co-production with tanzhaus nrw in the frame of modul-dance. 

Here's a link to a video of Luca talking about his thoughts on the piece while researching Border Tales in Europe in 2013. 

Audience members described Border Tales as:

"stunning, brilliant"

"simply the best dance performance I've seen in my life"

READ MORE AUDIENCE REACTIONS

 

Conceived and directed by
Luca Silvestrini
Devised and performed by
Eryck Brahmania
Salah El Brogy
Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Stephen Moynihan
Femi Oyewole / Temitope Ajose-Cutting
Yuyu Rau
Stuart Waters / Andrew Gardiner
Musician
Anthar Kharana
Composer
Andy Pink
Lighting design
Jackie Shemesh
Costume stylist
Valentina Golfieri
Assistant to Director
Patsy Browne-Hope
Valentina Golfieri
Kip Johnson
Apprentice Dancer
Jodie Honeybourne
Technical Manager
Joe Boxshall
Photography
Chris Nash
Jane Hobson
Voice coaches
Emma Bernard
Melanie Pappenheim
Jonathan Williams 
Company Manager
Francesca Moseley 

ICIA, Bath
28 November-1 December 2013 

DanceEast, Ipswich
12-15 February 2014 

The Place, London
26 February-15 March 2014

DanceXchange, Birmingham
13-17 May 2014 

Greenwich Dance, London
22-23 May 2015