Cie 111 – Aurélien Bory/Shantala Shivalingappa
aSH

A piece by Aurélien Bory for Shantala Shivalingappa

aSH is the final and perhaps most dazzling in Aurélien Bory’s trilogy of large-scale solos for unique female dancers. It follows his Olivier Award nominated What’s Become of You? (Questcequetudeviens?) for the flamenco artist Stéphanie Fuster (LIMF 2014/Barbican) and Plexus with Japanese star Kairo Ito (LIMF2015/Sadlers Wells)

Shantala Shivalingappa leads us on a thrilling journey linking ancestral culture and innovative technology. Trained in Kuchipudi – originally a male dance form, Shantala is a New York Bessie Award-winning dancer, actor and singer who has worked with some of the greatest modern directors and choreographers including Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook and Pina Bausch. In aSH she pays homage to Shiva, God of creation and destruction. His vibration is the rhythm of the world, moving in spirals and patterns interpreted by one of the most original dancers of our time. The live soundscape is provided by Loic Schild.

Aurélien Bory’s spatially extraordinary shows have been highlights of the Mime Festival for two decades. Whether performed by French or Chinese Acrobats, industrial robots or solo dance-theatre artists, they leave us breathless and amazed.