Bridgewater Hall world premiere where dance and classical music meets electronica
- Helen Clarke
- Feb 23
- 2 min read
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Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall premieres Refractions - a live performance where "electronica, classical music and contemporary dance intertwine."
The world premiere performance from electronic artist Clark, contemporary classical ensemble Manchester Collective and choreographer Melanie Lane comes to the Manchester venue on Friday 25th April.
Conceived as one continuous musical experience by creative director and violinist Rakhi Singh, the show will draw on the vast spectrum of Clark’s music.
Rakhi Singh said: "Refractions explores ideas around the rupturing of time and our chronological experience of it - turning what we think is normal on its head and making space for new things to emerge."
The show allows for a variety of musical expressions from hard-hitting techno and world-building ambient tracks to classical compositions for strings and piano.
Refractions will take audiences on an auditory and visual journey spanning music from the last 1,000 years.
Featuring choreography by Melanie Lane for a trio of dancers, the show will offer a fresh perspective as three contrasting parts will mirror the ever-evolving dynamic of any relationship, human or musical.
The movements mimicked will be the initial discovery of joy and excitement to disintegration and destruction, before waking up in a new world of celebration and ecstasy.
Melanie Lane said: "The relationship between music and dance continues to evolve as both artforms respond to the world around us.
"The choreography I create often speaks with dynamic, visceral movement which is an expression of the human condition - chaos and harmony, light and dark, speed and stillness; these counterpoints are often at the heart of my creations."
Tickets can be purchased at manchestercollective.co.uk/refractions