Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

One of the few, true ballet masters of our times, Alonzo King brings his celebrated contemporary ballet company on a first visit to Ireland to perform in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre as part of Dublin Dance Festival 2016.

King bridges classical technique and modernity in these two exquisite and sensual choreographies, brought to life by twelve outstanding dancers. Shostakovich takes ballet to extreme dimensions with its fierce and focussed energy. Set to four Shostakovich string quartets, King pushes the dancers to the limit, as they revel in the space between harmony and discord. This is followed by the deeply evocative and joyful Rasa, performed to an exhilarating original score by Grammy-winning Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain.