Dance

A flicker originates galaxies of shades and sounds
Fusing literature, dance, space and bodily form into New Vision

A book beyond reading. Choreography beyond imagination. In creating the intriguing Tree of Codes, best-selling American author Jonathan Safran Foer literally carved out words from the 1930s novel, Street of Crocodiles, to create a “sculptured book” with a fresh story to tell. Now contemporary British choreographer Wayne McGregor has added an extraordinary twist to the tale with a swirling, immersive, free-form balletic reinvention that tests the physical limits of the performers, with dancers from Company Wayne McGregor and guest artists.

To convey the weightlessness of words on a page, installation artist Olafur Eliasson (The weather project for London’s Tate Museum, The New York City Waterfalls) constructs a kaleidoscopic landscape out of multiple mirror images, while Mercury Prize winner Jamie xx employs a tailor-made surround-sound system to move beyond the world of records into uncharted sonic realms. A vitality-filled encounter with three exceptional artistic talents who together take contemporary collaborations to enthralling new heights.