‘A tribute to my mother “Kay” … my smiling bulbul who left her cage.’- Aakash Odedra Bird song is ephemeral–like dance, it exists only in the moment—sung once, then lost to time. Nightingales, or “Bulbils”, hold a special place in Persian culture, with their song representing a spiritual seeker, yearning for union with the divine. […]

Two platforms in one evening of dance. SIGNATURES and BLACK BRITISH DANCE PLATFORM come together to showcase emerging and developing dancers and choreographers locally, nationally and internationally for a unique mixed bill performance. SIGNATURES TETHERED – Jameel Hendricks TETHERED is a new ballet centred around a particular sector of the human experience expressed through the music selection, and the virtuous […]

Ballet Hispánico return to Curve for Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2025 with their electrifying reimagining of CARMEN, a contemporary take on Bizet’s beloved classic. The physically charged and sensual choreography fuses contemporary dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble, flamenco and movement of the Latin American Diaspora. The full-length work is choreographed by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, whose work, 18+1, […]

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company return to Curve in 2025 with THE MIDNIGHT BELL. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound streets of Soho and Fitzrovia. Step inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to […]