If you’ve recently had a baby, or are expecting one in the near future, chances are your social life has taken a backseat with finances being spent on essential baby-related items rather than going out.But expectant mothers and women who have given birth in the last six months are being offered a free night of culture, thanks to Wales Millennium Centre’s Bumps Go Free offer. New mums and mums-to-be are invited to claim a free ticket for Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2)s performance at Wales Millennium Centre at 7.30pm on Friday 19 June. Their triple bill of performances includes Offspring, which was choreographed by NDT2s Luk Timulak, who was so inspired by the baby he and wife Carolina were expecting that he created an entire dance work based around the experience. From conception to birth, Offspring is an emotionally beautiful contemporary dance work that uses dance moves, special lighting and sound effects to create the wonderment of a babys journey from the womb into the world. Its amazing that Timulak a former NDT2 dancer, who now dances with sister company Nederlands Dans Theater even made the world premiere of his work. Fittingly, the couples daughter Zoe was born just hours before the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2) took to the stage at The Hague in the Netherlands for its first performance this February. Wales Millennium Centre hopes that the piece will remind expectant mothers of the miracle of what they are experiencing. For new mothers, it offers a well-deserved rest from the joys of parenthood and a chance to reflect on their experiences. Offspring will be accompanied by two other works. Gods and Dogs, choreographed by Ji Kylin, is set to the music of Beethoven’s String Quartet Opus 18 and explores the border between normality and sanity. The programme is completed with Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16, an exhilarating, uplifting and fun company favourite set to a musical compilation of chacha, mambo and traditional Israeli music and has always received a tremendous reception from British audiences. Founded in 1978, NDT2 is the second, younger company of Nederlands Dans Theater and over the past 30 years has established a reputation for the astounding technique and boundless energy of its young dancers. The company consists of 16 dancers aged between 17 and 23 years who come from all over the world. As well as working together, the young dancers all live in the same house together in NDT's specially-built headquarters in The Hague. The UK tour is presented by Dance Consortium, of which Wales Millennium Centre is a member, and supported by Arts Council England. To find out more about this tour, and others presented by the Dance Consortium, visit the website www.DanceConsortium.com To claim your free ticket, simply call the box office on 08700 40 2000, giving the code Bumps Go Free. The offer is subject to availability. Nederlands Dans Theater 2 will be at Wales Millennium Centre on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced between £10 and £24. For more information, or to book tickets, please call the box office on 08700 40 2000 or visit www.wmc.org.uk |
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
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