V4: The Seasons: Reviews and reaction
Sat 16 Feb 2013
We’re still humming The Four Seasons, following our concerts last week with OAE leader Kati Debretzeni and some glorious choreography from Henri Oguike’s dancers. Here’s some reviews from the night, as well as what you thought…
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Speed Interview – Henri Oguike
Wed 6 Feb 2013
As his dancers warmed up for V4: The Seasons, we spoke with choreographer Henri Oguike about some of the simple things in life.
Read MoreThe 20 best dances of all time…
Mon 4 Feb 2013
In homage to our up and coming collaboration with Henri Oguike in V4: The Seasons, we put together our 20 favourite dances of all time.
Read MoreSpeed Interview – Edward Kitchen
Sun 3 Feb 2013
As rehearsals for V4: The Seasons stopped for a well-earned coffee break, we took the opportunity to speak with dancer Edward Kitchen.
Read MoreV4: The Seasons in depth
Sat 2 Feb 2013
With our twist on Vivaldi’s legendary The Four Seasons coming up in less than a week, we went along to the rehearsals to chat to choreographer Henri Oguike, OAE violinist Kati Debretzeni and dancer Rhiannon Morgan, who told us more about how the collaboration came together. Full information and booking for the Southbank Centre event…
Read MoreSpeed Interview – Kati Debretzeni
Thu 31 Jan 2013
In the lead up to V4: The Seasons, we spoke with lead violinist Kati Debretzeni about her fears, her heroes and the challenges of combining period music with contemporary dance.
Read MoreSpeed Interview – Rhiannon Morgan
Tue 29 Jan 2013
V4: The Seasons will see the OAE in a unique event that mixes period performance with the contemporary choreography of Henri Oguike. We met up with dancer Rhiannon Morgan at rehearsals to find out more about how she got in to dance.
Read MoreV4: The Seasons: OAE & Vivaldi & Henri Oguike
Wed 16 Jan 2013
On 8 February at the Southbank Centre, we’ll be giving Vivaldi’s legendary The Four Seasons a fresh twist, in a major new collaboration with renowned choreographer Henri Oguike and OAE leader Kati Debretzeni, fusing authentic performance with contemporary choreography. Sounds intriguing? Well here’s a taster of what you can expect to see…
Read MoreChoreography, cake & collaborations: why you should come to an Insight Club
Wed 2 Jan 2013
Have you stared longingly at our OAE Extras Pre-concert event series listing, and been gutted that you can’t make it along because a) you can’t get to the Southbank Centre by 5.45 because you have a full time job, or b) because in your hectic life it’s the choice between dinner before the concert and…
Read MoreNew Insight Clubs now on sale
Tue 12 Jun 2012
Our Insight Clubs for the 2012-2013 Season are now on sale. We’ve been running these events for a few years now, as a way of exploring aspects of what we do in greater depth. They’re very informal events, typically with around 30-40 people in attendance, and there’s always a chance for you to put your…
Read MorePreviewing the Oguike Four Seasons
Mon 30 Apr 2012
One of my personal highlights of the forthcoming 2012-2013 season of concerts is our collaboration with choreographer Henri Oguike. He’ll be working with OAE leader (and soloist for this concert) Kati Debretzeni, on a very special presentation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in which we’ll be adding new, contemporary choreography to Vivaldi’s masterpiece. The idea was…
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2012-2013 Season – sneak preview
Wed 25 Jan 2012
As you may have read in a previous post, this Monday we launched our 2012-2013 Southbank Centre season to the press at the Royal Festival Hall. So it’s now time to give you some highlights and tell you what’s in store. Public booking for the season opens on 14 Feb, but you can book NOW…
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