FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SUMMER SEASON PREVIEW
Hello Hounslow! We are so looking forward to being back at Bell Square with you this Saturday!
Unboxed by Linden Dance Company
We love the arrival of Spring, the warmer days and the excitement of the first outdoor performances of the year. And this year, we are really excited because it’s Bell Square’s 10th birthday!
Not only that, Hounslow is having a fabulous Summer of Culture festival again. So this year is going to be PARTY YEAR at Bell Square!
We have lots of amazing performances lined up for you, with artists from all over the UK and from many, many different countries. France, Italy and Spain you’ve probably come to expect, but we’ll also welcome new artists from Hungary, Lithuania, Canada and the US. There will be dance, theatre, circus, music and a fabulous big fire show in this international programme.
All the events are really relaxed and everyone is welcome. We’re making the High Street social.
So come on down and let’s have a wonderful summer on the High Street!
Read on for what’s coming up in the spring and summer!
May
Starting off the season for us is Linden Dance from Birmingham with their show, Unboxed. This is a high-energy duo with great music and merging Afro-fusion and contemporary dance.
June
Saturday 8th June is Bell Square’s actual 10th birthday and we will be celebrating with the wonderful Firebirds from Hungary. They are going to perform Pyrodise which is an amazing fire, dance and circus show. It happens in the evening once it has gone dark so the fire is really spectacular.
Later in June, we’ll have Streets Alive! Artists from Italy, Catalonia and the US will be at Bell Square and along the High Street. When we launched this full-day event last year, you told us that you loved it so it’s back - with lots of activities for everyone to take part in.
July
Bell Square favourites, Company Chameleon, return in July with Amaranthine. This will be the 4th visit by this popular urban dance company from Manchester.
Then at the end of July, Anhad returns. Showcasing South Asian outdoor artists, this event always rocks the High Street and this year it will have a music theme. DJs and live music will fill Bell Square through the afternoon and evening.
August
August has a French feel. We start the month with contemporary dance-circus artists, Le Grand Jete. Two acrobats continually try to out-do each other on moving platforms before coming together so they can achieve more.
Mid-month, Collectif Fearless Rabbits bring their dance theatre show, RLM (Rapid Life Movement). It’s a moving performance, created in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015. It’s a catharsis, a space to meditate, and to hope.
August is also a bumper month with 3 events. On the bank holiday weekend, we welcome Nikki & JD to Bell Square. Whilst they are based in London, one half of this extraordinary duo, JD – Jean-Daniel – is also French. In Fireside, their first show for the outdoors, they create a dark, comic and physically dangerous retelling of that ancient epic, Beowulf – all around a campfire.
Come and celebrate the start of summer with us this Saturday, 25 May! Don’t miss Linden Dance at 1.30pm or again at 4.00pm. You don’t need a ticket and it’s free for everyone – just turn up and join us.