HUMANHOOD

Step into a world where rhythm unravels, gravity dissolves and energy converges. Vortex is the new dance production from Julia Robert & Rudi Cole, where the stage becomes the ‘eye of the tornado.’ Magnetic, vital, and captivating, this powerful work reveals how we humans can activate deep reservoirs of unexplored resilience within ourselves to adapt, transform and evolve in any apparent chaos. Performed by the international powerhouse HUMANHOOD dancers, the cast of 6 moves with precision and virtuosity, synchronising seamlessly with a cinematic soundscape that resonates throughout the auditorium, immersing the audience in the pulse of the dance.

HUMANHOOD is a visionary dance company creating Art for transformation with a purpose to unleash human potential. Based in both Birmingham and Barcelona, HUMANHOOD produces powerful and vital work that fuses modern Physics and ancient Mysticism with the company’s original fluid Body language. Founded and lead by Artistic Directors Julia Robert and Rudi Cole, HUMANHOOD has risen quickly to become a successful National and International touring dance company with a reputation for an exceptional choreographic language of exquisite fluidity and powerful rhythm. Since 2016, the company has performed in renowned festivals and venues around the globe,.

Concept, direction and choreography Julia Robert and Rudi Cole / Performance HUMANHOOD Company Dancers / Music Composition Iain Armstrong / Co-Lighting Design Aiden Bromley (Woodroffe Bassett Design) / Music Kamil Boguslawsky, Alex Forster, Iain Armstrong, Rudi Cole and Julia Robert / Costumes Julia Robert and Rudi Cole / Set design Julia Robert and Rudi Cole
Production Humanhood / Coproducction Festival Grec / Co-commissioned by Mercat de les Flors and MAC Birmingham Supported by Institut of the Arts of Barcelona, FABRIC Birmingham, and RocaUmbert