Julie Cunningham & Company

Julie Cunningham, whose performances with Michael Clark Company have won her a Critics’ Circle Award, brings us a rare combination of dance and spoken word, part of her expressive double bill about gender and identity.

Inspiring one half of this presentation is the mythical character Tiresias, who the gods turn from male to female for seven years. Returned to his original form, he loses his eyes but is given the power of insight, living the rest of his life as the blind prophet.

With a narrative quality, To Be Me features four dancers, including Cunningham, who choreographs her piece to Kate Tempest’s rhythmic, hip-hop influenced reworking of the ancient Greek myth, the lyrical recording taken from the poetry collection Hold Your Own.

The bill’s other half, reflecting similar themes and including tracks by Anohni (Antony and the Johnsons), offers a contrast in approach from the emerging choreographer as she develops her own new work, a continuation of her celebrated dance career.