Hofesh II: In the Brain

Running time: The performance lasts approximately 55 minutes.

Age guidance 13 +  
This performance contains intermittent loud music, haze and the use of blackout are incorporated throughout the production. 

Hofesh Shechter’s exhilarating new, full-length work for Shechter II, In the Brain, is a raw, electrifying dive into movement, rhythm, and collective energy. A pulsing, urgent journey into the depths of our consciousness - where stories dissolve, identity fades, and only the beat remains. Brought to life by the fierce, unstoppable energy of Shechter II, In the Brain is a space to break free. To lose yourself. To surrender to the rush of movement, the weight of bass, and the euphoria of bodies locked in Shechter’s signature groove.

Part rave. Part ritual. Here, the dancers don’t just perform - they unleash. They embody the rhythm, shattering the barrier between stage and audience, pulling you into a fevered, all-consuming experience that leaves you craving more.

Developed from CAVE, a shorter work originally produced by Martha Graham Company and Studio Simkin, which explored nightlife and human gathering through dance and it’s transcendental quality, In the Brain builds on this, transforming the theatre into a visceral, high-voltage celebration of movement, music, and pure, unfiltered energy.

Shechter II

Hofesh Shechter Company’s paid development programme for the next generation of emerging artists aged 18-25 – a company of young dancers selected every two years and representing the most exceptional world-class dancers from across globe. 

The programme offers an extraordinary proximity to the workings and practices of a major international dance company, working closely with renowned choreographer Hofesh Shechter and touring the UK and Europe with a recreation of his most renowned works, while at the same time providing the support and underpinning that ensures heightened professional readiness. 
 

Hofesh Shechter Company

A boundary-breaking dance company that produces exceptional work created by Artistic Director Hofesh Shechter OBE, with, at its core, an extraordinary company of internationally diverse dancers. In all our work, they strive to move ourselves, and our audiences, beyond reason. 

Founded in 2008, the company’s repertoire includes Uprising (2006), In your rooms (2007), The Art of Not Looking Back (2009), Political Mother (2010), Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut (2011), Sun (2013), barbarians (2015), Grand Finale (2017) Double Murder (2021) Theatre of Dreams (2024) with SHOW (2018), POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED (2020), Contemporary Dance 2.0 (2022) and From England with Love (2024) performed by Shechter II, its young company. Hofesh Shechter Company has played in cities around the world including Paris, New York, Melbourne, Tokyo, Berlin, Montreal, Rome, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro and many more.

In the Brain is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company. Commissioned by Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse, Montpellier. Co-commissioned by Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps, Château Rouge, scène conventionnée – Annemasse, Espace 1789, scène conventionnée danse - Saint-Ouen, Scène nationale de Bourg-en-Bresse, Düsseldorf Festival!, with production support from Théâtre de la Ville Paris. 

IN THE BRAIN is based on an original work called CAVE, produced by Martha Graham Company, Studio Simkin and Sharing Space, which premiered at City Center Dance Festival, New York City, on 6 April 2022. 

Hofesh Shechter Company gratefully receives support towards the delivery of Shechter II 2026. This includes core funding from The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation and the Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement, and project funding from Jerwood Foundation towards Jerwood x SII – a Continued Professional Development (CPD) offer to the dancers and from Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust towards the creation and London premiere of IN THE BRAIN. With additional support from the Garrick Charitable Trust towards Dancer Transition.

Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.