FROM 19 Aug
GERMAINE ACOGNY: ESSENCE OF DANCE
Greta-Marie Becker
UK PREMIERE
Germaine Acogny is not only the "Mother of African Contemporary Dance", but also one of Africa's most important artistic voices and the dancing icon of an entire continent.
The Universal Theory
Die Theorie von Allem
Discover: Germany
Set in 1962 at a quantum mechanics conference in an isolated lodge nestled amid the towering landscapes of the Swiss Alps, this is the story of a gifted young physicist, his curmudgeonly mentor, and an enigmatic jazz pianist who knows things about our wunderkind scientist that he's never told another living soul. 