Staging Schiele by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance

Dancers from Shobana Jeyasingh Dance give London premiere of Staging Schiele at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall , a work inspired by the viceral expressive work of painter Egon Schiele, commissioned by Southbank Centre.  Inspired by the extraordinary work and life of the Austrian artist, famous for his unflinching nudes and searing self portraits, the piece scrutinises the eternal conundrum of the male artist and the female model. Colour, masterful lines and unusual perspectives: four dancers inhabit the highly charged world of the artist Egon Schiele, putting the human body on visceral display. Jeyasingh’s award-winning choreography matches the intensity of Schiele, engaging with his anxieties as well as his supreme self-confidence. Staging Schiele captures the artist’s own self-conscious framing of himself and his work. Both intimate and formal, it throws light on his brief meteoric rise to fame. Jeyasingh is joined by composer Orlando Gough, visual artist Ben Cullen Williams, lighting designer Adam Carree and costume designer Cottweiler. Dancers Sunbee Han and Catarina Carvalho.

Dancers from Shobana Jeyasingh Dance give London premiere of Staging Schiele at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall , a work inspired by the viceral expressive work of painter Egon Schiele. Dancers Sunbee Han and Catarina Carvalho.  Photography © Vanja Karas