Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Dance and live music collaboration featuring London-based Brazilian choreographer Jean Abreu. Bringing influences from contemporary dance and capoeira together with some subtle Latin sensuality, Jean Abreu shares the stage with three other dancers, the players of the Mavron String Quartet and composer Charlie Barber's score.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams explores how people meet in unpredictable ways, as well as the tension created between characters in public spaces and how bonds are created and dissolved in the space of a day. The music takes its starting point from Plaza de Armas (Place of Arms), the name of the main square in many Latin American cities surrounded by government buildings, churches, and other structures of cultural and political significance. Other sections of the score relate to different types of public areas across the globe.