DRIFT COMPANY

Shortly after the end of the Eid El-Fitr holidays, dance fans, and modern dance ones in particular, will be presented with an occasion not to be missed, both for the relative scarcity of the offer of modern dance in Cairo, and for the absolute quality of the performers: the Swiss Drift Company.

Formed in 1992, the ensemble Drift Company is one of the best groups of the Swiss dance scene. They have received the Swiss Price for Dance and Choreography in 2007 and have performed in 29 countries. This is their second appearance in Egypt, after their participation in the Alexandria Dance Festival 2005/06 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

In Cairo they will present their piece “Unbreakable”, a dance production with four men who pursue crooked ways while travelling together on the wrong track. Imperturbably they always fall on their feet, more or less, and never give up.

In the frame of the “Swiss Tales” programme in occasion of the 20^th anniversary of the Cairo Opera House, the Drift Company will perform on Thursday 9^th and Friday 10^th of October at 8:00 PM at the Gomhouria Theatre.

More about the group at http://www.drift.ch/e/company.html and about the specific piece that will be presented in Cairo at http://www.drift.ch/produktionen/unkaputtbar/index_e.html