Rambert X (LA)HORDE: Bring Your Own at Lowry

When Rambert join forces with boundary-pushing French collective (LA)HORDE, the result is always going to be something pretty special. This September, Lowry hosts a thrilling triple bill that fuses high-impact dance with raw energy, cultural commentary and irresistible style.

And here’s something even better – we’re pleased to offer our readers an exclusive ticket deal: £15 tickets for opening night only (16 September), valid for any seat in the stalls or circle (max six tickets per booking). Just enter the promo code RAMTOUR15.

Titled Bring Your Own, the performance features three punchy dance works, including a brand-new commission, Hop(e)storm, created especially for Rambert’s dancers. It’s a visceral reimagining of Lindy Hop’s joyful swing, reworked with the raw energy of contemporary club culture and the digital age. A tribute to resistance and resilience, the piece asks what freedom and unity look like in today’s world.

Two of (LA)HORDE’s most celebrated works follow. First, Weather is Sweet (2023), a piece drenched in neon and shaped by the LA club scene, asks bold questions about consent, sex positivity and intimacy. It’s dreamy and disarming, with an emotional charge that lingers. Followed by Room With A View (2020), originally created with French electronic music producer and artist RONE, sees a troupe of dancers navigate a crumbling dystopia. Witness an urgent and defiant call to action communicated by explosive choreography. It’s a visceral and punchy pairing.

If you’re not yet familiar with (LA)HORDE, now’s the time to get on board. The trio – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel – have become known for redefining what contemporary dance can be, blending subcultural influences with cinematic visuals and bringing marginalised bodies centre stage. As artistic directors of Ballet National de Marseille, their mission has always been to challenge hierarchy, blur boundaries and open up the dance world to new voices.

Of working with Rambert, (LA)HORDE told us, “Permanent dance companies in Europe today are precious spaces, true heterotopias. Working with Rambert, our first collaboration with another repertoire company, has reaffirmed how these structures create opportunities to work with exceptional dancers in a collective creative process. Rambert reflects our core values of diversity and inclusion, with dancers who bring extraordinary generosity to every step of the artistic journey.”

Bring Your Own is not your average evening at the theatre. It’s a powerful, genre-blurring experience that shifts between dance, installation and statement. For fans of Rambert’s bold collaborations – and anyone excited by the collision of movement and politics – this is an unmissable evening of dance.