Paraorchestra perform The Nature of Why at Brighton Festival

Five Minutes with Takashi Kikuchi: The Nature of Why

Classical, Interviews

Merging dance and live music into an epic performance, The Nature of Why brims with emotion and physical beauty. Commissioned by Unlimited, the show features a cinematic live-score from Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory, an ensemble of musicians from The British Paraorchestra and four extraordinary dancers.Taking inspiration from the unconventional curiosity of Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist, Richard Feynman, the show explores his search for meaning in the world around us through nine distinct and emotive movements. Viola player Takashi Kikuchi came by to tell us even more… 

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