Dancing Henry Five

Back by popular demand is a dance/theater event after William Shakespeare’s Henry V that uses the recorded voices of Laurence Olivier and Christopher Plummer (among others) and voice over narration by Velda Stterfield. To the suite of music by William Walton based on his film score, eight performances dance the characters of the French and English courts and stage the sea voyage and the battle of Agincourt. The Pick Up Company is used to dancing to music and spoken word by Dancing Henry V, premiered at Danspace Project in January 2004, was their first attempt to perform Shakespeare.