HOFESH Shechter, one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary dance artists, brings his hotly-anticipated new work Sun to the Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, on Tuesday, January 27.

Shechter has gained international acclaim for his raw, honest choreography and atmospheric musical scores.

For Sun he brings with him his international company of 14 dancers, who have achieved worldwide renown touring his hit shows Political Mother, Uprising, The Art of Not Looking Back and In Your Rooms.

In Shechter’s disruptive new work Sun, the concept of perfection becomes warped and harmony gives way to a visceral depiction of antagonism and violence.

From the courtly idyll that sets the scene to the clean, spare vision of a ‘perfect’ world, Shechter’s choreography embraces frenetic abandon and his signature understated intricacy in a work that confronts the pastoral horror of colonialism but with a hint of sharp humour.

Sun is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and commis-sioned by Bruno Wang.

It is supported by The Columbia Foundation fund of the London Community Foundation.

Sun is co-commissioned by Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival, Sadler’s Wells London, Melbourne Festival, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville - Paris, Festspielhaus St Pölten (including a working residency), Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs, Roma Europa, with co-production support from Mercat de les Flors and the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

It starts at 7.45pm on Tuesday, January 27 and is recommended for those aged 14 and above.