Contemporary dance festival revs up

IF the tea leaves are correct, the next big thing in the arts scene is contemporary dance.

Last year, telco M1 came on board as the title sponsor for the annual Contact Contemporary Dance Festival presented by T.H.E Dance Company. This month, National Arts Council held an island-wide 17-day dance celebration called Got To Move. And between 2009 and 2013, overall ticketed attendance of dance shows rose by over 50 per cent - a not-insignificant figure.

But putting aside the crystal ball-gazing, the programme of next month's M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2015 speaks for itself.