Pastoral at the Barbican Centre

Enjoy world-renowned dance in the heart of the City

Opening the Barbican's autumn/winter 2026 Theatre & Dance season, this major collaboration between Tanowitz, Shaw and award-winning visual artist Sarah Crowner, is set to a specially commissioned score that responds to and transforms Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major (Pastoral).

Performed by an ensemble of seven dancers and three live musicians, Pastoral combines Tanowitz’s unique choreographic language, both rigorously balletic and refreshingly rooted in the present day, shaped by over thirty years of experimentation.

Times: Daily at 7.45pm between 1–3 October, and 2.30pm on October 3.

Tickets: Tickets start at £18 for adults and should be booked in advance.

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