Dance Like Nobody's Watching

Step back in time to Vienna, 1918 and into composer Arnold Schönberg’s radical underworld. 

Tired of the ignorance and conservative mindset of establishment types, critics, and celebrity musicians of the time; Schönberg dreamed of a new counter-culture. In revolt, he founded the ‘Society for Private Musical Performance’, a space where - free from judgement - Schönberg and his fellow adventurers could indulge their love of popular music.

In Dance Like Nobody’s Watching we invite you into Schönberg’s inner circle. Conductor Charles Hazlewood and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Bethan Langford, along with a Paraorchestra ensemble, create an intimate atmosphere - daring, vivid and powerful.

Bespoke projections by visual artist and filmmaker John Minton, who has worked with artists such as Portishead, Sleaford Mods and on Paraorchestra’s Minimalism Changed My Life, will combine with these era-defining orchestral reductions to transport you to Schönberg’s escapist utopia.