Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio and his company MAU present a new work.

This original and poetic story makes the very most of celebrated Chilean company Teatro Cinema's striking visual style blending film and live action.

The Aztec's slaughter at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors is the basis for Graun's rarely-performed operatic gem, which is given a new, innovative spin by one of Mexico's most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri.

In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.

Flair, fire and flamboyance. Grupo Corpo's high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements of Brazilian dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance.

Porgy and Bess has become the quintessential American opera - a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times.

The Danish choral group conducted by Paul hillier present a veritable who's who of influential contemporary American composers alongside young Australasians Ross Edwards and Jack Body.

This is the first of two productions by Teatro Cinema, an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre.

Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance.

In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.

Set in modern day America, this is a radical reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus at Colonus filled with gospel music, rock ‘n' roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style.    

The New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for tennessee Williams's lyric voice with this version of his last play.