DETAILS of the inaugural Cardiff Dance Festival 2015 have been announced by the organisers.

The new biennial initiative will take place this year from November 10-22 and features work by leading Wales-based companies and practitioners.

Performances take place at Chapter, the Dance House and Wales Millennium Centre with work from National Dance Company Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Eddie Ladd and international artists ZooNation, Dana Michel and Igor and Moreno.

Weaving its way through the performance programme will be an exploration of the relationship between dance and music, with many events involving live music or original soundscapes.

Dawns Ysbrydion opens CDF15 on Tuesday, November 10 at the Dance House. Dawns Ysbrydion, a Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in association with Galeri production, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2015 and will run at CDF15 for four nights as part of its tour of Wales.

Starring internationally acclaimed performer Eddie Ladd leading an all female cast, it tells the story of endangered cultures, told 50 years since the drowning of a north Wales village to create the Tryweryn reservoir.

Taking inspiration from the ghost dances performed by some of the North American First Nations at the end of the 19th century, the piece is co-directed by Ladd and Montreal choreographer Sarah Williams, with live, original electro score by Y Pencadlys.

Other performances during CDF15 include Studies for Maynard by Simon Whitehead; Cheap Lecture and The Cow Piece by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion; Ode to the Attempt by Jan Martens; and the first performance by Cardiff’s Good News from the Future.

CDF15 is supported by Arts Council of Wales and City of Cardiff Council.

CDF15’s lead presenting partners are Chapter, Dance House and Wales Millennium Centre.

Additional programme partners, who are contributing to the events taking place, include Cardiff Metropolitan University, Coreo Cymru, Creu Cymru, National Dance Company Wales and Rubicon Dance.

For more information about the inaugural festival please visit www.dance.wales.