#SWDancing is a campaign to raise awareness of the work of dance artists & companies associated with the South West region of England, who have work that is ready and available to tour regionally, nationally and internationally. The dance artists & companies on this site are self-selected, which means that they have chosen to be part of the campaign.
Programmers/Presenters/Commissioners: If you are interested in the work of any of the dance artists & companies on this site, please follow the links to contact them directly.
South West Dance Artists & Companies: If you are not part of the #SWDancing campaign and would like to be, please email to let us know: swdancing@pdsw.org.uk
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Cheap Date are a combined arts company with a focus on comedy and dance theatre. Based in Cornwall, they’ve created multiple works with UK and international acclaim, touring both the UK and Sweden. The company have a reputation for personable, hilarious, honest work through dance, speech and sound. As well as incorporating other elements in various productions such as live music and film in ‘Dirty Words’ and Large scale visual art in their new work ‘STAIRS’.
"Another life affirming performance - amazing. Blown away again by the talent of Cheap Date Dance…. effortlessly brilliant!" - Audience Member
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Grace Murdoch
ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Lisa Frawley
EMAIL: cheapdatedance@gmail.com
PHONE: 07800 518546
WEBSITE: www.cheapdatedance.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/CheapDateDance
TWITTER: @CheapDateDance
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/CheapDateDance
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Cheap Date Dance
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and international
Photo Credit: Mos & Maw
Our living, breathing staircase. The stories trodden into our stairs tell tales of mischief, uncertainty and adventure. Inspired by original and iconic literature on the theme of stairs, featuring writing from award winning poets such as Luke Wright. Iconic literature such as A.A.Milne’s ‘Halfway Down’ will also be used to inspire the work. The show is pitched at a family friendly audience. A full-length work made up of a section of short stories/poems each 10 -15 minutes long, available as a full length work or modular. The unique structure of the show allows a programmer to pick the stories they feel will most appeal to their audience.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Grace Murdoch
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: Modula (can be 60+ plus or broken down into 10-15 minute mini pieces x 7)
TOURING AVAILABILITY: September/October/November 2019 and Autumn 2020
Chhaya Collective are a female-led dance company working between the UK and India.
Our performance and community projects strive to amplify women's voices and share real-life stories of women in the 21st Century.
We bring people together through our performance work, community projects, workshops and events - all of which combine dance, music, theatre and visual arts.
We aim to create collaborative, cross cultural and interdisciplinary work that speaks in multiple tongues.
Chhaya Collective are based at Exeter Phoenix Theatre (UK), along with Chhaya Youth Dance Company and are the Pavilion Dance South West Company in Residence 2021-22.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Kay Crook
EMAIL: kay.crook@chhayacollective.com
PHONE: 07964 899802
WEBSITE: www.chhayacollective.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ChhayaCollective
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/chhayacollective
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live performance work
Chhaya’s live productions KHAOS & HYMNOS are available Spring 2022 & Autumn 2022
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
We offer extensive outreach and workshop packages, including Wild Workshops for Women, Youth Dance Workshops, Pro-Development opportunities and intensives. Please see our website for further details.
Photo Credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Not neat, nor calm, nor perfect, but vibrant, chaotic and powerful - We are wild 21st Century women. We are not to be gazed upon but met head on.
KHAOS celebrates what it is to be woman, drawing on ancient stories and oppressive archetypes to bring audiences of all ages a highly energetic, stirring and visceral dance performance that rejects order in favour of complexity and chaos. Live musicians join six contemporary dance artists to revel in the joy, tenderness and the power of wild women.
Expect evocative choreography that seems to compel audiences to dance in the aisles and out into the streets.
Dedicated to women who have fought for their rights throughout history and continue to do so today.
"DYNAMIC. ALIVE. VITAL - A RISING POWER"
-She Who Knows Magazine
CHOREOGRAPHER: Kay Crook
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 6 (+3 live musicians)
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring & Autumn 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE WORK/VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS:
Trailer - https://vimeo.com/377663847
Photo credit:
David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Inspired by the story of Iranian artist Saba Zavarei and her online platform Radio Khiaban, dedicated to Iranian women singing in the public spaces of Iran, an act currently forbidden by the state.
“Fortunately, no matter how many times she is pushed down, she bounds up again. No matter how many times she is forbidden, quelled, cut back, diluted ... she emanates upward in women, so that even the most quiet, even the most restrained woman keeps a secret place for Wild Woman. Even the most captured woman guards the place of the wildish self, for she knows intuitively that someday there will be a loophole, an aperture, a chance, and she will hightail it to escape.” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves'
CHOREOGRAPHER: Kay Crook
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 20 minutes
AGE GUIDANCE: Recommended 10+
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring/Autumn 2022 & Spring 2022
As part of double bill with KHAOS, or on its’ own for outdoor performance
DIGITAL/ONLINE WORK/VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINK: https://vimeo.com/377757417
Photo Credit : David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Photo Credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Photo Credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Photo credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Photo Credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Photo Credit: David Snowden (Chhaya Collective)
Commotion Dance is an innovative company who combine sprightly dancers, original music & amusing props to create a stimulating world for children to enjoy. Led by Vicki Hargreaves, the company are devoted to choreographing dance for families that animates the imagination & tickles the senses whilst exploring topics relevant to children today.
The company have toured family dance shows nationally, & most recently shared work internationally at 100, 1000, 1000000 Stories Festival in Romania. Commotion is supported by The Point, Eastleigh, Dance Woking, The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre & New Theatre Royal Portsmouth. Vicki has also choreographed for award winning children’s theatre company Replay Theatre, Theatre Hullabaloo & the acclaimed Oily Cart Theatre Company. In 2016 Vicki received the International Artist Development Fund to work with children in Zambia in partnership with Dance-Africa and she works extensively with other artists as a creative producer.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Vicki Hargreaves
EMAIL: Vicki.hargreaves@commotiondance.co.uk
PHONE: 07971 498054
WEBSITE: www.commotiondance.co.uk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/commotiondance1/
TWITTER: @CommotionDance1
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/user/CommotionDance1
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Vicki Hargreaves
Join two very different characters on a messy movement adventure to discover why it’s important to help things grow. Wilhelmina (Will) loves to grow things but doesn’t quite know how. She’s willing to do anything to make sure her plants are safe and happy but Wendy (When) just doesn’t have the time to help.
Will and When need the support of the audience to make sure they can make their garden grow, and so they can learn to appreciate their environment. With an original sound score, dazzling dance and old fashioned humour the audience will enjoy a fun and lively interactive performance suitable for outdoors and rural touring.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Vicki Hargreaves
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 30 minutes, plus audience interaction
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Summer 2021
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: http://commotiondance.co.uk/show/our-garden-will-and-when/
Photo Credit: James White
It’s Christmas Eve in the Commotion House but it doesn’t feel like it at all. Piles of boxes are stacked and packed ready to move home, with Christmas nowhere in sight….
Come and peek inside our world of boxes and help us find Christmas. Stacking, sorting, packing and piling unfold into adventurous possibilities with quirky characters, enthralling movements and enchanting live music, transforming the good old cardboard box into a wonderland of curiosity on the road to discovering where Christmas has gone. With performances before and after Christmas, join us and follow your imagination to discover a magical Christmas surprise.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Vicki Hargreaves
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4
LENGTH OF WORK: 45 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn/Winter 2021
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: http://commotiondance.co.uk/show/where-is-christmas/
Elinor Lewis, (she/they) makes work that straddles dance, live art and installation. She is interested in people’s attitudes towards risk, why people feel tense when confronted with uncertainty and what happens to people’s perception of risk when states of tension are drawn out over long periods of time. Her creative practice seeks to embody and playfully unpick themes of precariousness, ecology, and tension using bodies and objects. Elinor is currently a Work Place Artist at The Place. Other supporters of her work include DanceXchange, Pavilion Dance South West, Take Art, Arts Council England, Aerowaves Twenty19 and Goldsmiths College.
ARTIST: Elinor Lewis
EMAIL: elinorcatherinelewis@gmail.com
PHONE: 07536 010635
WEBSITE: www.elinorlewis.com
INSTAGRAM: @elinorlewisperformanceartist
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
In Photograph- Hannah Parsons
Costumes- Berthe Fortin
Set Design- Hannah Sharp
A suspenseful balancing act about managing risk and finding space to flourish within precarious situations. Six, wooden, door-sized frames, balanced upright in a row - waiting to fall like dominoes. Two people defiantly occupy this precarious space, performing a suspenseful balancing act. Skin on wood, they strain against the frames, straddling the frames like lovers. Joints creaking, they slowly queer the timber, becoming slow-moving, part-human-part-frame hybrids. In a kaleidoscope of light, TIMBER is about reclaiming risky spaces, subverting limitation, and finding space to flourish within precarious situations. This slowly unfurling work explores the simmering power of silence, stillness, and gradual change, whilst playfully testing people’s attitudes toward risk and uncertainty.
Supported by- The Place, DanceXchange, Arts Council England, Take Art, Pavilion Dance South West, Artsadmin's BANNER Award 2017 - 2018, Taunton Pride, Somerset Lesbian Network, Diversity Trust and Chard WATCH.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Elinor Lewis
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: Approximately 50 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Winter 2020 onwards
DIGITAL/ONLINE: No
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EcTydhw-6w
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
In Photograph- Elinor Lewis + Hannah Parsons
Costumes- Berthe Fortin
Set Design- Hannah Sharp
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
In Photograph- Elinor Lewis + Hannah Parsons
Costumes- Berthe Fortin
Set Design- Hannah Sharp
Ella Mesma Company is a British based dance theatre company who uses folk dances in a contemporary context to allow transformation: telling personal and global stories and connecting to our truest selves. The company strives to undo limiting beliefs, explore healing and celebrate cultural and social identity using dance and theatre.
The company has a unique movement language using a range of techniques such as contemporary dance, contact work from partner dances (such as salsa, tango, kizomba), breaking, Afro-Latin and Latin folkloric dances, capoeira and aerial dance.
The work tends to reflect the diverse backgrounds and experiences of company members. Ella Mesma Company seeks to champion a technique and create work which is empowering and inspiring to all audiences, where possible including audience interaction in the work.
With a mix of dance forms, circus and theatre, the work is bold, political and personal.
Ella Mesma also tours a series of seven workshops for dance artists and dance lovers called “Embodied Alchemy”, inspired by the chakra system and created on the dance company.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Ella Mesma
EMAIL: ella@mayagandaia.com
PHONE: 07886 273719
PRODUCER: Rachel Bradbear
WEBSITE: www.ellamesma.co.uk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/EllaMesma
TWITTER: @EllaMesma
VIMEO CHANNEL: https://vimeo.com/ellamesma
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Taken from the film of Bgirl Rokafella in NYC
The future is female!
“I feel it is important and powerful work to continue to see womxn breaking down stereotypes. I also think it is important to provide platforms for womxn to feel safe and united and able to speak up.” Ella Mesma
During Lockdown, Ella Mesma Company invited 33 female artists to take part in I Am All Womxn, a piece of lock down art which celebrated and talks about the female experience.
Filmed in our homes all over the world (UK, USA, Portugal, Cyprus, Brazil), each section was choreographed by the individual dancing it in reaction to the lyrics, and the video which came before it, with the goal to celebrate womxn in our entirety and empower more of us to embrace every side of ourselves as womxn.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma and 33 dancers
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 33
LENGTH OF WORK: 8 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Screenings or commissions for local or global versions of the piece
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/411583940
Photo Credit: Ashley Karrell
Foreign Bodies is a healing ritual where the collision of difference takes us on a journey from fear and anxiety, to love and shared learning.
Foreign Bodies is An Underwater Love Story exploring what it is to be a citizen of the world in a backdrop of Brexit, Coronavirus and Climate Change.
Set between two TV channels on an over sized TV, the utopian underwater world documentary is the setting for a jellyfish love song, whilst a futuristic quiz show tests participants on their knowledge of British history… raising questions of what is true history and exploring themes of appropriation, adaptation, contamination and hybridity.
Highlighting the absurdity of the British citizenship test, the work explores what is gained and lost through cultural exchange, and echoes the human stories of families, communities and the haunting legacy of power structures…
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma (and dancers)
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 5 (plus actor)
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Ready from November 2021
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/484230384
Photo Credit: Jessica Mitchell
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS JELLY?
Join us on this journey under the sea and beyond your imagination in a fantasy adventure that combines performance with alternate reality.
What if we were to follow the way of the Jellyfish?
Some types of jellyfish are responsible for bringing little bits of nutrients from the depths of the ocean floor all the way up to the surface of the water. They deposit bits of those nutrients as they push their way upward, contributing and creating food sources for all sorts of creatures in the ecosystem.
Join us on this journey beyond your imagination for an experience that combines live performance with alternate reality. A Jellyfish Love Song is an underwater love story, celebrating the beauty of nature and the beautiful, calming way of the jellyfish. On this underwater experience, you will be invited to join us for a fantasy adventure under the sea.
To join, choose your jellyfish and come for an online adventure with live actors, hidden answers, opportunities to connect and move and an online show. You will be met by your hosts in a utopian world for a fully remote experience that you can access from the comfort of your own home. Combining live performance with alternate reality it is stimulating, entertaining and accessible.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma (and dancers)
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2 (plus a dancer & actor)
LENGTH OF WORK: 1 hour 30 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Bookable within its own tech world anytime (Hosted on Topia)
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/537013482/39548113ff
Photo Credit: Taken in PDSW during an R&D
Exploring identity, heritage, imposter syndrome and privilege, Ella confesses why and how she doesn’t fit with a goal to transcend all of her mind chatter and be her best self.
Inspired by the four stages of transformation in the lifecycle of the butterfly, this piece uses text, song and movement to explore identity, heritage, imposter syndrome and privilege.
A composition created with live music using dance, meditation and aerial silks.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 30 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: August 2021
VIDEO LINKS: https://youtu.be/pfgvzD59_YQ
Photo Credit: Nicola Hunter
Inspired by the four stages of transformation in the lifecycle of the butterfly, this children’s piece can be performed indoors or outside and weaves a children’s tale using dance and aerial silks.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 30 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: August 2021
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/522723230
Photo Credit: Akshay Sharma
Are you a chicken? Or are you a heroine?
In the wake of #MeToo comes a ceremonious undressing of four timeless and universal stories.
Fusing dynamic hip hop with the tempestuous and sexually charged Rumba, LADYLIKE is a super-heroines journey that takes a fierce, frank and funny look at the potential and the limitations of gender roles.
Themed around the slang word for woman as ‘chick’ or ‘hen’, and based on interviews with young women and female Hip Hop and Latin dancers, Ella Mesma Company has created a new ritual for women to explore consent, the masks we wear, purge cliches and celebrate sisterhood.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Ella Mesma (and dancers)
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Ready to tour
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/209296389
Emily is a dancer and choreographer working across dance and theatre, live and digital formats and communities. Her extensive performance work, national and international touring and UK based site productions, includes WildWorks, Cscape, Kneehigh, Simon Birch, Rosemary Lee, Yael Flexer and Agnieszka Blonska.
Her latest work includes In My Head, a solo dance theatre work exploring everyday sound and hearing loss. Her dance for camera work with filmmaker Brett Harvey (0-region, LucasFilm) has been screened worldwide.
Emily is an Associate Artist of Hall for Cornwall and a member of an international networking group (2020/21) through Arts Access (Goethe Institute and British Council).
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Emily Alden
EMAIL: emily@emilyalden.com
WEBSITE: www.emilyalden.com
INSTAGRAM: @emiljdance
VIMEO CHANNEL: www.vimeo.com/emilyalden
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
Available
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
Available
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Available
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner
Dancer: Emily Alden
An extraordinary experience of ordinary, everyday sound.
A one-woman dance theatre work with original sound design, poetry and text.
A personal & universal exploration of everyday sound and hearing loss.
A dancer wrestles with sound as it misbehaves in ways you wouldn’t expect. Sometimes it engulfs you and other times it’s on the tip of your tongue. Hearing loss can be a lonely experience. 1 in 5 of us have it, but there’s no telltale sign or clue to give away the secret it can sometimes feel like. You must be bold and tell people about it; otherwise, it’s invisible and kept close. Close and quiet.
Performed by Emily Alden and created in collaboration with sound designer composer Daniel Hayes (Alesandra Seutin, Tony Adigun, Caroline Bowditch).
CHOREOGRAPHER: Emily Alden
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 50 minutes (approximately)
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
Work in Progress Sharing at The Kneehigh Barns
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner
Dancer: Emily Alden
Work in Progress Sharing at The Kneehigh Barns
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner
Emma is an inclusive dance practitioner based in Plymouth, she studied at Plymouth University and worked with Exim Dance Company following her graduation performing work by Adam Benjamin internationally and leading inclusive dance programmes to both adults and young people. Since then, Emma has taught dance to students at Plymouth School of Creative Arts and begun to explore her own work around her own interests including that of her training in Olympic Weightlifting.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Emma Pendle
EMAIL: emmajpendle@gmail.com
PHONE: 07792 305466
WEBSITE: www.emmajpendle.weebly.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/emmapendledancer
TWITTER: @EmmiJoanne
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Hannah Miles
She held on so tightly, her fingers turned white; from the pressure, from the pressing. An unwillingness to let go. Without even really understanding why. That’s just the way it is. It feels… it just feels, and is felt. It reminds her of her heart.
“Can I get that for you?"
An exploration into presentation of self. This piece draws upon Emma’s experiences of being female in two parallel disciplines.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Emma Pendle
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 20 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Ready to tour
Photo Credit: Gemma Smith
Photo Credit: Hannah Miles
Heather Walrond Company is a British professional dance company based in Devon, supported by Arts Council England and lead by Artistic Director Heather Richmond.
The Company was founded in May 2015 as a base to inspire and connect people from all over the world through dance. Since 2015, the company have completed three successful tours in the UK, Norway and Africa over 4 years, receiving continuous standing ovations and sold out audiences in small scale theatres, Orphanages, Cathedrals (including St Pauls Cathedral, London) and Festivals.
Heather is a Devon based choreographer, Supported Artist at the Barbican Theatre and the Head of Movement at Plymouth University
In May 2017 she was awarded the Marie Mcluskey Dance Makers Fund with Swindon Dance.
First Class Honours graduate of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Heather is now shooting into the British Dance scene as an exciting emerging choreographer.
She has worked with choreographers including Gary Clarke, Charles Linehan, Balbir Singh and Corey Baker.In 2014 her duet work Just Us was chosen for the graduation show at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Heather was then invited to choreograph for Vou Dance Company in Fiji for 4 months, touring Fiji and New Zealand.
She has presented work internationally in France, New Zealand, Fiji, England, India, Norway, America and Africa.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Heather Richmond
EMAIL: Heather@heatherwalrondcompany.com
PHONE: 07842 225294
WEBSITE: www.heatherwalrondcompany.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/HeatherWalrondCompany
TWITTER: @CompanyHW
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/heatherwalrondcompany
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and international
Photo Credit: Dan Martin
An empowering, highly charged double bill of dance and live music.
The Rising explores what makes people feel alive, using influences of Fijian culture and ideas of community, vulnerability and surrender. Live music composed and performed by multi award winning musicians Will McNicol & Luke Selby.
‘Raw energy, fury, vigour, passion, you can feel the energy of a whole community of people. Connection connected. The power. I’ve got a booming right in my heart and my hands are shaking. It’s awesome. I would definitely see the performance again. That was the best work I’ve seen in forever. I’m quivering with the energy of it, it makes you feel like anything, and really anything is possible.’ Producer, Barbican Theatre
‘Experienced dance audiences and the general public alike rose to their feet at the end of 'The Rising'. It does that to you’ Deryck Newland, Pavilion Dance
CHOREOGRAPHER: Heather Richmond
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 6
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Please email for availability/interest
VIDEO LINKS:
The Rising- (45 minutes):
Password: heather
Coalescence- Duet (10 minutes):
Password: heather
Photo Credit: Jason Yeoman
HeatherWalrondCompany will be creating a new work in 2020, ready to tour Autumn/ Spring 2020/21. This work is a story of hope and restoration and hopes to uplift audiences Nationally and Internationally. There will be a Cathedral, Outdoor and small scale theatre tour.
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Heather Walrond Company is committed to developing audiences throughout the UK and abroad through high quality education work, workshops, residencies and curtain raisers.
Heather’s work has been embraced by a variety of audiences resulting in people of all ages engaging with each work. The visual aspects of the work appeals to those with an interest in contemporary visual art and culture and the music, created specifically for each piece, appeals to those with an ear for high quality music composition.
EDUCATION WORK
The company are available to lead workshops and residencies that can be negotiated for each specific venue. We offer Fijian movement workshops, repertoire from the touring works and a range of ways for young people to really engage in the work and discover their own creativity. Educational work is most suitable for those aged 14+. All company members have a vast experience of teaching groups of youth and the community through their work with previous companies: Verve, BalletLORENT, Chhaya Collective, Scottish Dance Theatre, Ace Dance and Music and Balbir Sing Dance.
MARKETING & PUBLICITY
The company will provide high quality marketing and publicity material including A3 posters and A5 leaflets. Publicity photos, press releases and programme notes are also available on request. Company members will be available for interviews.
Co-founded in 2011 by Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim, the Bristol-based company create critically acclaimed work for stage and film that defy and challenge contemporary theatre norms. Impermanence have been supported by Arts Council England, British Council, The Linbury Trust and have presented work at Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini, The Place, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Glastonbury Festival amongst others.
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: Roseanna Anderson & Joshua Ben-Tovim
PHONE: 07531 241097 or 07852 628690
PRODUCER: Lydia Wharf
EMAIL: lydia@wharfenterprises.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.impermanence.co.uk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/IDT2011
TWITTER: @ImpermanenceDT
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/impermanencedt
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/channel/UCO0qS_BDV2US9gPfgjyJeQQ
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and international
Photo Credit: Maurizio Martorana
In this ground breaking new production from Bristol based Impermanence – who brought you critically acclaimed shows Da-Da-Darling and SEXBOX – we follow BAAL, our anti-hero along their path of consumption, greed and ultimate destruction, echoing the spiralling events of our current ecological crisis.
This stunning, cathartic, multi-media production, featuring a dual-channel film and lusciously designed costumes and set, sees four dancers and a musician grapple with love, sexuality, art, fame, betrayal, nature and lust.
Packed with extreme physicality, dark humour and beautiful poetry, Baal will premiere on the main stage of the Bristol Old Vic.
Based on work conceived and developed with Tyrrell Jones (Knaїve Theatre).
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Impermanence Performers; Roseanna Anderson, Alessandro Marzotto Levy, Joshua Ben-Tovim, Sonya Cullingford
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4 (+1 live musician)
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Premiere 25 April, Bristol Old Vic. Available from May 2019 onwards
VIDEO LINKS: Work in progress trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnv6x2wJ5Ks
Photo Credit: Jack Offord
Billy Zane narrates this 50-minute arthouse film in which war is imagined as a diabolical dance choreographed by Satan and Ballet Master Death.
Impermanence presents their first short-feature film with a directorial debut from Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim. The film was inspired by the pacifist satire, The Ballet of the Nations, written by Vernon Lee in 1915 and illustrated by Maxwell Armfield as a response to the outbreak of war. Impermanence’s film incorporates original dialogue inspired by Lee’s text, among intricate and stylised dance pieces, with production design by Pam Tait, an original soundtrack by composer Robert Bentall and cinematography by Jack Offord.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Impermanence
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 60
LENGTH OF WORK: 50 minutes/30 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Currently available, 30 mins version available from June 2019 onwards
VIDEO LINKS: Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUEq-820H6A
Photo Credit: Jon Archdeacon
A new show from Impermanence, Tim Redfern, Tom Marshman and Corali Dance Company exploring the themes of anxiety, ecology, sexuality, gender, freedom and love through the magic of The Major Arcana tarot cards
The host performers will select one audience member for a tarot reading of their past, present and future cards. Their chosen card is a bespoke, performed cabaret experience, creating a vivid spectacle for the wider audience.
The Major Arcana lasts for an hour and a half, with readings working in 10 minute cycles. The aesthetic of this “game show” varies greatly from raggle-taggle charm to a refined visual spectacle.
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Tom Marshman, Timberlina, Corali and Impermanence
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 6
LENGTH OF WORK: 90 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Currently available
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRgthxDaeA
Jane trained in theatre at Bretton Hall in the early 90’s before dancing for various choreographers (Wayne McGregor, balletLorent, Deborah Hay) and creating her own work to tour (Life Forces, Singer, Come on Sun). She collaborates in experimental theatre with companies and directors (Quarantine, Lone Twin, NTS Scotland, Blind Ditch) and in various contexts (education, community and academic research) exploring ways for people to deepen connection with themselves and each other through choreography. Her current work Night Flying is created in collaboration with David Williams. Jane is an associate artist at Exeter Phoenix and a Kaleider Resident.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Jane Mason
EMAIL: Jmason30@hotmail.com
PHONE: 07949 598610
WEBSITE: www.jane-mason.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/jane.mason.3323
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/user3910867
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
Photo Credit: Benjamin J Borley
Drawing on ideas related to deep time, the night sky and landscapes of being, Night Flying explores a constellation of associations related to memory, change and wonder.
Beginning with some core objects – sand, wigs, silver sheets – and some shared interests: in the feelings and stories that lie dormant in objects, and how to ‘awaken’ them; Night Flying combines movement, text and objects to create images that unfold fluidly like dreams. Footprints in the sand. Breath, wind, flight. An encounter with an ‘angel’. A journey into space carrying messages about our world for other alien civilisations. Ultimately, it offers ‘a choreography for the small hours … for the 4:07 a.m. in you when the streets and cities and landscapes are stilling, when the world has evacuated the day, when you are yet to meet the sunrise’ (Ian Abbott, Writing about Dance).
CHOREOGRAPHER: Created by Jane Mason and David Williams
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 70 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn 2019 onwards
Photo Credit: Benjamin J Borley
Joe Garbett is eccentric and hyperactive internationally toured and performed dance artist creating colourful, silly and unifying shows for all and putting the community at the heart of his practise.
Based in the UK you will find Joe choreographing and performing in outdoor and unconventional places advocating the importance of positive, playful and accessible art in public spaces. Joe enjoys directing work that advocates the importance of unity and engages people in the exhilaration that can come together when achieving a common goal. His work has toured internationally and has been supported by The Place, National Theatre, Rural Touring Initiative, Glastonbury Festival, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, pubs, clubs and everything in-between.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Joe Garbett
EMAIL: joegarbett@hotmail.co.uk
PHONE: 07871 391838
WEBSITE ADDRESS: joegarbett.yolasite.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/joegarbettdance
TWITTER: @joegarbettdance
INSTAGRAM: @JoeGarbettDance
YOU TUBE CHANNEL: Joe Garbett Dance
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and international
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
Live performance work. Rehearsed and toured throughout 2021 with Covid safety adjustments.
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Workshops available
Photo Credit: Stephanie Claire Photography
Doubles brings bursts of colour to the streets in a collision of dance and ping pong. Watch as the dancers spin and slide in this playful pop-up performance.
Grab a bat and join in!
#doubles
CHOREOGRAPHER: Joe Garbett and dancers
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2 (Duet) or 4 (Quartet)
LENGTH OF WORK: 20 minutes + 10 minutes of playing ping pong games and learning dance moves with audiences
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Available fully for 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=05f1DyQxfIk
Doubles is perfect for any outdoor or indoor event. This quirky, interactive and lively dance performance has performed at Shanghai’s International Ping Pong Festival, National Theatre, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, street parties, school halls, rural fields and many more. Take a look on the Doubles Website for more information on performance and workshop opportunities. https://doublesdance.yolasite.com
Photo Credit: Jake Grant Photography
Hold tight, a storms brewing from the north...actually the south... wait where are we? Follow your nose into a wriggly giggly world where tents can dance and massive maps swamp the land. Help the two happy hikers as they support, celebrate and solve their way through this wholesome high energy adventure.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Joe Garbett and dancers
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 20 minutes (tbc) + 10 minutes of interactive games with set design
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Available fully for 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: Postponed due to COVID 19. Creation period winter 21/22. Ready by Spring 2022. Commissioned by Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Applause Touring and The Marlowe Theatre.
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
Plue is a bizarre kaleidoscope of colour, movement & queerness . An exploration of what happens when there is no public space for queer people to express their queerness. Eli & Joe examine rural queerness and physicalise the intimate-awkwardness of living on top of each other during Lockdown. Somewhere between a robotic courting ritual and a slow-motion magic show, Plue invites you to a place where all is not quite what it seems- Where people shrink & expand before your eyes. Where bodies merge into many legged chimeras. Where performers dissolve into thin air and reappear in a puff of pink smoke. Using mirror trickery and innovative costume design, Eli & Joe scrutinise where queerness, intimacy, visibility, and privacy blur.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Joe Garbett and Elinor Lewis
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: TBC
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Available to tour from April 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKa62wTE_kc
Photo Credit: Stu Mayhew
Photo Credit: Elinor Lewis
Photo Credit: Jake Grant Photography
Photo Credit: Jake Grant Photography
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
Photo Credit: Rocio Chacon
Joli Vyann integrate circus, dance and theatre, blurring the boundaries of where the dance ends and the circus skills begin, but also pulling the audience into an imaginative and captivating experience. Joli Vyann are unique due to their individual style of crossing genres of dance and circus. Since 2013 they have created and toured internationally 4 outdoor shows and 2 indoor shows and are currently making their third. They have worked with many international artists, choreographers and musicians. As well as touring internationally Joli Vyann teach a huge range of masterclasses and workshops from beginners through to professionals, all ages and cultures, community groups and vulnerable groups including refugees and recovering addicts. Joli Vyann believe that movement is for everyone.
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: Olivia Quayle and Jan Patzke
PRODUCER: Turtle Key Arts
EMAIL: holly@turtlekeyarts.org.uk
PHONE: 07921 061984
WEBSITE: www.joli-vyann.com
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: James Williams
Lance moi en l’air, Joli Vyann’s summer show is about the sensitivity and connection between two people, bringing about compatible contradictions. Can we be strong whilst relaxed? Heavy whilst light, grounded whilst levitated, submissive whilst in control? It explores a mixture of strength and weakness. Can we be dropped into the air? Humanity emerges and acrobatic prowess speaks between bodies. In a mixture of abandonment and accountability this is piece is sensitive, where bodies just fit together. An exciting mix of dance and partner acrobatics, this show stuns every audience from children to elderly and everything in between.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Joli Vyann
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 30 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Ready to tour - any time of year, indoors or summer outdoors
Photo Credit: Gigi Gianella
Anima is Latin for breath, life and soul. Joli Vyann’s new show explores the simple act of breathing in all its forms and how it connects us all. How does breath affect our emotions? Our physicality? Our very being? The performers push themselves to the limits of their physicality where breath is shared, breath is stolen and breath is forced. Using Joli Vyann’s unique blend of dance and acrobatics, Anima is about the delicate connection between two people breathing through an emotional roller coaster. Anima features a live musician, using dance, circus, voice and wind instruments, allowing breath to literally become the soundscape for the performance.
“Joli Vyann pushes aside the boundaries between acrobatics and dance with intelligence and impressive skill.” The Guardian
CHOREOGRAPHER: Joli Vyann
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2 dancers, 1 musician
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: May 2019 onwards
"Last Legs Dance Theatre uses movement, humour, improvisation and music to translate sensitive social subjects into performances. We love how theatre can move conversations in a direction of awareness.
Our creative starting point is initiated by stories of personal strife, either present-day or from the past. We produce live performances and provide free online showings with online video discussions with the artists and audience.
We also create supporting online documentaries, interviewing specialists on the chosen subject to give a deeper understanding. Our audiences find this an exciting way to engage in these untold stories.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Peter Anderson
EMAIL: lastlegsdancetheatre@gmail.com
PHONE: 07447 625285
WEBSITE: www.lastlegsdancetheatre.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastlegsdancetheatre
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
Robert Wedderburn was a political activist of Jamaican/Scottish heritage from the early 1800’s fighting for the freedom of slaves and equality for the poor in London.
Our dance theatre performance shares his story, challenges and frustrations during his fight against oppression.
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Peter Anderson
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4
LENGTH OF WORK: 40 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Depending on freelancers availability
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeFb3NNjHIw&t=601s
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
Shift is an improvisational project that works with movement, space and music.
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Peter Anderson and Marie-Louise Flexen
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 40 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Flexible
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzWT6oL7s8
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
Photo Credit: Last Legs Dance Theatre
May Productions Ltd. is a company run by artistic director Lisa May Thomas in creating and delivering dance-improvisation performances, immersive participatory experiences, and dance-film. The work is about enabling embodied and sensory experiences for participant-audiences and developing the potential impact of these practices in areas of health and wellbeing, across social sciences.
Lisa works with a number of dancers as long-term collaborators, including Anne-Gaelle Thiriot, Will Dickie, Verena Schneider, Ben McEwan, Laila Diallo, Ania Varez, Bryn Thomas, Fernanda Munoz-Newsome and Holly Thomas. She also collaborates with creative technologists (VR, immersive technology, sound technology) All Seeing Eye, Clarice Hilton, Tom Mitchell, Jo Hyde, and Alison Bown; and with cinematographers and film-makers Adam Laity, Razaka Firmager and Jonathan Eve.
Lisa is a long-term resident at the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol, a QuestLab Network artist at Studio Wayne McGregor (2019), and a member of the Institute of Somatic Communication with Nita Little. She is a PhD researcher at the University of Bristol, investigating modes of performance-making which combine dance-somatic and improvisation practices with VR technology.
NAME OF COMPANY: May Productions Ltd.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Lisa May Thomas
EMAIL: lisamay.thomas@mac.com
PHONE: 07812136681
PROJECT WEBSITE: https://soma-project.co.uk/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SomaVR
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/soma_vr/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/somaVR/
VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/lisamaythomas
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo credit: Soma by Lisa May Thomas (2019), image by Leticia Valverdes
The Soma Project explores the concept of ‘somatic agency’ – our experience of and capacity to sense and feel our living and moving bodies, highlighting the perception gap between seeing and feeling through the use of VR technologies.
Led by dance artist and researcher Lisa May Thomas, the project spans; Soma a movement and virtual reality experience; research initiatives at the University of Bristol combing dance-somatic practices with virtual-reality technology; audio-visual and photographic exhibition work, professional dance workshops and training using technology in practice and performance; and public workshops and talks.
NB. Soma has been developed on from prototype project Figuring (2018).
Participant quotes:
“I think the thing that has stayed with me the most was that was a lot of very bold, unusual, experimental, multisensory, hypersensitive, extraordinary, ground-breaking work, like all in one go. It felt quite exceptional.” Verity Macintosh, Programme Lead, MA Virtual Reality, University of the West of England
“The sensation was quite striking … strangely powerful and pleasure-able … you have a cultural experience which you know you kind of wander away and it’s over, but there was definitely a sort of lingering emotional impact … the sum of the experiences were definitely far more than a simple VR journey - and more valuable from my perspective.” Chris Sharp, Contemporary Music Programmer, Barbican Centre, London
CHOREOGRAPHER: Lisa May Thomas
LENGTH: 1 hour
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4 dancers for group performance (with 4 participants); one-to-one alternative (in development); we are also looking to develop home-based ‘remote’ experience (in development)
TOURING AVAILABILITY: From Spring 2021
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/400275825
Watch Soma teaser trailer at the foot of this page of the website: https://soma-project.co.uk/
Also see marketing pack available to download from this page of the website:
Photo Credit: Soma by Lisa May Thomas (2019), image by Leticia Valverdes
Photo Credit: Soma by Lisa May Thomas (2019), image by Leticia Valverdes
Marie-Louise Flexen is a highly creative individual who is passionate about delivering outstanding quality within the arts and wellbeing sectors. Offering over 25 years of experience in the expert field of dance and performance with a specialism in collaboration and combined arts. A versatile producer and performer, she offers a broad range of projects from contemporary dance to vintage songs and dance performances to dance productions with horses.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Marie-Louise Flexen
EMAIL: mflexen@gmail.com
PHONE: 07788 670667
PHONE: 01285 650683
WEBSITE: www.marielouiseflexen.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/marielouise.flexen
TWITTER: @492251971betty
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzLCQL3wcg2dqpmoT6yjRhQ
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
Performances work with social distancing measures & government guidelines in place. Outdoor performances are available and a full Covid-19 risk assessment will be provided. PLI insurance through Equity
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
Work can be available or adapted for digital platforms if possible
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Marie-Louise works freelance on a variety of creative dance and combined arts educational and community projects. She also produces The Mary Lou Revue vintage song & dance who provide a wide range of performances with community engagement at its heart.
Photo Credit: James Rowbotham
Marie-Louise is a portfolio dance and performance artist who works across a range of professional projects. Currently Marie-Louise focuses on collaborations along side her two productions Barehoof Productions & The Mary Lou Revue. For more information on Marie-Louise Flexen and current collaborators visit www.marielouiseflexen.com. Here you can find details on combined arts projects, physical theatre, equine productions and vintage songs and dance performances.
Photo Credit: Peter Anderson
Photo Credit: Stephen Moore
Mark Bruce Company makes original dance theatre that is visceral, intimate, true and beautiful and unafraid to walk through the dark. A creative vehicle for choreographer and director Mark Bruce and an acclaimed group of creative collaborators, it takes on bold, innovative projects, providing breath-taking theatrical experiences for audiences and exciting development opportunities for dancers. With a unique choreographic language, distinctive imagery and eclectic musical scores, Bruce’s work draws from a broad spectrum of influences and has a strong filmic quality, pushing the boundaries of expectation and perception.
Winner “Best Independent Company” National Critics’ Circle, 2015
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Mark Bruce
PRODUCER: Anne Hipperson
EMAIL: anne@markbrucecompany.com
PHONE: 07717 881130 or 01373 476449
WEBSITE: www.markbrucecompany.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/markbrucecompany
TWITTER: @markbruceco
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/user10692171
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/channel/UC-waQ0XKjy64dGtCaPqyIZA
VIMEO CHANNEL: https://vimeo.com/user10692171
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and please enquire with regard to international touring
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
This work is available in line with any local restrictions
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
These works are not currently available digitally.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Education workshops can be provided with this work together with supporting teacher’s pack
Photo Credit: Mark Bruce
Green Apples is a commanding contemporary dance duet performed in the round to the music of The White Stripes. Separated from the performers only by a rope, the audience is drawn into a visceral and immediate experience as the dancers circle themselves and each other in a space of physical intensity and magnetic energy.
‘Bruce knows how to rock The Place. No one translates indie rock bands onto bodies better. This will be exciting, we promise’ The Londonist
CHOREOGRAPHER: Mark Bruce
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 10 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2022 onwards
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yhx8qwzzwE
Photo Credit: Mark Bruce
Photo Credit: Mark Bruce
Neon Dance is an internationally renowned organisation that embraces a diverse and digital population; a place where artists, partners and people engage in experiences that are experimental and original, yet accessible to all. We develop dance works that explore technologies and design with the body as the central tenet.
Artistically led by Adrienne Hart, Neon Dance has been commissioned and supported by Arts Council England, British Council, The Place, Modern Art Oxford, Glastonbury Festival, Art Front Gallery, Sadler’s Wells, Swindon Dance, Creative England and Pavilion Dance South West amongst others. Adrienne is currently a Studio Wayne McGregor Questlab artist.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Adrienne Hart
PRODUCER: Maeve O’Neill
EMAIL: maeve@neondance.org
WEBSITE: www.neondance.org
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/neondanceuk
TWITTER: @Neon_Dance
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/neondance
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live performance work
Our latest work Prehension Blooms, which is due to premiere in September 2022, has been devised with the pandemic in mind. We offer flexible performance options including lower capacity performances and tele-operated robot integration allowing audiences to become part of the performance from home.
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
We have a bite sized behind the scenes video series for ‘Prehension Blooms’, available to share online. We are also working with the Bristol based company Air Giants on an immersive digital work for 2022.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
We will work with a handful of organisations to create ‘Prehension Blooms’ companion projects in 2022. The aim of our companion project series is to counteract loneliness and encourage companionship through dance and technology. We will be focusing on working with young people aged 16 - 24 and older people 60+.
Dance & Robotics workshops, dance intensives and talk events are also available (both digitally and physically).
Photo Credit: Camilla Greenwell
Prehension Blooms is a 60-minute performance work that unravels the origins of loneliness and explores how people find companionship and a sense of belonging; cultivating a sense of connection between audience and performer through the use of expressive Swarm Robotics.
Prehension Blooms can function as a live performance work and an installation. We have designed the work for diverse spaces with the flexibility to scale up or down. The making of Prehension Blooms will be informed by deep community engagement and cutting edge technology.
Confirmed collaborators include roboticist Hemma Philamore, visual artist Ana Rajcevic, composer Sebastian Reynolds and lighting designer Stuart Bailes.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Adrienne Hart
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: September 2022 - November 2023
DIGITAL/ONLINE WORK/VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.neondance.org/programmer-prehension-blooms
Photo Credit: Miles Hart Photography
‘Puzzle Creature’ is a term coined by artist / architect duo Arakawa (1936 - 2010) and Madeline Gins (1941 - 2014), it refers to an organism’s constant questioning of its existence and surroundings. Adrienne Hart has created a beguiling performance experience inspired by Arakwara and Gins, featuring an award winning team of collaborators. An immersive inflatable set design creates a space where performer and public co-exist; three exquisite dance artists drive the performance, accompanied by a newly commissioned multi-speaker score.
Puzzle Creature features integrated British and Japanese Sign Language alongside audio description.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Adrienne Hart
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2024
DIGITAL/ONLINE WORK/VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.neondance.org/programmer-puzzle-creature
Photo Credit: Miles Hart Photography
Neon Dance premiered a site specific version of ‘Puzzle Creature’ on Teshima Island in Japan as part of Setouchi Art Triennale between the 28th & 29th September 2019. Commissioned by Art Front Gallery, the work was part of British Council’s UK in Japan 2019-20 season and has since been presented as part of a series of daytime ‘encounters’ at Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History (February 2020).
CHOREOGRAPHER: Adrienne Hart
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: Flexible
TOURING AVAILABILITY: 2022-2023
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.neondance.org/programmer-puzzle-creature
Photo Credit: Adrienne Hart
Photo Credit: Tom Schumann
Photo Credit: Miles Hart Photography
Photo Credit: Miles Hart Photography
Founded in 2007 by Steve Johnstone, and based in the South West and London, Off The Map Dance Company’s core principle is to deliver high quality creative work to regional audiences. The company targets areas that may not have access to the arts, and reaches out by offering a range of possible ways to engage with contemporary dance, including live performances, classes and workshops.
Off The Map's choreography is designed for small to mid-scale touring, from theatre spaces to community halls. Off The Map aim to create, inspire and provoke discussion.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Steve Johnstone
EMAIL: steve.offthemap@gmail.com
PHONE: 07949 335248
WEBSITE: www.offthemapdancecompany.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Off-The-Map-Dance-Company-314294232041019/
TWITTER: @OffTheMap83
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/channel/UC005sJsl4fbDmA4ogquJHQw?view_as=subscriber
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
Photo Credit: Nick Spratling
This dance theatre production sees central character, Kitty, being controlled by her overprotective sister, who keeps steering her away from the Ooser mask. She is drawn in by her fearless curiosity and is embraced by the mystical creature giving her a sense of freedom. However, Kitty keeps being interrupted and is broken from this playful engagement.
Folklore entwines three past folk stories from across the South West to form a new narrative using contemporary dance and puppetry to show the characters interaction. Original music is composed by Dorset folk-duo Ninebarrow bringing the extra dimension of colour to each scene.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Steve Johnstone
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2020
VIDEO LINKS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-d0Cb4XHPg
Photo Credit: Nick Spratling
RCD creates memorable and moving work through a blend of ballet, contemporary dance, partner work and improvisation at the forefront of interdisciplinary collaboration. RCD is an Associate Company at Exeter Northcott and Swindon Dance.
The ensemble leads ambitious community participation programs and presents site responsive work in a vibrant range of heritage sites, including galleries, scenic outdoor spaces and museums. Alongside touring work continuously to theatres across the UK, RCD has presented work in Singapore, Germany and Israel.
RCD has close partnerships with Royal Opera House, The Linbury Trust, Studio Wayne McGregor, Dancin’ Oxford, NDCW, Dance in Devon, PDSW and DanceEast, amongst others.
Richard has created works for English National Ballet, National Youth Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Rambert School, Trinity Laban, Frontier Danceland (Singapore) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Richard Chappell
EMAIL: richard@richardchappelldance@co.uk
PHONE: 07895 836203
WEBSITE: www.richardchappelldance.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/richardchappelldance/
TWITTER: @RChappellDance
VIMEO CHANNEL: https://vimeo.com/user41968662
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
Presently we are fortunate to have received funds from The Linbury Trust and Arts Council Wales and England to support our activity in the next 18 months. When social distancing eases and dancers are safely allowed to travel and be in contact at work, we will be developing a new production for touring in 2021. We have secured 8 tour dates for 2021 and have the very minimum funds to do some of these shows in the event that Project Grants does not reopen within the first 8 months of 2021. We presently have no work that can be achieved with social distancing in place for cast members apart from the solo ‘As Above, So Below’ which could be rehearsed with social distancing and performed in heritage sites or outdoor spaces. Should our plans in 2021 not be possible, then we will be looking to present this work throughout the year.
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
Our film of Silence Between Waves is available for screening, alongside archival footage of both At the end we begin and Still Touch.
We are presently bidding to create two short films and if their funding bids are successful, then these will be available for screening from October 2020.
I have lead/am leading participatory classes and workshops for DanceXchange, Bath Spa University, U.Dance and Lifeworks and I dedicated funds from my Emergency Grant to delivery 26 free one to one consultancy sessions to recent graduates or up and coming artists to support their work. I will be continuing to do this throughout the coming months, should further partnerships be made to support my mentoring fees.
We are currently discussing the possibilities of post show Zoom conversations after screenings.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
Please see community participatory activity associated with Silence Between Waves.
Photo Credit: Dan Martin
‘Silence Between Waves’ is a work performed by a cast of three exceptional Singaporean dancers and a community cast of up to 50 performers. Samuel Hall’s soundscape of recorded local stories of people living by the coast in the UK frames a conversation through movement and sound, connecting two countries and places across the sea by reflecting on home and far away.
Taking inspiration from the views and environment of a specific local coastal location, the work is designed to be performed in coastal outdoor locations. The work is adaptable to feature only three professional dancers or a larger cast also featuring the local community.
‘Silence Between Waves’ comes alongside a community engagement program where the community cast develops a new and personal version of the work which is unique to each location the project is ran in within the UK.
We are exploring a duet version of ‘Silence Between Waves’ for Summer 2021.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Richard Chappell
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3 professional dancers and a community cast of up to 50
LENGTH OF WORK: 14 minutes (just professional dancers) , 26 minutes (with community cast)
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Summer 2021 and Summer 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: Yes, of just professional dancers
VIDEO LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Photo Credit: Dan Martin
‘Infinite Ways Home’ explores themes of out of body experiences and how a group can connect their realities together through a group journey, and redefine through their connection their sense of ‘home’. RCD will collaborate with the experimental electronic music duo Larch to compose a pulsating soundscape for the work, which will also be combined with live music by cellist and pianist Samuel Hall and visuals by artist Iris Borras. Our intention is to tour the work in 2022 and 2023 as RCD’s first touring production that could be presenting in mid scale venues.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Richard Chappell
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 5
LENGTH OF WORK: 50 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn 2021, Spring & Autumn 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: Marketing footage will be available from Autumn 2020. We have secured funding for high quality video footage of ‘Infinite Ways Home’, which will be shot and distributed in Autumn 2020 when we are able to finish our Research and development.
Photo Credit: Dan Martin (Film Screenshot)
‘As Above, So Below’ explores ritualistic experiences of magic throughout history. Originally staged as a solo at Bristol Museum, the work is suited for open spaces within museums or outdoor settings. It is a solo for the renowned contemporary dancer and voguer Faye Stoeser and has the option to be performed hourly for a total of three times.
As a solo ‘As Above, So Below’ is highly adaptable and logistically easier to tour in 2021, when our budgets will be smaller than normal.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Richard Chappell
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 16 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring & Autumn 2021, Spring & Autumn 2022
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Photo Credit: Dan Martin
Photo Credit: Dan Martin
Sophie Arstall is a Contemporary Dance Artist, having worked for choreographers in the UK and abroad: Hagit Yakira, guest artist for Candoco Dance Company, Rosemary Lee, Stacked Wonky, Vanessa Grasse, Annie Hanauer, Attik Dance, Ingri Fiksdal, Rosie Kay, Willi Dorner, Tony Mira, Charlie Morrissey to name a few. She makes work with collaborator Elizabeth Barker under the name Average Height Ladies. Commissions include work for The Horniman Museum, South Bank Centre, Trinity Laban and Channel 4 Random Acts. She is now creating her own solo work with this first work ‘Voiceless Things’
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Sophie Arstall
EMAIL: sophiealyette@hotmail.com
PHONE: 07976 316886
WEBSITE: www.sophiearstall.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/SophieArstall
TWITTER: @sophiealyette
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Michele Panegrossi
This solo, exploring notions of resilience and womanhood begins with the hands and in particular the relationship of hands to one’s self and immediate environment. The hands are symbolic of this idea of resilience, as channels or portals into an intimate psychophysical world in which femininity, vulnerability, strength, fragility are addressed and questioned. The hands as the most resilient parts of our body; dextrous, expressive, functional, practical, caring, violent, touching, full of feeling, communicators or betrayers of the psyche. Equally the quality of the hands shape the dance, moulding the sculptural clay of the body from the outside in and inside out.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Sophie Arstall
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1
LENGTH OF WORK: 2 versions, 12 mins or 22 mins (video link shows 12 min version)
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Currently available
VIDEO LINKS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R6ysoY3m-j7tbdoma0GU9BtGPSwbFBDT/view?usp=sharing
Through his company Still House, Dan Canham makes performance events that span across dance, theatre, short film and audio recordings.
Still House works often involve dance and music as a way of revealing ourselves to each other, better understanding each other and celebrating that which is different or overlooked.
Community is at the heart of the work – both the forming of temporary communities through the act of live performance, and a documentary approach in which the company engages with particular groups of people as a way of sharing unheard stories.
“One of the most original talents around” – The Independent.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Dan Canham
PRODUCER: Kate Yedigaroff - MAYK
EMAIL: kate@mayk.org.uk
WEBSITE: www.stillhouse.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StillHouseLive/
TWITTER: @StillHouseLive
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/stillhouse
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Paul Blakemore
Tonight we come together, to look each other in the eye and dance. We have the time and we’re making a space to call our own.
In this explosive outdoor gathering, Bristol based performance company Still House joins forces with the Tottenham-based Steppaz Performing Arts Academy and north London’s music production powerhouse Empire Sounds to create a high-energy night of dance and live music.
Dance party, gig and social, the show is led by an ensemble of young dancers who move across hip hop, contemporary folk and Afrobeats, celebrating community, youth and belonging.
“SESSION is genuinely one of the most inspiring, infectious, profound and important performance events that I have ever attended.” Emma Rice, Wise Children.
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Dan Canham, Odilia Egyiawan, Abena Noel
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 20
LENGTH OF WORK: 50 minutes
VIDEO LINKS:
Photo Credit: Dan Canham
In Spring 2020 we will create and begin touring our next major work, On Wrestling.
We're using olympic wrestling as a choreographic tool. We're digging into models for masculinity. We're playing with the things that might be difficult for men to say to each other and to show to each other.
"We cannot change men, but we can encourage, implore and affirm their will to change. We can respect the truth of their inner being, a truth that they may be inable to speak, that they long to connect, to love, to be loved." - bell hooks
We're open to residency opportunities and commissioning partners. To find out more contact: kate@mayk.org.uk
For enquiries relating to international opportunities, contact: hannah.slimmon@farnhammaltings.com
CHOREOGRAPHER: Dan Canham
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 40 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2020 onwards
VIDEO LINKS: vimeo.com/313698364
We are a vintage song and dance duo, performing Swing Jazz songs and dances Hollywood Musical numbers and Music Hall routines. Our shows are full of physical theatre, comedy and choreography. We use costume changes and props to create a fully theatrical performance. We specialise in taking live performance to care settings, hospital wards, parks and gardens, community groups and public events as well as private events and functions indoors and outdoors.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Marie-Louise Flexen
EMAIL: mflexen@gmail.com
PHONE: 07788 670667
PHONE: 01285 650683
WEBSITE: www.mary-lourevue.webeden.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/marylourevue
TWITTER: @MLRevue
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Live Performance work
Performances work with social distancing measures & government guidelines in place. Outdoor performance are available and a full Covid-19 risk assessment will be provided PLI insurance through Equity
COVID-19 STATEMENT: Online/Digital work
We have a resource pack available to download, or to access via our You-Tube channel. We are currently putting together an updated version, incorporating films of our performing songs with interactive movement ideas and on screen lyrics
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Workshops, Residencies, etc
The Mary Lou Revue vintage song & dance provide a wide range of performances with community engagement at its heart. We take performances to care settings, hospital wards & gardens, local parks, community & social groups.
Photo Credit: Clifton Photographic Company
Bandstand Cabaret is ideal for outdoor events, and can be adapted for indoor performance. The show is a celebration of Swing Jazz, Hollywood Musicals and Vaudeville. The duo, Slim Ditty and Mary Lou, sing classic songs from the 1930s through to 1950s, all brought to life with nifty dance routines, theatrics and humour. We are looking to tour parks and bandstands around the UK. We have our own portable bandstand set, which we can take to events and locations. This project has been made possible with funding from the National Lottery, Arts Council England.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Marie-Louise Flexen
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: May to September
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: Edited showreel in production
Photo Credit: Angela Conlan
Bedside Cabaret involves 1-2 performers taking live performance into private rooms, specialist wards and to those in isolation. It is a fully interactive performance where residents, patients, staff and individuals get to choose songs from a selection, which are then performed live. We also have a Vintage Singalong resource pack and DVD, which come as a bound hard copy or digital download, containing our recordings of 11 songs, along with lyrics, movement ideas, prop suggestions and a quiz. We are in the process of producing films of our performing the songs, which will then accompany and enhance the pack.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Marie-Louise Flexen
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 1 or 2
LENGTH OF WORK: Half Day or Full Day
TOURING AVAILABILITY: All year
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: No
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/392073960
The UPG Team are the original performance-parkour company, coining that phrase to describe their unique blend of authentic French free-running with urban and contemporary dance & slapstick comedy. Since 2006 the company has toured across 5 continents, performing for clients including the British Council. With co-creator of Parkour Malik Diouf, the company pioneer participation models and specialise in working with at-risk communities of young people. Playing on moving buses & trains, on rooftops and in swamps, in the heat of Tuscan summers and the snows of Norwegian winter, with performance-parkour the team can work with anyone, anywhere.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: The Urban Playground Team
EMAIL: info@prodigalupg.com
PHONE: 07880 704380
WEBSITE: www.prodigalupg.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/prodigalupg
TWITTER: @prodigalupg
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/user/UPGTeam
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Malik Diouf
Inspired by the shocking fact that a third of UK young people spend less time outdoors than its prisoners, ZOO HUMANS sees The UPG Team bring Attenborough’s smooth narrative to a Kafka-esque reality in which a group of humans have forgotten how to move. As they slowly become aware of the artificial world in which they’re living, they must decide if they’ll risk their comfort for freedom and start to move again, before its too late...
Supported by the Hall For Cornwall & ACE. For family audiences. Accompanied by workshops and participation opportunities for YP to perform in the show.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Miranda Henderson & Malik Diouf
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: 25 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: May 2019 - end 2021
Photo Credit: Malik Diouf
Photo Credit: Malik Diouf
Theo Clinkard was born in Cornwall and is currently based in Hebden Bridge. Since launching his company in 2012, he has built an international reputation for creating affecting and visually arresting dances for small to large-scale theatres. He is an Associate Artist at Brighton Dome, Dance4 and an Honorary Fellow at Plymouth University.
Commissions: Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Candoco Dance Company.
Current projects:
- The Elsewhen Series. Duets co-authored with regular collaborator, Leah Marojević conceived for galleries museums and non conventional spaces.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Theo Clinkard
EMAIL: theoclinkard@me.com
PHONE: 07968 759625
WEBSITE: www.theoclinkard.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theoclinkard/
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/theoclinkarddance/
TWITTER: @theoclinkard
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/user/theoclinkard1977
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Theo and Leah continue the work of the Romantics by embodying their values to soften the industrial, question productivity and physically defend the dream space.
Five strikingly designed durational duet scores that are conceived to be stumbled upon by audiences in galleries, museums or unconventional spaces.
Ranging in length from 15 minutes to 1 hour, these can be programmed individually or as a full set.
Recently presented at Victoria and Albert Museum, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and Cardiff Dance Festival.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Theo Clinkard + Leah Marojević
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 5 durational duets
TOURING AVAILABILITY: ready to tour
VIDEO LINK: https://vimeo.com/344585473
Untold Dance Theatre make work that is highly accessible, emotive and entertaining encapsulated in a feminist and gendered frame work. Untold’s director, Vicki Hearne, has a long standing passion for creating work surrounding mental health. “It is vital that we continue raising awareness and contribute to the debate surrounding mental health. Live performance is another way of highlighting this issue and contributing to social and political change.”
Untold, established in 2016, are based in Bristol and have toured across the UK.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Vicki Hearne
EMAIL: vicki@untolddancetheatre.com
PHONE: 07970 394258
WEBSITE: www.untolddancetheatre.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/untolddancetheatre
VIMEO CHANNEL: https://vimeo.com/user11799110
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: The Confidence Project - movement workshops promoting positive self esteem and confidence for all ages
Photo Credit: Chris Lewis Smith
On The Inside explores solitary confinement, compression, isolation and the ugle side of humanity. What are the rules, who makes them and how far do you go to break them?
A visceral and explosive dance theatre work directed by Julia Thorneycroft & Vicki Hearne.
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Vicki Hearne and Julia Thorneycroft
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4
LENGTH OF WORK: 1 hour
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2022 onwards
DIGITAL/ONLINE VERSION: Yes
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/595360712 https://vimeo.com/595367002
Photo Credit: Richard Wort
“It truly moved me. Had tears flowing fast and heavy. Had me feeling all the love. Had me angry…moved’” Audience member Spring Tour 2019.
Women Wise explores what it means to have a lack of confidence and low self esteem and how that manifests itself at different stages of life. Told through comedic and emotive dance theatre, Women Wise does not hold back.
“I came to Harrogate Theatre on the 21st Feb really not knowing what to expect and came away so moved and uplifted and inspired. Your performance of Women-Wise was beautiful, intense, sad, funny, POWERFUL! I wanted to be up there with you. I was up there with you!” Audience member Spring Tour 2019.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Vicki Hearne
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 7 (+1 live musician)
LENGTH OF WORK: 55 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn 2019 – Autumn 2020
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/315455759
Photo Credit: Megan Ashton
Practically Perfect is Untold Dance Theatre's second full length work. The piece explores the concept of 'perfection' and the journey women take in attempt to achieve this unattainable goal. Full of theatricality, the performers taken you on a revealing journey informed by true stories.
“Extraordinary, moving, unsettling, celebratory, memorable.” Praise for Untold Dance Theatre.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Vicki Hearne
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 7 (+1 live musician)
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Spring 2020/ Autumn 2020
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/293825304
Photo Credit: Chris Lewis Smith
Photo Credit: Chris Lewis Smith
Watkins Dance Company is a contemporary dance company, formed in 2011 by British Artistic Director & Choreographer Anna Watkins. Her work is very physical, technical and demanding.
Delivering performances, education programmes across the UK and Internationally. The strong technical dancers excite you with their strength and emotion. The choreography detailed, and complex. Introducing a raw, contemporary dance company
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Anna Watkins
EMAIL: anna@watkinsdance.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.watkinsdancecompany.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/WatkinsDanceCompany
TWITTER: @WatkinsDanceCo
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
LINKS TO WORK AND PROMOS/TRAILERS:
http://www.watkinsdancecompany.com/film-choreographer--movement-director.html
MRS OATH - https://youtu.be/ik--wif9Htk
Funded by Arts Council England
Produced by Anna Watkins and Film Oxford
MORTELLE - https://youtu.be/a_4HSms_Epc
Funded by Arts Council England
Commissioned by Film Oxford
Choreographer and dancer: Anna Watkins
Photo Credit: Pierre Tappon
Image dancers: Anna Watkins & Johnny Autin
Complications of the marriage, the love/force/drive/fight and the blindfold we hide behind.
Dancers: Anna Watkins and Andre Kamienski
CHOREOGRAPHER: Anna Watkins
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 2
LENGTH OF WORK: 10 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Available for UK and International performances including dance theatre festivals from January 2021.
Wilkie Branson is an interdisciplinary dance artist and film maker. Self taught in both dance and film, which form the main focus of his work, the roots of his practice lie in BBoying. He received the Arts Foundation Choreographic Fellowship in 2012 and was most recently the recipient of several awards for his latest dance animation Little Dreams. Wilkie is a New Wave Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells and a Playtime Artist at PDSW.
His previous shows at Sadler’s Wells include Varmints, White Caps and Boing! which has just returned from China for the second time after a Christmas run in New York.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Wilkie Branson
PRODUCER: Luisa Hinchliff
EMAIL: info@wilkiebranson.net
PHONE: 07884 283835
WEBSITE: www.wilkiebranson.com/promo
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/wilkie.branson
TWITTER: @WilkieBranson
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/wilkiebranson
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Wilkie Branson
Set in a hinterland between the civilised world and the wilderness, TOM tells the story of one man’s journey to rediscover who he really is. Will he find the answers he needs, or is the real TOM lost forever?
TOM is a unique, innovative dance for camera installation created by award-winning choreographer, film-maker and Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Artist Wilkie Branson. TOM explores storytelling using the hip hop language of b-boying, bringing it together with cutting-edge technologies including animation, projection mapping, sound design and film installation.
TOM’s physical installation is made of 3 holographic gauzes, onto which the film is projection mapped, giving a layered, almost pop-up effect, to view the film.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Wilkie Branson
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 557 - TOM is a dance film installation - that features no live dancers on stage - and plays on a large truss set-up and 3 holographic gauzes
LENGTH OF WORK: 50 minutes no interval
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Available late 2019, currently booking through 2020
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/321745530
Photo Credit: Wilkie Branson
Photo Credit: Wilkie Branson
Yskynna are a vibrant company based in Cornwall who believe in making and taking extraordinary performance to new heights! With sights set on non-traditional venues, high walls, cliff faces, tall buildings and large open spaces, Yskynna welcome new challenges and chances to create in inspiring places.
With our work we aim to generate and invigorate audiences. We recognise the value of gifted/free performance accessible for all, which enables us to reach a wider demographic of the public. We are determined to entrust our legacy to the youth which are at the heart of all of our educational and outreach initiatives.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: David Greeves
EMAIL: djg@djgreeves.com
PHONE: 07789 536739
WEBSITE: www.yskynna.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Yskynna
TWITTER: @Yskynna
VIMEO CHANNEL: vimeo.com/yskynna
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and internationally
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner
A visual and vocal spectacle celebrating the life of Captain William Bligh.
Shanties, songs and performance poetry accompany a high roped hiatus of
vertical dance performed on the tower at The National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
CHOREOGRAPHER: David Greeves
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 6
LENGTH OF WORK: 25 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY:
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/276234898
Photo Credit: Guy Harris
A moving maritime story of young Jack Bray, who left for the Indies of a clipper, and one stormy night had a ghostly encounter with the sirens of the deep. Combining aerial dance, physical theatre and choir singing, this moving and breathtaking performance is aimed towards family audiences, and originally performed at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
CHOREOGRAPHER: David Greeves
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 5
LENGTH OF WORK: 20 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY:
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/318015321
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner
Take a journey deep into the fairytale heart of Trebah Garden, where a world of magic and mystery has awoken. Once upon a time in a land of lost children, wicked stepmothers, wolves and witches a firebreathing dragon slept. Do you enter into this world and risk awakening her? But take care on your travels...as you're surely in for a big surprise.
CHOREOGRAPHER: David Greeves
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 9
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY:
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/276238561
ZoieLogic Dance Theatre, led by founding Artistic Director Zoie Golding, challenges the perceptions of what dance is, who it is for and how it is presented.
We’re on a mission to get more people involved in dance, especially men and boys and those less likely to see or take part in the arts.
We make this happen by creating and touring professional dance theatre shows, and through our outreach, engagement, and talent development programmes. 2020 is our 20th anniversary year.
In 2020, we’ve met the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic with a spirit of resolve, resourcefulness and reinvention.
Here are some examples of the dance we’ve made happen:
RIDE: Outdoor dance theatre tour to care homes (July 2020)
THE GRID: Live outdoor dance experience for local people (August 2020)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Zoie Golding
PRODUCER: Vicky Thornton
EMAIL: vicky@zoielogic.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.zoielogic.co.uk
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ZoielogicDanceTheatre
TWITTER: @zoielogic
INSTAGRAM: @zoielogic
TOURING: Regionally, nationally and maybe internationally
Photo Credit: Dani Bower
Ride is an innovative and visually arresting outdoor dance theatre work, which has been adapted for Covid-secure performance.
It is perfect for festivals, large open public spaces or private open spaces such as care home car parks or lawns. Ride explores the nature of journeying with ‘Stanley’, our customised 1980’s Ford Orion. It portrays the story of three men whose separate paths coincide for a short time as they discover a most curious thing; a car that seems to have a life of its own. These four souls, three men and one machine take a strange, exciting journey together, on which they discover and explore man and machines reliance on each other, and themselves.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Zoie Golding
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 3
LENGTH OF WORK: 25 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Summer months annually May – Aug
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/176357482
Photo Credit: Matt Bartram
The Grid Experience is a unique dance project which explores movement and shared spaces in the Covid-19 world.
The aim of The Grid Experience is to use dance to increase peoples’ physical communication skills and a way to feel connected again. The project used shared experience to help break down the barriers built during isolation and give people a safe space to feel connected.
Starting in August 2020, it is anticipated that the project will develop and run through 2021, and will end when we can bring people physically in touch once again.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Zoie Golding
NUMBER OF DANCERS: capacity of 64 participants
LENGTH OF WORK: 90 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Through 2021
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/456563292
Photo Credit: Matt Bartram
Sleuth is an up-close dance theatre mystery show unlike any other. Audiences sit inside the purpose built set, and must guide a tough, hard-boiled detective through the shady streets, seeking out answers.
Sleuth is set in 1950’s Britain, a world of shifting shadows and rising crime, where good and bad men can be found on both sides of the law. Step into a world of intrigue and adventure, where you the audience must question everything, and decide which clues are followed to unravel the truth behind the crime. Every choice he faces is yours to make, and whatever you decide will change the way the story is told. It’s a show packed with dynamic movement and storytelling, high stakes and tricky characters, where you, the audience, are truly in control.
CHOREOGRAPHER: Zoie Golding
NUMBER OF DANCERS: 4
LENGTH OF WORK: 60 minutes
TOURING AVAILABILITY: Autumn 2021- LIMITED AVAILABILITY, subject to social distancing guidelines being relaxed.
VIDEO LINKS: https://vimeo.com/273624760
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