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Announced Today: Akram Khan part of Danny Boyle’s team for “Isles of Wonder” Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

2012-01-27T18:33:00.005Z

It was announced today that internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Akram Khan part of the team collaborating on the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, devised and directed by Oscar winning British Director Danny Boyle.

Khan, who’s work Vertical Road won “Best Modern Choreography” at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards this week, is recovering well from a tendon injury sustained earlier this month. His performance at the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony will be his first public performance in 2012.

Akram Khan said “It is a thrill and an honour to be collaborating with Danny Boyle on the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The eyes of the world will be on London, in what will be one of the most watched performance events of all time. To be able to contribute is one of the most rewarding and exciting moments of my career. My work has always been about courageous and ambitious experiences, that take audiences on a unique journey that crosses cultural boundaries and I look forward to bringing all these qualities to my Opening Ceremony performance.

“I am recovering well from my recent injury and am looking forward to getting back to preparing for this incredible event.”

Yorkshire Dance in new partnership with Provident Financial bringing boys’ dance and technology to Rotherham

2012-01-24T15:27:00.001Z

Leeds-based Yorkshire Dance, the dance agency for the Yorkshire region, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with the Yorkshire company, Bradford-based Provident Financial Plc. The partnership will allow Yorkshire Dance to work with partners in Rotherham on a new project to develop boys’ dance in parts of the community with fewest opportunities for young people.

Yorkshire Dance will be working with the arts development team at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to develop high quality opportunities for boys and young men to engage with dance.

The work will encompass dance and technology sessions in a series of taster sessions and weekend and holiday projects. Young men will have a chance to develop their self confidence, fitness, and leadership skills alongside their musicality and performance skills, whilst qualifying for The Arts Award and other relevant steps that will see them engage with education and employment.

Gail Ferrin, Youth and Community Dance Director of Yorkshire Dance, says, “Our aim is to encourage a large number of Rotherham’s young men to experience the challenge, exhilaration, discipline and fun of making and sharing dance. Dance can have a profound effect on young people, bringing out self expression, confidence, physical skills and raising self-esteem. I look forward to seeing how the young men in Rotherham embrace dance and technology and create some stunning dance works”

Wieke Eringa, CEO and Artistic Director of Yorkshire Dance, says “We are looking forward to working alongside the Provident Financial team. It is great to have our work endorsed by such a significant national partner, and it’s a fantastic boost to Yorkshire Dance’s role as dance development agency for the region.”

Brent Shackleton, Community Affairs Manager for Provident Financial, said: “Through our Good Neighbour community programme we look to assist local community organisations in areas where we have customers. Each community partner is selected carefully to ensure that every project is delivered to a high standard and provides real benefits for the community.

We have supported the arts for many years, and so we are delighted to be able to assist in the development of a project that will support young men who may not usually have the opportunity to take part in creative art forms. This project will offer exciting arts opportunities, giving participants the chance to work with professional artists and boost their skills and self confidence.”

Scope Dance Theatre introduces Hip-hop Dance Sessions with sMash

2012-01-24T15:23:00.003Z

Hip-hop Dance Sessions with sMash:

Some basic knowledge about the true essence of the body posture and movement in the Hip-hop style. Foundations of the Hip-hop dance / Partydance. The social dance of the Hip-hop culture steps will be taught in detail. This is not a typical choreography class. This is a class to teach the students the old school steps of Hip-hop and to give them the right understanding of this social dance. It is suitable for beginners, for any style of dancers or non-dancers, but also with people of some knowledge in Hip-hop dance. Foundations of Toprock (Bboying) will also be merged in the technique exercises.

Level: Beginners

Teacher: Nefeli Tsiouti (Bgirl sMash)

Nefeli's Professional Credits:

- Director/Choreographer of Scope Dance Theatre
- Associate Lecturer of Choreography, Middlesex University
- Lecturer of Dance in Colleges (ballet, jazz, hip-hop)
- Masters in Dance Choreography
- Dancer in Element Dance Company
- Bgirl in Soul Superior, bgirl crew
- Resolution! 2012 The Place (choreographer/dancer)
- 'Palette' in Cyprus 2012
- Open Art Surgery 2010, 2011- Jonzi D
- UK Brazilian Grammy Awards 2011
- MOVE IT 2011
- 3rd International Street Festival Athens 2011
- Schwelle 7, Berlin 2010

Battles:

- Top 8 Bgirls 'Kill The Beat International' Athens 2010
- Semi-finals All styles 'UK Hip-hop Championships Midlands' 2011
- Semi-finals 'B.Supreme Bonnie n Clyde' 2011
- Qualified 'Attention to Detail Expojam - Birmingham' 2011

The class can be drop-in, as there will not be choreography taught from one week to the next one.

Drop-in: £5 per session
Term: £35 for eight weeks

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(6th February 2012 - 26th March 2012)

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Dance on film: DESTINO A Contemporary Dance Story

2012-01-23T14:28:00.004Z

The film 'DESTINO A Contemporary Dance Story' is a behind the scenes documentary of when Addisu Demissie & Junaid Jemal Sendi visited the UK in 2009 and also covers their astonishing work they've carried out in their homeland Ethiopia with disabled dancers.

During their time in the UK, they led workshops alongside Dance United made up of people from a variety of backgrounds both experienced and inexperienced in dance. They also performed choreography by Hofesh Shechter, Russell Maliphant & Adam Benjamin.

In watching this film, it was great to be taken back to when we first saw Addisu Demissie & Junaid Jemal Sendi perform Destino. These two dancers, originally from the streets of Ethiopia, are both inspirational and outstanding dancers. They come across as a pair of genuinely modest men, dancers, choreographers with a real enthusiasm for how dance can change lives as it has their own and the people whose lives they've touched.

Would love to see & hear about more of them!

Link to film website: http://www.destinofilm.org/#

C-12 Dance Theatre Audition Notice

2012-01-23T13:17:00.001Z

C-12 Dance Theatre is looking for highly physical and expressive professional male and female dancers with a minimum of 2 years professional experience for upcoming projects. Including two confirmed exciting outdoor productions.

Project 1: C-12 is looking for a lead male performer for their new outdoor production; The Van Man. Dancers must be trained in a variety of dance styles to a professional standard. Experience of urban dance theatre styles and parkour are preferable. Rehearsals are to take place in London and dancers must be available for all rehearsal and performance dates.

Rehearsal Dates: 20th-24th February, 5th-9th March, 12th-16th March, 26th/27th April
Performance Dates: 2nd/3rd May, 16th/17th June/ October and further dates to be confirmed
Fee: rehearsals are paid at equity rate and a performance day fee applies

Project 2: C-12 is looking for one female and two male dancers to work with Award winning Australian Choreographer, Shaun Parker, who will be choreographing a new outdoor work on C-12 Dance Theatre this spring entitled TROLLEYS. Dancers must be trained in a variety of dance styles to a professional standard, and experience of street dance, acrobatics and parkour are preferable. Applicants should have highly physical movement ability, break skills, good upper body strength, street gymnastics and be able to perform in a grungy acrobatic style. Rehearsals are to take place in London and dancers must be available for all rehearsal and performance dates.

Rehearsal Dates: 26th-30th March, 23rd-25th April, 7-11th May, 14th-18th May
Performance Dates: 18th/19th May, 30th June, 7th/8th July, 4th/5th August, 31st Aug/1st Sept, further dates to be added.
Fee: rehearsals are paid at equity rate and a performance day fee applies

The above productions are supported by the Arts Council England.

Project 3: C-12 is looking for a small number of male and female dancers to join the existing company, to be a part of various projects and performances over the next two year period.

To be invited to the audition please send your CV, cover letter and photo to annie@c-12dancetheatre.com by Monday 6th February 10am 2012. The CV would ideally include the photograph and would be no more than one side of A4. Please attach suitable You Tube links and website details to support your application.

Good luck

Open Company Class With A.D. Dance Company and Guest Teachers

2012-01-20T14:48:00.000Z

For the next 12 weeks, A.D. Dance Company will be in a research and development period for their new work ‘Memento’ in collaboration with Jeremy Holland-Smith, assistant composer to Joby Talbot at the Royal Opera House and the Docklands Sinfonia Orchestra. During this phase the company will be opening up company class to professionals and graduates every Tuesday with classes taught by guest teachers. 

We kick off classes next week with Aaron Vickers, who graduated from Laban in 2010 and is currently working with James Cousins, winner of the New Adventures Choreography fund. Aaron will be leading a challenging and highly physical floor based class that is demanding and dynamic.

Over the coming weeks we will have classes covering various techniques including Limon, Release, Cunningham, classical ballet and contemporary ballet. Classes will be held at Newington Dance Space and will be from 9.30-10.45am. Classes will cost £5. Spaces will be limited to 12 people per class and places will be booked on a first come first serve basis. 

Weekly updates with details about the coming weeks teacher and style of class will be put on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/addancecompany
To book your place, please send you cv and headshot to addancecompany@googlemail.com

Jobs with 2Faced Dance Company - General Manager & Board Members

2012-01-18T09:36:00.001Z

General Manager

2Faced Dance seeks an exceptional individual who combines vision and imagination with organisational skills and an attention to detail.   We’re looking for a bold, enterprising and experienced arts manager to help us develop and realise an exciting and secure future. This is a new post to manage the company on a full-time basis. The primary purpose of the post is to develop and lead the company financially and managerially alongside the Artistic Director's vision and the company’s business plan. We are also looking for someone who is able to invent new possibilities and partnerships for the company.  This role is a 3 year fixed term post with the potential to be extended with continued or renewed funding .

Hours: 40 hours per week.  

Salary: In the region of £27,000 - £30,000k per annum plus expenses related to the post outside of Hereford will be covered.

Location: 2Faced Dance is based in Hereford at The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Edgar Street, Hereford. HR4 9JR. The post holder will be based at the office.

Start Date: 2nd April 2012 (this is flexible within the month of April)
Herefordshire is a rural county and being a car owner as well as having a full clean driving license is essential.

Deadline for applications: 17:00 Friday 10 February 2012
Interviews will take place at The Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford on 23 February 2012.

For further information or to speak to someone about the post please email info@2faceddance.co.uk or call the office on 01432 276807.

To download a full pack please visit www.2faceddance.co.uk/jobs.html

2Faced Dance Company champions diversity and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Board Members

2Faced Dance is seeking new board members to support the organisation as it moves into a new phase of development and expansion. After a successful bid to Arts Council England, 2Faced Dance is set to become a National Portfolio Organisation in April 2012. We are now seeking individuals with leadership qualities, business skills, artistic expertise and energy to support our aspirations and developments as we move into an exciting new phase.

For further information please visit www.2faceddance.co.uk/jobs.html

Deadline: 29 February 2012.

Interviews will take place on the 10th of April 2012

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR PLATFOM A.D.

2012-01-14T15:21:00.002Z

A.D. Dance Company are pleased to announce that applications for Platform A.D. are now open. The Platform will run from March 28th-30th and will be held at The Actors Church in Covent Garden. This three night choreographic platform presenting dance from six dramatically different dance companies aims to showcase the best in new UK choreographic talent and performance.

photo by Alicia Clarke

The platform is open to all genres and we welcome applications from all styles of dance. Previous performers have included Joss Arnott Dance, James Finnemore of Hofesh Shechter, Lo-Guidice Dance, Tempered Body Dance Theatre and Maxwell Dance Project. Performers will perform over all three nights and will receive a share of ticket sales once costs have been covered. Companies will also receive performance photographs and a video of the performance.

Platform A.D. was created in August 2010 by Holly Noble, Artistic Director of A.D. Dance Company. The platform aims to help and provide emerging dance companies, of all genres, the opportunity to showcase their work in the beautiful surroundings of The Actors Church in Covent Garden as well as providing a regular platform for dancers and choreographers to participate in. Alongside this the companies performing will receive feedback in the form of reviews and audience comments and evaluations. Companies/Choreographers will also have the opportunity to teach as part of the workshops that are run in conjunction with the platform.

Along with offering choreographers a unique opportunity we also hope that the platform gives people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to come and explore and be involved with exciting new and innovative dance.

To apply please send a short description of the piece you wish to present along with video footage or weblink and a current CV. Please send two high quality images suitable to use for press and marketing should the application be successful. Pieces must be no longer than 20 minutes and must be adaptable to a site specific space. Applications close on 1st February.

Please email applications to addancecompany@googlemail.com
For more information please visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/addancecompany

C-12 Dance Theatre looking for Dance Workshop Leaders

2012-01-13T16:18:00.000Z

JOB NOTICE: Dance Workshop Leaders

C-12 Dance Theatre is looking for professional dance artists with teaching experience for upcoming creative learning projects and delivery of workshops.

Dancers trained in a variety of styles are essential. Extensive experience of either one or all of the following: ballet, contemporary, jazz and street dance techniques. Other dance specialisms are welcome.

Teaching projects are predominantly located in Hertfordshire and East London areas; drivers are preferable, but not essential.

Current projects exist on Wednesday and Friday afternoons but a good availability and flexible timetable is important.

Need to be available for projects from 6th February 2012.

Application Deadline: 30th January 2012.

Rates of pay: £20-£35 per hour depending on project/location.

How to Apply:
Email enquiries@c-12dancetheatre.com for an application form with C-12 Workshop Leader in the subject box.

Please send completed application form, CV and cover letter to annie@c-12dancetheatre.com stating why you wish to be considered as a dance workshop leader for C-12 Dance Theatre.

If you get through the first application stage you may be asked to provide a date when a member of C-12 can attend a teaching session lead by you.

Scottish Dance Theatre: The Start of a Year, the End of an Era

2012-01-13T09:29:00.001Z

Spring 2012 sees Scottish Dance Theatre’s final tour with Janet Smith as Artistic Director. Premiering a new work, Pavlova’s Dogs by Rachel Lopez de la Nieta, alongside a programme of shorter works, the spring tour celebrates the diversity of work the company has produced with Janet at the helm.

After 14 years as SDT’s Artistic Director, Janet Smith leaves to take up the role of Principal at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. Under Janet’s tenure the company has grown from the small scale Dundee Rep Dance Company with 5 part time dancers and 3 full time staff into Scottish Dance Theatre; Scotland’s leading contemporary dance company which now employs 9 full time dancers, 2 apprentices and 10 office staff, presenting highly acclaimed work across the world.

“I have spent 14 wonderful years with this pioneering, passionate and generous company. After the spring tour, SDT is heading off to performances in the UK, Italy, Germany and the US with new leadership on the horizon. Meanwhile I take my leave, to become Principal at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. I’m taking a corner of Dundee with me, many friendships and a real appreciation of my time and involvement in the dance community and cultural life of Scotland. I wish the company great creativity, success and expanding horizons in the future.” Janet Smith

The Spring 2012 repertoire includes work that celebrates the talent Janet has encouraged within the company; All in the Grip by Natalie Trewinnard, A Touch of Red by Nicole Guarino and Love Games by Joan Clevillé.
Completing the Spring rep is Pavlova’s Dogs by Rachel Lopez de la Nieta which places the dancers on stage as test subjects, questioning how the audience view what they see on stage; Drift, an intensely physical piece by James Wilton; Lay Me Down Safe, a tender and sensual look at desire by Kate Weare and Idan Cohen’s animalistic My Sweet Little Fur.

As well as the usual programme of Open Studio and Meet the Creative’s events held at the company’s home, Dundee Rep Theatre, on April 11&12, SDT will premiere What on Earth!? it’s very first work for children at Dundee Rep Theatre’s Easter Children’s Festival. What on Earth!?, Janet Smith’s final work for SDT created with Assistant Director Sally Owen, combines dance, animation and music to create a nocturnal treat for all the family. Visit www.scottishdancetheatre.com to find out more.

Joss Arnott Dance To Premiere New Work 24 at Resolution! 2012

2011-12-23T16:38:00.001Z

We saw Joss Arnott Dance perform 'threshold' last year and have been waiting to see what Arnott's next creation is going to be ever since!

This year the company showcased their debut work threshold on an International level receiving high acclaim from audiences. 24 echoes Arnott’s interests in movement vocabulary and stylistic qualities as an artist, including a more subtle approach.

Commissioned by South East Dance, 24 was created at the new South East Dance Studios site in Hextable. Inspired by the work of Alexander McQueen, 24 portrays a metamorphic aesthetic within a primitive and surreal world performed by a company of female dancers, focusing on the physical and emotional states of fragility and severity through intense physicality.

In 2012 the company will be showcasing work within the UK and Internationally, as well as embarking on many commissions already confirmed throughout the year. There are plans for a Triple Bill programme to be toured in the Autumn including a solo created and performed by Joss Arnott. The company has recently been selected to be part of Dep Arts Ltd’s Incubate programme and will continue their close partnership with South East Dance whilst also continuing to be on their Creative Business and Development programme.

JossArnott Dance will be premiering 24 as part of Resolution! 2012 at The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre on Saturday 14th January, 20:00hrs.

Tickets can be bought

Via The Place Box Office: 0207 121 1100

(Mon - Sat 12-7pm, 6pm on non-performance days)

Online: www.theplace.org.uk/theatre

Or in Person at The Place, 17 Duke's Road, London WC1H 9PY

For more information please visit www.jossarnottdance.co.uk

Follow Joss Arnott Dance on Facebook and Twitter @jossarnottdance

Photo: Copyright Francois Verbeek

(why wait for what, for wait for when) by Toby Fitzgibbons & Matthew Robinson

2011-12-19T10:54:00.002Z

(why wait for what, for wait for when) is a new piece created and performed by Scottish Dance Theatre's Matthew Robinson & Toby Fitzgibbons.

This will be shown at The Place on 7th January as part of Resolution! 2012 - a massive collection of works put on throughout the start of the new year showcasing fresh talent in contemporary dance.

We asked Matthew a few questions about his past, present and future and here's what he had to share with us.

Your new work (why wait for what, for wait for when) is to be performed at The Place in January- What inspired you to create this piece? We are again really privileged to be part of The Place's Resolution! season, and are really thankful to The Place for their continued support. The work came about through a desire for us to continue our artistic collaboration, and an ambition to push our collaborative methods further. The work, more than our last work, formed itself as it went along, we discovered what we wanted to say as we played with ideas, images and narratives.

'Why Wait' follows two men waiting, in some ways for life to happen, and delves into what possesses their minds along the way. What can take us over in moments of solitude, boredom and loneliness? Where can paranoia, delusion or longing take an unoccupied mind?

We've also worked more closely this year with the SDT technical team to realise some more ambitious lighting plans, and with photographer Viktoria Begg to provide the work with what I think is a rather beautiful backdrop.

Since the premiere of the work in July the work has been through some revisions, and for Resolution! will be in its third incarnation.

The title's a bit of a tongue twister - how did it come about?The title is a combination of ideas we collaboratively came up with. It mirrors some of the moments in the work, the more you look at it, the more you read it, the more it kind of doesn't make sense, and yet at the same time makes more sense. It could be a question, a rhetorical question or a statement. We placed it in brackets as a kind of subtitle to what you see, rather than saying this is what this piece is, it is an invitation to question and consider as you watch.

One thing we love about Scottish Dance Theatre is the family vibe. How are you all coping with the recent departure of Artistic Director Janet Smith? Scottish Dance Theatre is a family, and like families once you are part of one you are kind of always part of it. Janet may be leaving us in Dundee, but she is always part of the family. The students are so lucky to have her at NSCD, and as much as we will miss her very much it is such an exciting step for her to make. Her vision has shaped SDT into what it exists as today, and through that has shaped me into the dancer I am at this point. I am, and always will be so very grateful to her for the chances she has offered me, her guidance and support. It is all being handled very smoothly and a new director should be in place later in the year, we will just have to wait and see what the future holds.

The start of the new year is just around the corner. How would you sum up 2011 and what have you got lined up for 2012? 2011 has been a long year, a year of hard work, surprises and a bit more hard work, but I think that is a feeling mirrored in many other peoples lives. The world beyond the dance world (and the dance world itself) is getting tougher, finances are being squeezed and news is rarely good, and I think people have really felt the pressure this year. It is such a time of uncertainty. I look at this government and am so sad at so much of what they are pushing through, and how they are painting our nation abroad. It was a year of so many parts, and so many emotions.

Personally Resolution! last year was such an exciting venture for me, and returning this year is such a pleasure and great way to begin the year. With the company we will be premiering a new work by Rachel Lopez de la Nieta, which I think is really going to challenge us and our audiences, the process is already proving provocative and exciting. I (and Toby also) will also be teaching professional class at The Place, something I am really excited to be doing. But right now it is hard to see beyond January 7^th, there is still so much to do. We really hope people enjoy what we have been up to since last year, it is a work full or surprises, and a work I hope proves to be a welcome post-christmas warm up for 2012.

New work (why wait for what, for wait for when) by Toby Fitzgibbons and Matthew Robinson, features photography by Viktoria Begg, a specially designed lighting rig and a varied musical score featuring the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Waits and The Killers'.

Performing in a triple bill alongside Daniel Walters and Shelly Maxwell (The MDP) on January 7th at The Place in London.

See Link for further details.

Click here for facebook event page.

You can also follow Matthew & Toby at their website http://tlbproductions.posterous.com/

See Hip-Hop Dance Theatre Company Scope at Resolution! 2012

2011-12-14T15:34:00.001Z

Scope Dance Theatre will be presenting a blend of hip hop and contemporary dance with 'Velocity' at The Place this January 26th.

Scope is made up of dancers who come from the UK, the USA, Japan and Cyprus. Their work is incorporated with a variety of music, from classical to human beatbox.

Dancer Nefeli Tsiouti created Velocity in 2010, alongside her mentors Christina Kostoula and Jonzi D, for her Masters thesis. The piece is exploring the physics of movement combined with the physics of sound. It uses vocal percussion in the form of beatboxing as its soundtrack. The choreography is generated from the music, which was created with the idea of the bullet in mind; thus the two elements interact and form an organic and inseparable whole. There is no plot or story behind the dance; it is a hip-hop dance theatre based piece in which experimenting and improvising played an important role.

2010 promo

Choreographer: Nefeli Tsiouti

Company: Scope Dance Theatre www.scopedancetheatre.com

Title: Velocity

Music: Beatbox by R-tizt - edited by Ian Simpson

Dancers: Deann Frost, Fumi Tomioka, Monica Nicolaides, Nefeli Tsiouti, Patrice Cotter

Date: 26 January 2012

Time: 8:00 pm

Venue: Robin Howard Dance Theatre

Price: £14 (£11 conc)

Two other dance companies will also be performing on this night. Details are as follows:

Erik Nevin
From The Forest

Nutshell Dance
Mari Frogner
People in Transit

See Link for more info.

DanceXchange hosts world premiere from rising dance star

2011-12-07T09:15:00.001Z

Aakash Odedra, an upcoming star of British South Asian Dance, will be helping DanceXchange (dx) celebrate ten years at Birmingham Hippodrome with the world premiere of his latest work.

Rising is an evening of dance performed by Odedra which explores different processes and aesthetics to create a new personal language. The evening will showcase pieces created by renowned international choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as well as a piece of Odedra’s own creation. All of the works call on his background in the classical Indian dance disciplines of Kathak and Bharatanatyam.

David Massingham, DanceXchange Artistic Director says: “We’re delighted dx is able to present Aakash’s world premiere. He has been working with some of the UK’s top choreographers, so I’m excited to see what they’ve created”

The evening represents the final chapter in dx’s special tenth anniversary season celebrating a successful decade based at Birmingham Hippodrome. Over the last decade dx has supported the production of over 50 major touring works including Akram Khan, Jasmin Vardimon and Rafael Bonachela as well as hosting a large number of performances in its studio theatre. The expanded 2011 season has showcased some of the best new names in the dance world and also featured performances by some of the artists who have worked alongside dx in the last ten years.

To find out more information about dx or to purchase tickets for performances please visit www.dancexchange.org.uk.

OPEN AUDITIONS IN LONDON & BERLIN for Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company's Dance Journey Program - December 2011

2011-11-27T17:26:00.002Z

Auditions taking place Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company's Dance Journey Program in London and Berlin. For registration, please click here.

LONDON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011
10AM - 2PM
Pineapple Dance Studios
7 Langley Street
London, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0)20 7836 4004
www.pineapple.uk.com

BERLIN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
12PM - 4PM
Dance Studio Berlin
Neuenburgerstr. 13
Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)17 7488 2869
www.dancestudioberlin.com

FRESH: UK's Best Professional and Youth Dance Companies

2011-11-24T19:26:00.002Z

For one night only, Fresh! brings together some of the UK’s best youth and professional dance companies for a dynamic evening of contemporary dance.

Created specifically for a younger audience aged 14+, Fresh! allows young people to come together to enjoy professional contemporary dance .

The programme includes internationally acclaimed Hofesh Shechter Company, performing an excerpt of Political Mother; Jonathan Goddard, presenting his engaging 07941 611971, based on live interaction via mobile phone; and LCDS Andrew Bennett’s solo show Jessica. The professional companies will share the stage with the very best in the UK’s youth dance: Dance United’s metamotion, Avant Garde Youth Dance, Shoreditch Youth Dance Company and London Youth Circus.

Cando2, the youth company of Candoco, working with disabled and non-disabled dancers, will be presenting a site specific performance on the night. Shift, The Place’s celebrated 14 to 19 year-old youth dance company, will also be premiering a piece by award-winning choreographer Luca Silvestrini.

Before the main performance, UNWRAPPED, a series of workshops led by artists from Hofesh Shechter Company, and Avant Garde Youth Dance’s director Tony Adigun, will offer young dancers the opportunity to experience a repertoire-based session, and gain invaluable ‘behind the scenes’ access into how dance moves from studio to stage.

Fresh! is an exciting opportunity for young dancers to engage with professional dance artists and other dance lovers in a fun and young environment. After the performance, The Place‘s theatre bar will be transformed into an exclusive ‘after-show party’ with Roundhouse resident DJ NZ, and even more dancing.

Details

Date: Saturday 3 December 2011, 6pm.

Location: The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London, WC1H 9PY

Tickets: £14 workshop and show (limited availability)

£9 young person’s ticket (show only)/£10 adult ticket (show only)

Adults are welcome but must be accompanied by at least one under 18.

Book now at: www.theplace.org.uk/fresh or 020 7121 1100

Neshima Dance Company performs in Resolutions 2012

2011-11-24T15:59:00.001Z

Come to watch the performance of Neshima Dance Company’s new dance theatre piece ‘Beyond Words’ in Resolutions 2012 as part of a wonderful dance triple bill! Book this date in your diary NOW:

Tuesday January 17th from 20.00 - 23:00!

The Place, 17 Duke's Road London WC1H 9PY

Created by:

Batel Magen

Tickets will go on sale Monday 5th December 2011

via The Place Box Office: 0207 121 1100

Online: www.theplace.org.uk/theatre

(Mon - Sat 12-7pm, 6pm on non-performance days)

Beyond Words - funded by Arts Council England

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With an amazing cast and a unique original musical score this dance theatre piece will be a joy to watch!

For more information about Neshima Dance and our upcoming performances visit the website www.neshimadance.com.

Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT) Artistic Director, Janet Smith takes up new post as principal at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD)

2011-11-21T14:51:00.001Z

Janet Smith, SDT Artistic Director for 14 years, is to take up the post of principal at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in February 2012. During her time with SDT, Scotland’s national contemporary dance company, the organisation has grown in size, talent and strength from 5 to 22 staff and become one of Creative Scotland’s Foundation Organisations. Janet’s drive and passion have led SDT to become an award winning, internationally renowned company. Her experience and eye for talent has created partnerships with both established and up and coming choreographers. It is a testament to her style of leadership that many SDT dancers have gone on to become successful choreographers and directors themselves, to dance with international companies or else have stayed with the company for many years. Through Janet’s guidance SDT is recognized nationally for pioneering leadership in Arts and Disability.

The skill and talent emerging from within the company under Janet Smith’s leadership has enabled a clear interim plan to be put in place whilst the company recruits a new Artistic Director. Current SDT Rehearsal Director/Dancer James MacGillivray, will take up the position of Acting Artistic Director and SDT dancer Joan Clevillé, a choreographic power within the company, will step up to the role of Acting Rehearsal Director. James MacGillivray recently gained an MA in Contemporary Dance specializing in authentic leadership, through the London School of Contemporary Dance. In his two and a half years at SDT, Joan Clevillé has displayed a clear choreographic talent. His recent work Dreamt for Light Years was performed by SDT during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at several international festivals in summer 2011. “Simple, emotive and personal this is among the strongest and most promising work from a young choreographer out there” The Journal online

“It has been a wonderful time in my life, working in the creative family of Scottish Dance Theatre –a world class company and a cultural ambassador for Scotland.

I’ll miss friends and colleagues here at Dundee Rep and across the dance and arts community in Scotland. But a rare opportunity - to contribute more broadly to the next generation of dance artists, has come my way and - with the company on top form and mid-term funding secured, the timing feels right to step aside from the company and make way for fresh artistic leadership.

I’m happy that my leaving creates the space for two of our most experienced artists, James and Joan, to shift up into new interim leadership roles for which I think they are more than ready. The appointment of SDT’s next Artistic Director will be made in spring, with a provisional start date in August 2012. I aim to relish these final months with company, before I take up my new post in February and I’m sure I will haste me back often to Dundee and Scotland.” Janet Smith

James Brining, Chief Executive of Dundee Rep, of which SDT is a part said “Janet Smith has made an extraordinary contribution to Scottish Dance Theatre and to Dundee Rep as a whole. Under her direction the company has grown and developed into a wonderful asset for the Scottish cultural scene. We shall all miss her passion, intelligence and determination.”

Feedback33 Cuban Contemporary Dance

2011-11-12T09:41:00.000Z

Feedback33 is a Professional Dancers' Mentoring Forum set up by Sheron Wray.
An opportunity to take part in various dance techniques with teachers from around the globe. It is a chance to gain insights into the passions, challenges, and experiences of various artists and teachers.

Feedback33 with Shelly Maxwell Thurs 17 Nov 2011 @ London Studio Centre

Venue: The London Studio Centre, 42 - 50 York Way, London N1 9AB (adjacent to Lincoln Lounge)

Cuban Contemporary Dance with Shelly Maxwell, Thursday 17 November, 7.30pm – 9pm (class registration 7pm – 7.25pm)

Shelley's class is a fast paced Cuban technique class merging elements of la technica Cubana with her own unique contemporary flavour. The Cuban technique is loosely rooted in the Graham technique and through additional inclusions of undulations and spinal manipulations forces the dancer to master the shifting of weight through space. The class is highly physical with challenging exercises in the centre and travelling sequences that demand a sense of attack and musical dynamism. The class culminating in a challenging movement sequence to end.

Cost per class
£5 Members / £8 Non-members
Concessions*
£3 Members / £5 Non-members
* Concessions are open to students and to unemployed professional dancers only. ID/proof of status is required. To check if you qualify for the unemployed professional dancer concession, please phone number below.

Annual Membership fee
£10

To book a place on these workshops please email Paula Allen at feedback33forum@gmail.com or phone: 07800959664.

Teacher’s Bio
Founder and choreographer of the MaxwellDanceProject (http://tinyurl.com/63zesj6) Shelley Maxwell trained at La escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba where she studied The Cuban Modern Technique (La técnica Cubana). She was a principal dancer for the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica and was a member of the Tavaziva Dance Company here in London. She has performed in the London Production of The Lion King and most recently worked with American choreographer Bill T.Jones in his award winning production of Fela! She holds a MA in Choreography from Laban. Her choreographic movement style is heavily physical with a strong relationship to music.

Feedback33 Dancers' Mentoring Forum: “Let's celebrate our differences by coming together"

DanceXchange hosts UK premiere of TAO Dance Theatre

2011-11-07T13:28:00.000Z

As part of its tenth anniversary celebrations DanceXchange (dx) will host the UK premiere of Chinese company TAO Dance Theatre’s latest work.

Having performed all over the world from China to Amsterdam, Antwerp and the US, Tao Dance Theatre will be showcasing two of its most recent works at Birmingham’s dx. The company’s Weight x 3, a piece concerned with the perceptions of physical practice, will be followed by the company’s latest work, 2.

Throughout his work, choreographer Tao Ye has made it his mission to reconnect the body to its creative abilities in order to re-establish a true sense of identity. As a result, each performance is deeply engaging and thought provoking, expressing the concept of two souls in conversation.

photo by Matthew G Johnson

David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange (dx), adds: “Choreographer Tao Ye and his company have impressed audiences all over China and Europe, and we are excited to welcome them to the dx for their UK premiere. At dx, we are dedicated to showcasing international talent in Birmingham”.

Tao Dance Theatre will be performing as part of dx’s anniversary season, celebrating its tenth year at Birmingham Hippodrome. The performance will be taking place on Friday 11^th November. Performances by Company Decalage and a world premiere by Aakash Odedra complete the special anniversary line-up.

To find out more information about dx or to purchase tickets for performances please visit www.dancexchange.org.uk.

Vocab Dance Company's latest work 'Word!'

2011-11-05T17:10:00.001Z

Brand new production 'Word!' recently performed at DanceXchange, Birmingham to celebrate their 10th year anniversary by Vocab Dance Company is asking if it is in our power to do anything about negative stereotyping resulting from media portrayal of youth culture.

They do this through a lot of strong eye contact with the audience often with confused and angry facial expressions, vexed speech, abrupt yet rhythmic movement. Live harrowing vocals create a haunting atmosphere echoing deep disturbance within our youth culture, within ourselves.

Parts of this performance were powerful, forcing you to experience some kind of emotion in relation to the subject matter.

It left us questioning the appropriateness of using adults to portray what young people are feeling. We pondered on this by considering the choreographer Alesandra Seutin's intentions. Would using young people to play out their own anger and frustrations cause an emotional rather than an objective response thus affecting our abilities to discuss such issues objectively? If the piece is asking whether adults are responsible for the evolvement of youth culture, has casting adults made this question more poignant?

'Word!' was quite an aggressive attack on negative stereotypes within youth culture. For example - if you act scared of kids wearing hoodies, this can encourage them to act and/or be scary. We're not going to question the fundamentals of whether this is arguable or not here, but it may have been beneficial to include some positive representations of youth culture in this work in order to make us truly examine its portrayal in the media. Furthermore it seems contradictory to question negative stereotyping through staging a group of similar individuals (in terms of movement and costume), leaving us to question whether this piece perpetuated stereotyping rather than challenging it by presenting a more individualistic alternative.

At the end of this performance newspapers were torn up which left us with a sense of our power to do something about representations of youth culture. Maybe a reference to online media such as social networking would have been more current. Then again, given the vast multitude of media outlets in our society, this may have made it more challenging to leave the audience with this sense of empowerment.

Vocab Dance Company are a skilled, wholehearted, passionate and assertive group of performers. Alesandra Seutin uses the stage well and her choreography is heartfelt, meaningful and powerful. The performance did what it set out to do by reminding us of the stereotypes surrounding youth culture, their effects and whether we can do anything to make a difference.

DanceXchange (dx) presents an evening of Afro-Eclectic dance

2011-11-04T16:01:00.003Z

Vocab Dance Company presents a performance inspired by aspects of black culture and heritage as part of DanceXchange’s (dx) ten year celebrations.

Founded in 2007, Vocab Dance Company fuses traditional and modern African dance, Contemporary dance forms and Hip Hop to create a unique vocabulary named Afro-Eclectic Dance. Episodes of Blackness is a double bill comprising a revival of the highly-acclaimed Kwenda-Kwenda and presentation of the new work Word!

Merging the disciplines of dance theatre, music and spoken word, Word! is a choreographic response to the headlines around youth culture, while Kwenda-Kwenda is a compelling exploration of a female’s wish to step away from one’s roots without jeopardising tradition. The result is a distinctly fast-paced, athletic evening of Afro-Eclectic Contemporary Dance.

David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange (dx), comments: “Following a fantastic performance as part of Utopia in International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010, I’m excited to welcome back to Birmingham such a dynamic and talented young company. Episodes of Blackness is a raw and engaging work that explores important and relevant issues in our society”

Episodes of Blackness is part of a line-up of special performances organised by dx to celebrate ten years since the powerhouse of dance relocated to Birmingham Hippodrome. In the last decade dx has supported the production of some of the world’s most successful dance works and this anniversary season sees it continue to bring international artists to Birmingham including the world premiere of TAO Dance Theatre’s new work, Weight x 3 (excerpt) & 2.

To find out more information about dx or to purchase tickets for performances please visit www.dancexchange.org.uk.
photo by Ireven Lewis

Laban Theatre - Autumn highlights

2011-10-31T11:28:00.003Z

Love on a bed of leaves, Sunday morning smells, how we define God – these are the themes in just some of the autumn-winter performances at Laban Theatre. Based in Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Laban Theatre is host to high performance quality contemporary dance.

Fri 4 November 2011, 7.30pm 
Duet for a bed of leaves – choreographed by Angela Praed

Enter a world where the floor is leaf, and the dancers (Polly Motley and Luke Birch) search for love and answers, in an atmosphere which is electric.

Working with extremes and peripheries of dance, Angela Praed’s unconventional creations investigate new territories for performance. From durational all-night productions to dance installations on rooftops, from large multi-generational casts to intimate encounters in private bedrooms, Angela challenges conventional performance making, while presenting works of psychological depth, intellectual rigour and a strong visual signature.

Angela says: “What is constant in my work is the exploration of relationship. My works emerge from concepts of dualities: young and old age, personal intimacy and public display, sexuality and mortality. All my work actively seeks the engagement of the audience beyond the ‘viewer’. I set up situations which create a cyclical loop between artist and viewer – initiating emotional responses through placing the viewer in a shared situation with the performer.”

Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 November, 7.30pm
Experience by the Fleur Darkin Company

 Following the sell-out national tour of 2010’s DisGo, the Fleur Darkin Company returns to Laban for two nights with the Blake Diptych. This collaborative production brings together great artists such as Lucy Carter Lighting designer (Wayne McGregor’s Infra) and Lou Cope, dramaturge (Olivier award winning Babel words) and Fleur Darkin, choreographer and The Place Prize Winner.

An enquiry into the mystery of being, The Blake Diptych is inspired by William Blake who saw the human imagination as the “body of God”. This dance theatre experience asks how we define God in a secular world. With a world class cast this performance brings together innovative design, original music, contemporary research and dance theatre to create a compelling experience.

Jerwood-nominated choreographer Darkin formed the company in 2003. It is dedicated to creating a space in culture which is not economically or politically indebted to compromise or petty realism, a space that does not reproduce dominant forms, but creates dance that is led by and celebrates the boldest act: imagination.

Friday 18 and Saturday 19 November, 7.30pm 
Hagit Yakira’s Sunday Morning

After two successful performances in July, Sunday Morning triumphantly returns to Laban Theatre. Inspired by the different origins of her peers, Hagit Yakira presents Sunday morning as a place of memories of childhood, family and of the fear of loss. Through evoking these memories and feelings, she explores the emergence of individual identity, and our incessant desire to belong.

Tickets

Laban Theatre, Creekside, SE8 3DZ All tickets: £12 (Concession £8) Ticket office: 020 8463 0100 www.trinitylaban.ac.uk

Joss Arnott Dance workshops

2011-10-30T11:07:00.002Z

Joss Arnott Dance will be holding workshops in London this December following their residency at South East Dance Studios.

The workshop will include Class, Repertoire from their new work '24' commissioned by South East Dance and a Creative Session.

Come and participate in an exciting and technically gruelling two day workshop led by Artistic Director Joss Arnott

Tuesday 6th December 2011 &
Wednesday 7th December 2011

12:00-16:00

movingeast, St.Matthias Church Hall, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 8DD

Price - £15 each day

Please familiarise yourself with the company work before booking your place.



There has been a high number of requests for more workshops since September's but spaces are very limited.

Please email

info@jossarnottdance.co.uk

With your name, age and dance experience and we will get back to you shortly after.

Do not miss out on this opportunity so book early, spread the word and we look forward to seeing you there!

www.jossarnottdance.co.uk
Facebook and Twitter @jossarnottdance

Auditions - Errol White Company

2011-10-28T15:06:00.001+01:00

Errol White Company (formerly Errol White Dance) (UK) – is looking for experienced male and female dancers with a minimum of 3 years experience to join the company for a project starting on the 9th January 2012. 

The project will run for a period of 12 weeks including a tour of Scotland. Candidates should have strong contemporary and classical technique and extensive performance experience. 

Please send a CV + photo/headshot by e-mail to applications@errolwhitecompany.co.uk by 7th of November 2011. 

Auditions will be held in Edinburgh on 22nd November. You must be available on this date.

National research project finds dance talent can be trained

2011-10-27T08:54:00.000+01:00

The question of whether artists are born or made is now closer to being answered, according to research released today by dance science researchers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

The research team studied nearly 800 young dancers in collaboration with the country’s Centres for Advanced Training (CATs), and found that dancers training at the CAT centres showed steadily increasing levels of physical fitness, high and stable levels of psychological wellbeing, low to moderate levels of injury and dropout, and positive creativity experiences.

Report author and Head of Dance Science at Trinity Laban, Emma Redding, said the evidence was clear:

“To be successful, a dancer must be technically and artistically proficient, while also being motivated, committed and able to cope with a demanding profession."

“Talent is not static or just about particular individual characteristics; it is dynamic and affected by a wide range of factors such as relationships, the environment, and cultural and societal aspects.

“Our research found that the best way to produce such an environment was through training centres such as the CATs.”

Funded for three years by the Leverhulme Trust and the Department for Education, the research comprised investigations into the psychology, physiology, anthropometry, injury, adherence, and creativity of this talented cohort of young dancers.

Emma continued: “While the individual is at the heart of this process, it is how she or he develops during training that ultimately matters. Dancers with many different backgrounds, training histories, and bodies can be successful, and the structure of the training process, the quality of instruction, and the nature of interpersonal relationships are crucial to talent development.”

The research project is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, unprecedented both in terms of its entirely representative and large sample, its interdisciplinarity, its longitudinal nature, and the way in which it addresses unanswered research questions related to dance talent development.

PLATFORM A.D. PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS AT THE ACTOR’S CHURCH, COVENT GARDEN 3rd-5th NOVEMBER 2011

2011-10-24T13:30:00.003+01:00

We are sorry to announce that due to injury, James Wilton will not be performing as part of Platform A.D but will still be teaching at the Platform A.D. workshops. In place of James Wilton we are pleased to announce that Diciembre Dance Group will be joining us for the Platform A.D. performances.

Platform A.D. runs from the 3rd-5th November and is a three night choreographic platform presenting dance from six dramatically different dance companies that showcases the best in new UK choreographic talent and performance.

For this platform we will be presenting innovative work from Diciembre Dance Group, Who will be performing Lewis After Wonderland, based on the poem 'A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky'. A striking new work ‘Patriot’, choreographed by James Finnemore, current dancer with Hofesh Schecter Dance Company, first premiered at Cloud Dance Festival in July 2011. The world premiere of No Tomorrow by Stewart Kennedy Dance Company, choreographed by Stewart Kennedy, Scottish choreographer and Post Graduate student of Jasmin Vardimon Company. Dead Voices a hauntingly beautiful piece by Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre, choreographed by Anthony Lo-Guidice associate artist of both Dance City and Arc Stockton. Returning for the second time to Platform A.D. is Beyond Repair Dance Company with Room, a graphic and moving piece about grief. And finally host company A.D. Dance Company performing their new work FAWN to Mozart’s Requiem. Choreographed by Holly Noble, Dance Artist with Sadler’s Wells.

In conjunction with the performances, we will be running workshops on the 4th & 5th November which will be led by the choreographer’s and companies performing. The workshops will run from 9.30-5pm and will include morning technique class followed by a company repertoire session, taught by the choreographer, and then a creative led session in the afternoon. Workshop tickets cost £30 and include entrance to the evening’s performance.

Platform A.D. was created in August 2010 by Holly Noble, Artistic Director of A.D. Dance Company. The platform aims to help and provide emerging dance companies, of all genres, the opportunity to showcase their work in the beautiful surroundings of The Actors Church in Covent Garden as well as providing a regular platform for dancers and choreographers to participate in. Along with offering choreographers a unique opportunity we also hope that the platform gives people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to come and explore and be involved with exciting new and innovative dance.

"Set to become an established platform for small scale dance companies and their choreographers" Graham Watts, LondonDance.com

Tickets available via SeeTickets.

Prices: £15 On The Door, £12 Pre Booked, £10 Concessions Limited number of £5 tickets available per performance Workshop & Performance £30

To Book Tickets please visit:

http://www.seetickets.com/Tour/PLATFORM-A-D-AT-THE-ACTORS-CHURCH-COVENT-GARDEN

For more information visit Facebook.com/Platform A.D. or www.addancecompany.org.uk

A.D. Dance Company, 126 DOWNTON AVENUE LONDON, SW2 2TT

TELEPHONE: 07977 112134, EMAIL: INFO@ADDANCECOMPANY.ORG.UK WEBSITE: WWW.ADDANCECOMPANY.ORG.UK

photos by Benedict Johnson

International choreographer returns to the dance world

2011-10-24T12:57:00.000+01:00

Award-winning choreographer and director Darshan Singh Bhuller is featuring in DanceXchange’s (dx) tenth anniversary season as part of his highly anticipated choreographic return.

Previously a long-standing member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Bhuller has choreographed for companies including Rambert Dance Theatre, LCDT and Scottish Dance Theatre. This autumn marks his choreographic return with his new work, Caravaggio: Exile and Death, based on the tempestuous life of the 17^th century painter Caravaggio

Combining highly physical choreography, groundbreaking projections and a driving score, his seven-strong cast takes the audience on a journey of one man’s search for forgiveness and redemption after a lifetime’s obsession with violence, love and abandonment.

David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange (dx), adds: “Darshan is a hugely influential choreographer and director, and we’re excited that he’s returning to the stage. He’s renowned for producing shows which tackle some of the most divisive topics in society, turning them into his unique style of dance.”

Caravaggio: Exile and Death is part of a special line-up of performances marking ten years since the powerhouse of dance, DanceXchange, moved to Birmingham Hippodrome. Responsible for bringing outstanding artists to Birmingham, dx’s latest season includes a UK premiere from Chinese dance company TAO Dance Theatre and the world premiere of British dancer Aakash Odedra’s new work Rising.

To find out more information about dx or to purchase tickets for performances please visit www.dancexchange.org.uk.

photo by Sean Micheal

Neshima Dance Company Opens Company Class

2011-10-20T15:35:00.000+01:00

Neshima Dance Company will be starting rehearsals for our new piece Beyond Words and we will be opening company class at:

DanceSpace

The Island, Bridewell St entrance
Bristol
BS1 2PY
Bristol
South West

Open class will be held on the following dates:

Monday 07/11/11

Tuesday 08/11/11

Friday 11/11/11

Saturday 12/11/11

Monday 14/11/11

Tuesday 15/11/11

All classes will run from 10am-1130am at £4 per class.

Classes will be open to professional, undergraduates and young dancers. These contemporary technique classes will be led by artistic director Batel Magen and company dancers.

Book or turn up!

For enquiries email Batel on neshimadance@gmail.com
www.neshimadance.com

Successful choreographer hits the Midlands

2011-10-17T13:42:00.001+01:00

Critically acclaimed choreographer Frauke Requardt presents a darkly atmospheric new show as part of DanceXchange’s (dx) anniversary season at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Episode draws on the human desire for safety and clarity to create an experience that revels in the highs and lows of humanity with a surreal and dark humour. Originally from Germany and now based in London, Requardt has garnered critical acclaim for her previous recent works.

Featuring live on-stage music by pianist Niko Meinhold and vocals from Andrew Plummer, Episode is supported by an eerie, immersive soundtrack. The exceptional dancers performing are among the most risk-taking currently working in theatre.

David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange (dx), adds: “I’m pleased to welcome Frauke’s show to be part of our celebrations. dx prides itself on supporting rising talent and this unusual and innovative show demonstrates that she is one to watch.”

Established in 1993, DanceXchange is a powerhouse of dance responsible for helping to take British dance to a worldwide audience. Having moved to Birmingham Hippodrome in 2001, dx has been bringing outstanding international artists like Frauke Requardt to Birmingham for a decade. In celebration of this, dx is presenting an exciting line-up of performances this autumn including Company Decalage and a UK premiere from Chinese dance company TAO Dance Theatre.

To find out more information about dx or to purchase tickets for performances please visit www.dancexchange.org.uk.