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DanceLeedsthe best of what’s on in
Spring / Summer 2010
and around Yorkshire
Yorkshire Dance is proud to present the Dancein Leeds Spring / Summer 2010 brochure, and toplay a pivotal role in nurturing and presenting thevery best in professional dance...
Isadora Duncan
Dancing: the highest intelligence in the freest body
... and to offer a wealth of opportunity for anyone and everyone to dance.
For more information contact 0113 243 8765 or [email protected] St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
www.yorkshiredance.comYorkshire Dance is a Registered Charity No. 701624VAT Registration No. 418019370 Company Registration No. 2319572
Classes, Courses & Workshops: everything fromballet to breakdance, ballroom to Bollywood – for allabilities. Call 0113 243 8765 for current brochures.
Community & Learning: a range of outreachprojects, including free classes for adults with learningdisabilities, older people and parents with youngchildren.
Residencies: free or subsidised studio space for danceartists to research, develop and create work.
Professional Development: technique classes,a diverse programme of masterclasses and workshopswith leading professionals, a monthly improvisationevent, intensive choreographic workshops, anda bi-monthly network meeting for dance professionals.
Free e-mail list: information on auditions, funding, workshops, jobs,study opportunities, and lots more.
Youth Dance: we have partnered with Youth Dance England to helpdeliver a national youth dance network to increase access, raise standardsand improve progression routes for children and young people in our region.
NATIONAL DANCE NETWORK
Choreographersand Composers –a perfect match?
Sat 27 Feb, 6.30pmLeeds College of Music
Presented by Yorkshire Dance
with Leeds College of Music
A unique chance to seenew work created followinglast year’s Choreographers& Composers Exchange byBeth Cassani and DaveKane, with dancersRiccardo Meneghini andVanessa Grasse.
Afterwards, find out aboutthe collaborative processesused through a Q&Asession with the artists andcontributions by courseleader and composer,Matteo Fargion.Ends 7.30pm
East Midlands Children’sTheatre Consortium
Telling Tales
Sarah SpantonRed Beast
National DanceNetwork Dance3
Instant DissidenceShe’s Lost Control
Demon Barber RoadshowTime Gentlemen Please
Slanjayvah DanzaCrazy Joanna / Blind Passion
Refresh TheatreCompany Alice
MotionManualDanceMakers & Hyb
Dance inYorkshire
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DanceLeedsthe best of what’s on in
Spring / Summer 2010
PCI Choreographic PlatformThree Years in the Making
Rannel Theatre CompanyFlhip Flhop
Junction 25From Where I Am Standing
Verve 10Verve 10
Northern Ballet TheatreAs Time Goes By
Northern Ballet TheatreRomeo & Juliet
Yorkshire Dance & YouthDance England Fresh 2010
NSCD Graduate / PostgraduatePerformance Companies
NSCDStudent Showcase / Graduation
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PCI Choreographic Platform
Three Years in the Making___________________________________stage@leeds Sat 23 Jan
photo © Georges Bacoust
PCI Choreographic PlatformThree Years in the Making
stage@leeds at University of LeedsSat 23 Jan, 2.30pm & 7.30pmBox Office 0113 343 8730Tickets £8.50, concessions £6.50
Three Years in the Making is a sharing of the choreographic workcreated by 3rd Year Dance students from the School of Performanceand Cultural Industries Dance students in association with LeedsUniversity Union Contemporary Dance Society.
Created entirely from each individual choreographer’s vision andusing an ensemble company, the show promises an eclectic mix ofpieces capturing the diverse perspectives of the individual students’final choreographic practice.
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CONTEMPORARY DANCE STUDENTS
www.stage.leeds.ac.uk
photos © Mark Sherratt
Rannel Theatre Company
Flhip Flhop – Everything Happens on the Break
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www.rannel.co.uk
Rannel Theatre Company & makin projects presentFlhip Flhop – Everything Happens on the Break
stage@leeds at University of LeedsThu 28 Jan, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 343 8730Tickets £10.00, concessions £8.00
Putting a fresh new twist on Hip-Hop theatre, Rannel TheatreCompany bring their acclaimed work Flhip Flhop – EverythingHappens on the Break back to theatres this Spring.
Life can be really boring, especially when you’re a decorator withtime on your hands and beats in your head. But when your mate’sinto the same sounds as you are, work gets a bit funkier.
This crazy pair of painters escape the monotony of their dull jobs bytaking refuge in hip-hop, MC-ing and beatbox, mixing it up but usuallyending up just mixed up!
Rannel’s must-see new show combines witty dialogue and intricatechoreography to create an energetic and hilarious comedy for allages.
“Wonderfully fresh and fine comic actors... superb funky moves
and breaking. A comedic gem.”
Scotsman
“Rannel Theatre Company throw down an
hour of genuinely breathtaking physical
comic theatre. This is a genuinely laugh-out-
loud funny show, skilfully executed with razor
sharp timing and intrinsic hip hop skills.”
The List
HIP-HOP COMEDY THEATRE
photo © Adam Low
Junction 25
From Where I Am Standing____________________________________stage@leeds Sat 30 Jan
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www.junction-25.com
Junction 25From Where I Am Standing
stage@leeds at University of LeedsSat 30 Jan, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 343 8730Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00Group Bookings: 1 free ticket with every group of 10
The art of parenting is to teach the art of living...
From Where I Am Standing is a tender, funny and exhilaratingexploration of family dynamics from Glasgow’s acclaimed company ofteenagers, Junction 25, performed alongside their own parents.
Junction 25 is led by artists Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe and based atGlasgow’s Tramway, forming an integral part of the venue’sparticipatory programme.
Over the past few years, the company has created and performed anumber of pieces including NO ID (2008), Dirty Words (2007) andElegant Variation (2006) which won rave reviews and tourednationally to Imaginate’s WYSIWYG and Promote YT’s NFYT.
From Where I Am Standing has been performed at the NewTerritories Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe.
“Extraordinary and deeply moving...
one of the best pieces I’ve seen anywhere”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
This tour is supported by the Scottish Arts Counciland is a Tramway Education Project.
DANCE THEATRE
Northern School of Contemporary Dance presents
Verve 10___________________________________The Riley Theatre at Northern Schoolof Contemporary Dance Fri 19 Feb, Sat 20 Feb, Wed 7 Jul
photos © Chris Nash & Brian Slater
Verve 10The postgraduate performance company of theNorthern School of Contemporary Dance
The Riley Theatre at Northern School of Contemporary DanceFri 19 Feb, 7.30pm – PreviewSat 20 Feb, 7.30pm – PremiereWed 7 Jul, 7.30pm – Final performanceBox Office 0113 219 3018Tickets £6.50, concessions £4.50
Energetic, thought provoking contemporary dance performed bysome of Europe’s most talented young dancers.
“One of the most enjoyable evenings of dance that I’ve been to.”
Audience Member, The Riley Theatre, Leeds
An invigorating mixed bill of new dance works created by leadinginternational choreographers. The variety of choreographic stylesand ideas will appeal to all, whilst the phenomenal strength andenergy of the dancers will impress and inspire.
Verve, the award winning postgraduate performance company of theNorthern School of Contemporary Dance, features dancers freshfrom intensive technical training at some of Europe’s leading
conservatoires, who will go onto work with some of the UK’smost highly regarded dancecompanies.
Featuring work by Laïla Diallo,Luis Lara Malvacías, MichaelSchumacher, Kathinka Walterand David Zambrano.
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CONTEMPORARY
www.nscd.ac.uk/vervewww.youtube.com/northernschool
photo © Merlin Hendy
Northern Ballet Theatre
As Time Goes By ____________________________________
Leeds Grand Theatre Tue 23 – Thu 25 Feb
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www.northernballettheatre.co.uk
Northern Ballet TheatreAs Time Goes By
Leeds Grand TheatreTue 23 – Thu 25 Feb, 7.30pmwith Thu 2.30pm matinéeBox Office 0844 848 2715Book securely online www.leedsgrandtheatre.comTickets £8.50 – £32.00, discounts available
As Time Goes By is an opportunity to see the Company performa rich variety of work by an array of talented choreographers.
Title piece As Time Goes By conjures up an era of classic glamouras the dancers perform stylish choreography to a selection oftimeless songs including Always and Sophisticated Swing. Leeds jazzsensation Peter Grant will sing live.
Returning by popular demand Mark Godden’s breathtaking Angelsin the Architecture is inspired by the lives and times of the Shakerpeople. Simple yet highly moving, “every step’s a delight,” SundayExpress, 2009.
Completing the programme is a selection of exciting short piecesincluding Ossein by multi-award winning choreographer WayneMcGregor; a new piece, Powerhouse Rhumba, by NBT’s ArtisticDirector David Nixon, set to Powerhouse by Australian composerGraham Koehne; Petipa’s world famous Grand pas de deux fromDon Quixote, set to Ludwig Minkus’ score; and NBT Ballet Masterand former principal dancer, Daniel de Andrade, premières GlassCanon set to music by Scottish musicians Moishe’s Bagel.
All music played live by the Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra.
BALLET
photos © Richard Farley
Northern Ballet Theatre
Romeo & Juliet____________________________________Leeds Grand Theatre Sat 27 Feb – Sat 6 Mar
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www.northernballettheatre.co.uk
Northern Ballet TheatreRomeo & Juliet
Leeds Grand TheatreSat 27 Feb – Sat 6 Mar, 7.30pmwith Thu & Sat 2.30pm matinéesBox Office 0844 848 2715Book securely online www.leedsgrandtheatre.comTickets £8.50 – £32.00, discounts available
Northern Ballet Theatre returns with one of its best loved ballets,the stunning Romeo & Juliet. This classic adaptation ofShakespeare’s most famous tragedy is a perfect blend of classicalballet, drama and live music, for which the company is renowned.
NBT’s production of this ultimate tale of forbidden love is romantic,heartbreaking and dramatic – from the balcony scene to the younglovers’ devastating and untimely deaths.
Lez Brotherston’s sumptuous costumes and marble sets, along withProkofiev’s timeless score played live by the NBT Orchestra, makesRomeo & Juliet an unforgettable and moving theatrical experience.
BALLET
photo © Lizzie Coombes
Yorkshire Dance & Youth Dance England
Fresh 2010____________________________________West Yorkshire Playhouse Wed 10 Mar
www.yorkshiredance.comwww.yde.org.uk
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Yorkshire Dance & Youth Dance EnglandFresh 2010a part of U. Dance
West Yorkshire PlayhouseWed 10 Mar, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 213 7700Book securely online www.wyp.org.ukTickets £8 (discounts and groups of 5+ £2 off)
A sensational showcase of dance performed by young people aged11-19. Anything could happen – street dance, bharatanatyam,contemporary dance – in an evening of fierce competition.
Fresh 2010 is a showcase for the finest youth dance groups fromYorkshire and the Humber, and a celebration of the achievements ofthe region’s young dancers.
The groups are competing to dazzle an elite panel, who will selectone group to represent Yorkshire at the prestigious U.Dance England2010.
U.Dance England 2010 sees Youth Dance England returning to theWest Midlands for a fantastic weekend event culminating in anextraordinary showcase of dance performances by young peoplefrom across England on Sun 4 Jul at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
YOUTH DANCE
EDge photo © Nuno Santos
2 for 1
ticket offer
Book any other Riley
Theatre show in advance
(before day of performance)
and receive a free ticket
to any of these
shows
Northern School of Contemporary Dance presents
Graduate / PostgraduatePerformance Companies____________________________________The Riley Theatre at Northern Schoolof Contemporary Dance Mar – Jun
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www.nscd.ac.uk/performances
Graduate / Postgraduate Performance Companies
The Riley Theatre at Northern School of Contemporary DanceBox Office 0113 219 3018Tickets £6.50, concessions £4.50
Be amongst the first to catch emerging dance artists performing withsome of Europe’s leading conservatoire and university contemporarydance companies.
CONTEMPORARY
mapdanceUniversity of ChichesterSat 20 Mar, 7.30pmDance works by ShobanaJeyasingh, Matthias Sperling,Gregory Maqoma, Colin Pooleand Keira Martin – a programmethat offers a mixture of dancetheatre, punchy choreography,and intriguing humour.
Royal ConservatoireArtesis University College ofAntwerp, BelgiumSat 1 May, 7.30pmAn exclusive performance fromBelgium’s Royal Conservatoire.The programme will showcasework from several Europeanchoreographers and will bepreceded by excerpts from theVerve 10 programme.
EDgeLondon ContemporaryDance SchoolSat 5 Jun, 7.30pmTen exceptional dancers on thecusp of their professionalcareers. Work specially createdby choreographers WallyCardona (USA), FraukeRequardt (Germany), RickNodine (USA), Darren Ellis, LucySuggate and Nicholas Quinn.
The Space CadetsScottish School ofContemporary DanceSat 19 Jun, 7.30pmAlways brave and new, acompany of twenty dancers anda programme of newcommissions from Sara Blanc,Martin Robinson and PeteShenton (New Art Club).
photos © Chris Nash
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Student Showcase / Graduation____________________________________The Riley Theatre at Northern Schoolof Contemporary Dance Tue 23 – Fri 26 Mar / Thu 8 Jul
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www.nscd.ac.uk/performances
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
The Riley Theatre at Northern School of Contemporary DanceBox Office 0113 219 3018Tickets £6.50, concessions £4.50
Student Showcase Tue 23 – Fri 26 Mar, 7.30pm
Performed by the students of NSCD’s BPA (Hons) ContemporaryDance degree course, the Student Showcase is a spectacularperformance. Students in their final and second year perform fourdiverse and exclusive works created by professional choreographersincluding Simon Birch and Debbie Johnson, whilst first yearsundertake their own choreographic explorations. Famed for theirstrength and intensity the students promise to present a riveting andirresistible evening of fresh new work.
GraduationThu 8 Jul, 7.30pm
The zenith of their dance careerto date – graduating studentspresent contemporary danceworks by visiting professionalchoreographers as well as theyear’s best student choreography,
selected from graduates of the BPA (Hons) and PGDip inContemporary Dance and the PGDip/MA in Choreography. Anunmissable opportunity to experience the talents of the nextgeneration of dance artists as we bid them farewell and wish themthe best of luck in their future careers as dance artists.
CONTEMPORARY
photos © Alan Fletcher
East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium
Telling Tales____________________________________The Carriageworks Sat 27 Mar
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East Midlands Children’s Theatre ConsortiumTelling Tales New dance theatre for children aged 4+ and families
The CarriageworksSat 27 Mar, 2.00pmBox Office 0113 224 3801Book securely online www.carriageworkstheatre.org.ukTickets £9.00, concessions £6.00, family £28.00
A playful introduction to dance, Telling Tales takes a fresh look attwo well-loved children’s stories, alongside two new dance pieces.Look out for a mischievous version of the famous The Hare and the
Tortoise story; a dressing-up game involving a squabble over thebiggest overcoat you’ve ever seen; and a speed version of The Golden
Goose involving only 2 dancers but a cast of thousands. In the finale,Sea of Clothes, shirts and skirts take on a dancing life of their own!
A first project from East Midlands Children’sTheatre Consortium of Lakeside ArtsCentre, Déda and Spark Children’s ArtsFestival, Telling Tales was created by twoacclaimed international choreographers ofwork for children and young people –Enrique Cabrera (Aracaladanza) and HélèneBlackburn (Cas Public).
50 minutes including question and answer session with the dancers.
“My daughter and her friend came... and I laughed and clapped
as much as them!” Lakeside audience member
Telling Tales is funded by Arts Council Englandthrough Grants for the Arts
DANCE THEATRE FOR CHILDREN
photo © Sarah Spanton
Yorkshire Dance presents Grotesqueries 1Sarah Spanton
Red Beast____________________________________Yorkshire Dance Fri 23 Apr
Buy
tickets for both
Grotesqueries
(see pages 28 and 29)
and save £1.50
on the price of
every ticket
Terms and conditions apply;
subject to availability.
www.axisweb.org/artist/sarahspanton
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CONTEMPORARY / VISUAL ART
Yorkshire Dance presents Grotesqueries 1
Sarah SpantonRed Beast
Yorkshire DanceFri 23 Apr, 2.00pm, 4.00pm, 6.00pm & 8.00pmBox Office 0113 243 8765Tickets £9.00, concessions £7.00
A quietly provocative exploration of perceptions of female body hair.An evocative visual and physical discourse on the grotesque, thedisgusting, the body outside cultural conventions.
This is a subtly disturbing and contemplative experience; animmersive journey to meet Spanton as Red Beast. Lying in wait, sheis the tale... and she tells the tale...
Red Beast is a tightly woven collection of impressions – of womanas fairytale, as feral, as half-woman-half-beast, as surreal, as a child, astrapped, as part of us, as part of nature, as transgressive, asabandoned, as afraid, as fearless.
Red Beast is a guided journey through live performance, videoinstallation, image-text exhibition and an opportunity to contributeto an artist’s book – gifted to each participant.
Grotesqueries: Yorkshire Dance is proud to present these boldnew works in which two of Yorkshire’s leading female artistschallenge our perceptions of beauty and ugliness throughperformance.
See pages 28 & 29 for Grotesqueries 2:Instant Dissidence’s She’s Lost Control
photos © Tanja Raman + Dbini Industries, Irven Lewis & Freddie Opoku-Addaie
National Dance Network presents
Dance3____________________________________The Riley Theatre at Northern School ofContemporary Dance Sat 24 Apr
Dance3 is also
touring to Barnsley,
Northallerton and
Bridlington – and
nationwide – visit
www.dance3.org
for details
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www.dance3.org
National Dance Network presentsDance3Tanja Råman, Tom Dale, Freddie Opoku-Addaie
The Riley Theatre at Northern School of Contemporary DanceSat 24 Apr, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 219 3018Tickets £10.00, concessions £6.00with post-show discussion
A triple bill of new work from the nextgeneration of dancemakers.
Experience dance in a new dimension –three fresh, bite sized performancesshowcasing the best of a new wave ofprofessional choreographers and theircollaborators in one evening. Threesuper talented artists let theirimaginations run riot creating compellingand varied performances mixing physicalbrilliance, music and film.
Featuring work by Tanja Råman + DbiniIndustries, Tom Dale and Freddie Opoku-Addaie; accompanied by A BlankCanvas, a foyer installation by HeatherEddington’s State of Flux dancefilmcompany, blending dance, film andanimation.
Dance3 is a new small scale touring initiativefrom the National Dance Network touring threesets of triple bills throughout the UK in 2010.
NATIONAL DANCE NETWORK
photo © Lucy Barker
Yorkshire Dance presents Grotesqueries 2Instant Dissidence
She’s Lost Control____________________________________Yorkshire Dance Fri 30 Apr
Buy
tickets for both
Grotesqueries
(see pages 24 and 25)
and save £1.50
on the price of
every ticket
Terms and conditions apply;
subject to availability.
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www.instantdissidence.co.uk
CONTEMPORARY
Yorkshire Dance presents Grotesqueries 2
Instant DissidenceShe’s Lost Control
Yorkshire DanceFri 30 Apr, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 243 8765Tickets £9.00, concessions £7.00Contains footage of epileptic seizures and may contain nudity. Suitable for ages 16+
An immersive dance performance installation lasting an hour, lookingat epilepsy and the control behaviours involved in avoiding epilepticseizures, created by award-winning choreographer Rita Marcalo.
She’s Lost Control is the second in a trilogy exploring therelationship between dance, epilepsy and drug research. It addressesMarcalo’s own experience as an epilepsy sufferer and that of otherwell known sufferers such as Joy Division’s singer Ian Curtis. Itconcerns itself with the healthy body, the body which is not in anepileptic state, and the measures to keep the body in that state.
The first in the trilogy, Involuntary Dances – “well-conceived, witty
and thought-provoking,” Allan Sutherland, The Guardian – explored theopposite – the epileptic body, the body in a state of illness, and thebehaviours that might provoke the condition.
Grotesqueries: Yorkshire Dance is proud to present these boldnew works in which two of Yorkshire’s leading female artistschallenge our perceptions of beauty and ugliness throughperformance.
See pages 24 & 25 for Grotesqueries 1:Sarah Spanton’s Red Beast
Supported by Arts Council England, CIDA,Bradford Playhouse, Yorkshire Dance,Theatre in the Mill and Dance Digital.
photo © David Kosky
Demon Barber Roadshow
Time Gentlemen Please____________________________________The Carriageworks Sat 15 May
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Demon Barber RoadshowTime Gentlemen Please
The CarriageworksSat 15 May, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 224 3801Book securely online www.carriageworkstheatre.org.ukTickets £10.00, concessions £8.00
In 2001 The Demon Barbers, winners of Best Live Act at the BBCRadio 2 Folk Awards 2009, brought together some of England’s mostexciting young traditional dancers to create their high energyspectacular The Demon Barber Roadshow.
Used to pushing the boundaries of English traditions they now take afurther step and invite three young hip hop dancers for a night outat their local pub, The Fighting Cocks. Clog, Rapper* and Morrismeet B-boying, Popping and Krump in this humorous and unmissablevisual feast. Think Riverdance with a false moustache, Stomp with bellson and both sitting in the front seat of a Bugatti!
“Check them out for proof that England’s exciting, phwoar-inducing,
evolving dance, song and instrumental traditions are thriving, live
and very kicking.” f ’Roots
“One of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. If you get a chance to see them
– don’t miss it – they are brilliant.” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2
* Not that kind of rapper... Rapper Sword is a form of traditional dance from
Northumbria, first performed by miners on Tyneside.
Supported by Arts Council England& co-produced with Yorkshire Dance
DANCE THEATRE
photos © Emma Dalzel
Slanjayvah Danza
Crazy Joanna / Blind Passion – Live Cut____________________________________stage@leeds Fri 21 May
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www.slanjayvahdanza.com
Slanjayvah DanzaCrazy Joanna / Blind Passion – Live Cut
stage@leeds at University of LeedsFri 21 May, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 343 8730Tickets £8.50, concessions £6.50
An evening of works including the brand new Crazy Joanna,a socially conscientious piece recounting the anguished escape ofa woman trapped in abusive relationships.
Crazy Joanna explores the dark side of passion. Taking the vieweron a journey through history, it discloses the torment of emotionallyabused women through the ages, arriving at present time. CrazyJoanna is a dance and film integration piece following thetormented life of medieval Spanish Queen Juana la Loca, through thebackstreets of Buenos Aires at the birth of the Tango – toa neighbourhood near you.
Blind Passion – Live Cut
Devised through a passion for dance andthe body as a work of art in itself,blindfolded, the dancers show great trustand honesty towards each other to telltheir tale. Through intricate contactwork sprinkled with Tango influences, thedancers and choreography movesmoothly, subtly becoming morerevealing and dynamic, challenging theaudience with intrigue and question.
photo © Lesley Chalmers
Refresh Theatre Company
Alice____________________________________The Carriageworks Sat 5 Jun
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www.refreshtheatre.co.uk
Refresh Theatre CompanyAlice
The CarriageworksSat 5 Jun, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 224 3801Book securely online www.carriageworkstheatre.org.ukTickets £10.00, concessions £8.00
Alice is a solo performance that fuses expressive dance, anevocative soundscape and a mysterious mix of multimedia. Thisexciting new show is a raw and playful search of the soul – a curiousdetective story where destiny meets chance, time is measured in teaand the self is the main suspect.
What happens if your dreams become too vivid, and your wakinghours become ruled by memories of the night?
Follow Alice down the Rabbit hole where fantasy and reality areintertwined. Faced with endless tunnels, which one is Alice braveenough to take?
In pursuit of her white rabbit soul-mate, Alice attempts to unite thedifferent aspects of herself. By examining evidence of her nighttimebehaviour Alice can begin her process of understanding andacceptance.
Alice takes the audience on an enchanting adventure of spectacularevents and moments of intimacy.
On a journey into the subconscious that could easily be your own,Alice explores the space that occupies our hidden thoughts.
Refresh Theatre uses a collision of different art forms to create anentertaining theatre experience.
DANCE THEATRE
photo © Lucy Barker
MotionManual
DanceMakers & Hyb – a double bill____________________________________Yorkshire Dance Fri 11 & Sat 12 Jun
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www.motionmanual.com
MotionManualDanceMakers & Hyb – a double bill
Yorkshire DanceFri 11 & Sat 12 Jun, 7.30pmBox Office 0113 243 8765Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00
DanceMakers – a working relationship in 10 actsis a humorous lecture performance, portraying the dancer-choreographer relationship. In ten sequential episodes Dan Watsonand Manuela Berndt embark on a journey through audition paranoia,rehearsal scenes and private moments, and experience the greatinterdependency, common misunderstandings and precariousseduction between the two forces that create the dance.
Hyb is a duet between two opposed individuals gradually mutatinginto super bodies. The term Hybrid describes a mixture or acombination of previously separate systems of different species andprocesses, which create a newly compound whole. In this compellingchoreography the dancers’ distinctive physicality and movementquality merge to create an innovative form freed from genre andvocabulary, also integrating film, projections and sound.
Choreographer Manuela Berndt is one of The Fourteen, a group ofdance artists participating in Yorkshire Dance’s LIFT. Funded by ArtsCouncil England, LIFT is a career mentoring programme enablingYorkshire Dance to fund two Associated Artists and The Fourteenthrough a programme of residencies and training.
MotionManual is a Leeds based collective of artists from differentperformance backgrounds which creates multidisciplinary danceproductions and undertakes residencies and international touringthroughout Europe and overseas.
CONTEMPORARY
DanceYorkshirein
For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.digyorkshire.com
Spring / Summer 2010
in Sheffield Spring / Summer highlights
Sheffield Theatres Box Office 0114 249 6000
Book online www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
A four-week feast of the very best comedy,
theatre, dance and music. Tue 2 – Tue 30 Mar
Wed 24 Mar, 7.00pm
Youth Dance Platformin association with Get Active School Sport
Partnership & Wayne Sables Project
This platform event will showcase a diverse
range of youth dance performances from
Doncaster-based dance groups. £5
Thu 25 Mar, 7.30pm
This Is Now
by New Art Club
Britain’s funniest dance
duo – “the Reeves
and Mortimer of
contemporary dance” – deconstruct the first
ever ‘Now’ album, jump headlong into the dark
pool of days gone by and come out covered in a
filthy 80’s gunk. £8 / £5
01302 342349
www.doncastercivic.co.uk
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Tue 26 Jan
Bonachela Dance Company
The Land of Yes
and The Land of No
In a new collaboration with
composer Ezio Bosso, Rafael
Bonachela delves into the
world of signs and symbols
that rule our everyday lives
and spark our hidden
memories. “A company with a
vivid sense of personality.”
The Times
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Mon 22 – Wed 24 Mar
Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Traces
Cirque as you’ve never seen it
before! “So thrilling it will
surely make a whole
generation run away and join
the circus.” The Guardian
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Fri 21 & Sat 22 May
Michael Clark Company
come, been and gone
Evolving from Michael Clark’s
admiration for the music of
rock’s holy trinity, David
Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou
Reed, who worked in close
proximity during the 1970s,
“an outrageously
gorgeous
piece of
modern
dance.”
The
Observer
Doncaster Hothouse Festival
photo ©
Ione Saizar
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Jak
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photo © Chris Nash
© Valerie Remise
Full info for all 11 national & international companies visiting
Sheffield and SY Spring10 visit www.danceworks.org.uk
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Traces
Thu 11 – Sat 13 Feb, 7.30pm
with Sat 2.30pm matinée
Traces is a high
energy, dazzling
display of urban
acrobatics that
combines
traditional circus
skills with
basketball,
skateboarding,
a mix of street and contemporary dance,
traditional theatre, humour and amazing audio
visual effects.
“A spectacular delight that will rob you
of your breath” The Sunday Times
Tickets from £12 – £21.50
WINNER OF OVER 30 INTERNATIONAL
THEATRE AWARDS
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
Mon 29 Mar – Sat 3 Apr, 7.30pm
with Wed 2pm & Sat 2.30pm matinées
When it premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 1995,
Matthew Bourne’s triumphant modern
re-interpretation of Swan Lake turned tradition
upside down, taking the dance world by storm.
Now firmly crowned as a modern day classic,
this iconic production is perhaps best-known for
replacing the traditional female corps de ballet
with a menacing male ensemble. Matthew
Bourne blends dance, humour and spectacle
with extravagant, award-winning designs by Lez
Brotherston, to create a provocative and
powerful Swan Lake for our times.
Tickets from £12.50 – £35
The Dance Consortium in association with Dance Umbrella presents
companhia de dança DEBORAH COLKER
Fri 7 & Sat 8 May, 8pm
Colker’s work is renowned across the world for
the incredible skill and concentration it demands
of her Brazilian dancers. Not only do they move
with feather light grace and precision, but also
with a touch of daring acrobatics and athleticism
which leaves audiences astounded and
exhilarated. It’s this ability to combine the
passionate with the sublime which makes a
performance by Companhia de Dança Deborah
Colker a truly unforgettable experience.
“Colker is extraordinarily inventive.”
The Sunday Times
Tickets from £13.50 – £23.50
01274 432000booking fees apply
bradford-theatres.co.uk
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photo © Bill Cooper
photo © Flavio Colker
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Dance events include:
Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm
Richmond School
dance students
(£6)
Fri 14 & Sat 15 May, 7.30pm
Independent Ballet Wales
Giselle
(£6 – £16.50)
Fri 21 May, 7.30pm
Diamond Cabaret
(£5 – £13.50;
concessions £4.50 – £11.50)
Fri 28 May, 7.30pm
Jaleo Flamenco
(£6 – £16.50)
For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.digyorkshire.com
Vincent Dance Theatre: If We Go On
Wed 24 Feb: 7.30pm
Tickets £12, £10, £8 +concessions £2 off
If you had one last dance
in you, what shape would
it take? Presenting a
relentless succession of
splintered transactions,
where words lose their
strength and movement
meanders into exhaustion and incoherence.
Bonachela Dance Company
The Land of Yes and The Land of No
Wed 24 Mar: 7.30pm
Tickets £12, £10, £8 +concessions £2 off
This highly
physical and
emotive work
presents an
exploration into
the human
psyche, the power
of imagination and the body’s ability to give
physical shape to memory, experience and
emotions.
Scottish Dance Theatre: Double Bill
Tue 25 May: 7.30pm
Tickets £14, £12, £10 +concessions £2 off
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Call our Box Office on
01748 825252 or visit
www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk
for our theatre brochure and all
ticket enquiries.
A Spring & Summer season
exploding with dance, drama, music
and poetry awaits you! Guided
tours of the UK’s most complete
Georgian playhouse resume on 6th
Feb, Mon – Sat from 10am – 5pm.
Dance Saver! Book for any
2 events and save £4 off
the total ticket price.
Box Office 01484 430528
Book Online
www.thelbt.org
Queen’s Square, HD1 2SP
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The Civic
Barnsley
Hanson Street
S70 2HZ
0845 1800 363
barnsleycivic.co.uk
The Cholmondeleys and
The Featherstonehaughs
Dancing on your Grave
Sat 13 Feb, 7.30pm (£14/£12)
A troupe of deceased,
downtrodden music hall
artistes, The Corpse de Ballet,
is stuck on an endless
purgatorial tour. A ghoulish,
all-singing all-dancing music
hall experience.
2Faced Dance Company
Still Breathing
Sat 27 Feb, 7.30pm (£10/£8)
A gritty new work exploring the
space we occupy. Stunning
athleticism set to an
electrifying score, this is an
hour of unstoppable,
seemingly impossible
movement.
National Dance Network
presents Dance3
Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm (£9/£7)
Three fresh, bite sized
performances by a new wave
of choreographers.
4m2, Claire Cunningham
& Jose Agudo: engaging
physical theatre combining
real stories and stunning filmic
backdrop. Cabin Fever, Tom
Dale: lost in a world of their
own, a character’s cabin fever
and mental loops produce
exhilarating, hypnotic
performance. a mind as
beautiful, Douglas Thorpe:
a blistering, brutal and tender
exploration of schizophrenia.
The Russian State Ballet of Siberia, Giselle
Wed 10 Feb, 7.30pm
Thu 11 Feb, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
The most poignant of all classical ballets – the
story of Giselle and her aristocratic but
duplicitous lover Albrecht – is a chilling, heart-
rending tale of love, treachery and forgiveness
from beyond the grave.
and The Sleeping Beauty
Fri 12 Feb, 7.30pm
Sat 13 Feb, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Every child’s favourite fairy tale; a classic story
of love, innocence, mystery and magic set to
Tchaikovsky’s sublime score. A stunning fantasy
in which the Lilac Fairy struggles against the
evil Carabosse.
Northern Ballet Theatre
Romeo & Juliet
Wed 19 – Sat 22 May
This classic adaptation of
Shakespeare’s most
famous tragedy is a
perfect blend of classical
ballet, drama and live
music. The ultimate tale of
forbidden love is romantic, heartbreaking and
dramatic – from the balcony scene to the young
lovers’ devastating and untimely deaths.
Sumptuous costumes and sets, with Prokofiev’s
timeless score played live by the NBT
Orchestra, make Romeo & Juliet an
unforgettable and moving theatrical experience.
Box Office 01482 226655
www.hullcc.gov.uk
Kingston Square, Hull, HU1 3HF
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Hull DanceSpring Season 2010
David Toole & Lucy Hind: Extra-Ordinary
Wed 5 May, 8.00pm (£8, concessions £4)
Acclaimed as an actor
and dancer on stage and
screen, David Toole’s
credits are numerous, his
critics adoring, his
biggest fan about to
partner him in an
extraordinary duet.
A most extraordinary
journey of self-discovery
for them both awaits, in this incredibly funny,
moving and soberingly trenchant dance piece.
A duet, written, directed and performed by
David Toole and Lucy Hind; one with no legs,
one with no clue. www.developmentlab.org.uk
Rosie Kay Dance Company: 5 Soldiers
Wed 19 May, 7.30pm
£12, concessions £10, groups 10+ £8
A timely, controversial
and moving
exploration of war in
modern times.
A unique collaboration
between award
winning choreographer
Rosie Kay, visual artist
David Cotterrell and theatre director Walter
Meierjohann. “The real business of war is
human, dirty, messy, painful and happening
right now.” Rosie Kay www.rosiekay.co.uk
Box Office 01482 323638
or www.hulltruck.co.uk
Hull Truck, 50 Ferensway, HU2 8LBHull Dance is a Hull City Council initiative,
organised by City Arts in partnership with Hull Truck.
For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.digyorkshire.com
Moves: Festival of Dance
Mon 21 - Sat 26 June 2010
Moves Festival of Dance returns in June this
year following last year’s hugely successful
event that attracted over 2000 people. The
week long programme of dance features a host
of professional performances from world class
dance companies and artists showcasing their
work. The festival is the only one of its kind in
Wakefield and this year’s promises to present a
vibrant cross section of dance styles packed in
to one week!
To find out more contact 01924 211 311
or visit www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
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Box Office 01423 502116
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk
Kala Sangam presents
Kala Kahani: Artistic Tales
Sat 23 Jan, Sat 27 Feb & Sat 20 Mar, 7.45pm
£10 (£8 concessions)
Kala Sangam hosts three different evenings
showcasing South Asian storytelling, music and
dance.
A group of artists will present Asian and English
tales through South Asian music and dance. Be
prepared to expose the senses to a myriad of
storytelling and South Asian arts.
Vincent Dance Theatre presents
If We Go On
Fri 19 Mar, 7.30pm
£9 – £13 (£2 discount for concessions)
The internationally renowned Vincent Dance
Theatre returns to Harrogate Theatre with its
brand new show, If We Go On.
In a relentless succession of splintered
transactions, where words lose their strength,
music strains to be heard and movement
meanders into exhaustion and incoherence,
If We Go On asks: If you had one last dance
in you, what shape would it take? This is
contemporary dance at its finest.
“Brave, intelligent entertainment” The Times
New English Contemporary Ballet
Wed 16 Jun, 7.30pm
£10 – £14 (£2 discount for concessions)
In a sparkling new
programme of work by four
contrasting choreographers
including Ballett Basel’s
Richard Wherlock and
Strictly Come Dancing’s
Craig Revel Horwood, New
English Contemporary Ballet
brings its stylish fusion of
ballet and contemporary dance back to
Harrogate in characteristically scintillating style.
“Pure delight... a joy to watch” Dance Europe
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The Riley TheatreNorthern School of Contemporary Dance98 Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4BHBox Office 0113 219 3018
stage@leedsUniversity of LeedsWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JTBox Office 0113 343 8730
The CarriageworksMillennium Square, Leeds LS2 3ADBox Office 0113 224 3801
Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NZBox Office 0844 848 2715
West Yorkshire PlayhousePlayhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UPBox Office 0113 213 7700
Yorkshire DanceSt Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AHBox Office 0113 243 8765
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