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cover photo Liz Aggiss © Joe Murray
Friday Firsts showcases new work by independent
choreographers and dance companies working on the small scale.
Each evening has its own distinct theme, and will often be
the first chance to see performances by the most promising dance
makers from Yorkshire and beyond who seek to experiment, push
dance as a form or find a new voice.
“Providing support and platforms for my work, Yorkshire Dance
has enabled me to gain beneficial experience and contacts,
preparing me for the advance into industry.”
Sophie Unwin, Yorkshire Dance New Associate
“As a result of attending Friday Firsts we booked Taciturn
dance company from Liverpool. It was great to bring them
to the festival – they were fantastic and had appreciative
audiences for both performances. I’m really glad it was possible
– and it couldn’t have happened if Yorkshire Dance hadn’t
introduced me to the company.”
Kate Beard, Grassington Festival
Box Office
0113 243 8765
or book securely online
www.yorkshiredance.com
www.facebook.com/yorkshiredance
@YorkshireDance
Friday Firsts #16
Burst!
Friday 3 May, 7.30pm
Admission £8.00, concessions £6.00
This mixed evening
represents the next
generation of dance
makers – capturing
moments of wit, charm,
intelligence and risk.
The works on offer are
freshly brewed in some of
Yorkshire’s Universities
and Colleges: Northern
School of Contemporary
Dance, York St John
University and Leeds
Metropolitan University.
Ares, Dirty Feet Dance Company
Ergo, Izzie Capper
Ocean, Jamaal Burkmar
Boy, James Southward
Alpha Male, Lewis Bramble
Fierce, Jemma Broomhead
and
The only issue is... Christina Mackerron
DeNada Danec Theatre photo © Yorkshire Dance
#FFirsts
Friday Firsts #14a
Double Act 2
Friday 24 May, 7.30pm
Admission £8.00, concessions £6.00
Curated by Beth Cassani
As an echo or a sequel to Double Act(Friday Firsts #14, March 2013) Leeds
Metropolitan University Performing Arts has
invited artists New Art Club and Lone Twin
to lead workshops with students and
independent artists, exploring the double act
as a theme and a process for making new
performance material.
The choreographic relationship between two
people sharing a space always holds comic or
antagonistic potential...
Double Act 2 will be an extraordinary showcase of experimental new
work provoked by these two companies’ distinct ways of approaching the
uneven art of the double act.
The performances will include New Art Club presenting extracts
of their new show, Feel About Your Body.
Presented by Yorkshire Dance and Leeds Metropolitan University Performing Arts
New Art Club photo © Chris Nash
#FFirsts
photo © Joe Murray
#FFirsts
Friday Firsts #17
Liz Aggiss is
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Friday 7 June, 7.30pm
Admission £8.00, concessions £6.00
In this preview of a brand new solo
performance by the doyenne of anarchic
dance, Liz Aggiss becomes a cultural carrier
– a conduit to channel willful women and a
cultural carrion – a vulture feeding off
archives and resources. She is a witty
commentator on life and death, on the pain,
pleasure and paradox of the stage.
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL is powerful burn
for the ears and eyes. In this state of chaos
anything can happen, nobody can leave,
everyone is present. Knock twice for yes.
Using her body as the medium through
which to act out and act up, Liz Aggiss reveals the tricks of her trade
accompanied by visceral sound-scape and film. Breaking through, but never
crossing over, THE ENGLISH CHANNEL is a reflection on life and dance; a
cunning connection to the ‘other side.’
Is anybody out there?
[This performance features flashing lights / images.]
Choreographed and performed by Liz Aggiss Sound Design by Al Boorman / Wevie
Costumes by Lucy Bradridge and Liz Aggiss Produced by Lisa Wolfe
Production development supported by Arts Council England, Dance4, South East Dance,
The Basement and Yorkshire Dance.
Just 30! rehearsal photo © Yorkshire Dance
Friday Firsts #18
Show Real
Friday 5 July, 7.30pm
Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00
#FFirsts
This evening is a showcase of work made by choreographers working with
non-dancers, taking their inspiration and ideas from ‘real’ people and their
communities, and bringing their performers’ experience of life
to a professional stage.
The evening will include an intergenerational piece by Sharon Cameron –
One anothering – and a special one-off screening of Just 30!, acommission by Gary Clarke for thirty non-dancers aged 8-85, performed
at Yorkshire Dance’s 30th birthday celebrations in 2012.
Professional Development
at Yorkshire Dance
Writing for the Moving Body
a MistressClass with Liz Aggiss
Sat 8 Jun, 3.30pm - 6.30pmBox Office 0113 243 8765Full price £15, Concessions £12Members of The Collective £10(only 20 places available)
A fast tasking, rough-shod performance-
making and critical discussion three-hour
session.
Liz Aggiss is an un-disciplined artist with an un-disciplined body of work.
Since 1980 she has been a Wild Wiggler, Grotesque Dancer, Diva, Guerrilla
Dancer, Trout, Golem and Performance Lecturer.
Creating her work for stage and screen, Aggiss’ interdisciplinary practice is
driven by content, embodies feminist dance practices and is framed by the
politics that challenge and resist the ‘authority’ of formal conventions.
Liz Aggiss photo © Joe Murray
This MistressClass is programmed to coincide with
Friday Firsts #17: Liz Aggiss is THE ENGLISH CHANNELFull price £8, Concessions £6
SPECIAL OFFER – DO BOTH!Full Price £20, Concessions £16
Members of The Collective £14
Call 0113 243 8765 to book NOW
Gary Clarke’s Lustrum
a choreographic
& performance project
Mon 22 - Sat 27 Jul
Professional dancers and
choreographers are invited
to take part in a new project
led by award-winning
choreographer and Yorkshire
Dance Associate Artist
Gary Clarke.
Pioneered by Merseyside Dance Initiative, Lustrum brings together
15 dance artists to devise, create and showcase five dance works (a solo,
a duet, a trio, a quartet and a quintet) in five days; a fast and furious
collaborative project driven by creative instinct and quickfire choices.
Using chance to dictate outcomes, participants will switch between the
roles of choreographer and performer from day to day, experimenting
with the generation of material and creation of performance work in a
spontaneous, non-critical way.
This vigorous 6-day project offers a unique opportunity for a team of
experienced artists to meet, network, exchange ideas, enrich and develop
both choreographic and performance skills and experience staging an
evening of professional work in a very short time frame.
Janusz Orlik photo © Maria Falconer
Applicants must be available for the entire project.
Small bursaries are available to cover costs.
Recruitment will be through an application process. Download
an application form at www.yorkshiredance.com and send
to [email protected] by Friday 14 June.
Successful applicants will be notified by Friday 21 June.
Lustrum Showcase
Sat 27 Jul, 7.30pm - 9.30pmBox Office 0113 243 8765Tickets £8.00Concessions £6.00
Showcasing the aftermath of
Lustrum... five new dance works
that will captivate, enthrall and
excite audiences.
The evening will also include
work by regional artists
as well as a post-show
discussion forum with
Gary Clarke and
the Lustrum artists.
Contemporary Class
with Rita Marcalo
Tuesdays, 23 Apr - 16 JulBook securely onlinewww.yorkshiredance.com£6.50, concessions £5.50
6.30pm - 8.00pm, Level Dfor professionals, dance students
and those with advanced ability
A challenging class encouraging dancers
to work against common learned dance
movement patterns.
8.00pm - 9.30pm, Level B/Cfor people with a good basic level ability wanting to try a higher level
This class is taught on two levels to enable beginners to get acquainted
with basic principles of contemporary dance, at the same time as allowing
people with some experience to develop further.
Both classes reflect the training background and the personal movement
style of the artist, placing an emphasis on co-ordination, risk-taking,
and non-linear movement.
www.yorkshiredance.com/professional/professional-development-at-yorkshire-dance
Following the UK’s biggest ever celebration of dance in 2012,you can keep dancing with friends and groups, at home and inthe streets, in schools and workplaces with the Big Dance Pledgein 2013.
The Big Dance Pledge is a 3-minute dance routine that anyone can do –
regardless of age or experience. Learn the dance from the online films and
rehearse with friends, colleagues or invite others to join you. Perform it
along with thousands of others from wherever you like during the PledgePerformance Weekend, 17 - 20 May 2013, or at any other events you
have planned.
It’s completely free.
1. Check out the routine at www.bigdance.org.uk –
watch the preview film and get people on-board
2. Sign up, make the Pledge! You’ll get access to the full set of films,
the music track and helpful factsheets
3. Use the choreography to create your 3-minute performance.
Make it unique to you and your group in any way you like
4. Choose your space and perform during the Pledge Performance
Weekend, or whenever you like.
Confirm that you’ve done it by text then use the free downloadable
certificates to congratulate your dancers and we’ll add you to our online
roll of honour. You can help to keep Big Dance running by pledging to
raise sponsorship for your group or donating by your mobile phone
during your rehearsals or performance.
www.yorkshiredance.com/professional/professional-development-at-yorkshire-dance
Big Dance Pledge
2013
Yorkshire Dance Registered 2319572 England
Registered Charity No. 701624 VAT No. 418 0193 70
Finding Yorkshire Dance
Yorkshire Dance3 St Peter’s BuildingsSt Peter’s SquareLeeds LS9 8AH
Yorkshire Dance is in the cultural quarter
of Leeds city centre, opposite the BBC
building and Leeds College of Music, next
to the Northern Ballet / Phoenix Dance
Theatre building, over the road from
Leeds city bus station and 15 minutes’
walk from the train station.
There is limited on-street parking outside
Yorkshire Dance, but there are plenty of
public car parks within easy walking
distance.
All weekend customers of Yorkshire
Dance are entitled to a special discount
in The Markets NCP. Please ask our
Front of House staff for details.
www.yorkshiredance.com
Friday Firsts 2013
Friday 3 Oct
Friday 7 Nov
Friday 5 Dec
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The Collective:
Yorkshire Dance Membership
Join a thriving new network of dance
practitioners, The Collective.
For a small annual fee professionals,
students and recent graduates
receive a huge range of invaluable
benefits.
- Yorkshire Dance Bulletin
- Residency scheme
- Invitations to salons and
social events
- Advice surgeries & coaching
- Free Standby Space
- Discounts on CPD opportunities
and performances
- Your profile on the Yorkshire
Dance website
- Reduced-price rehearsal space
- Bursaries
- Platform / Scratch Night
opportunities
- Free equipment hire
and much, much more...
Visit the website for details