Verve 10 - Northern School of Contemporary Dance

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DETAILEDREPERTOIRE NOTESChoreographer Laïla DialloTitle of piece Come rain or come shineCommission New commissionCreatedJanuary 2010, LeedsMusicChango Spasiuk, Fennesz, Fred Astaire. Mixed and edited by Clive WilkinsonLightingMark BakerCostumesSelina NightingaleDancers 7Duration18 minsSynopsis“In his book entitled 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance, Matthew Goulishasks: “how do we understand something?”. I was inspired by his suggestion that weunderstand it by approaching it, and that we approach it from any direction. I broughtto the studio the idea of rain, we discovered our approach and followed it.” LaïlaDialloChoreographer Luis Lara MalvacíasTitle of piece Face it!Commission New commissionCreatedSeptember/October 2009, LeedsMusicIvo BolLightingMark BakerCostumes Selina NightingaleDancers 11Duration23 minsSynopsisFace it! looks into ideas of self-awareness and mirror self-recognition. Workingclosely with the dancers, the work was created following a process of selfobservationand observation of the others in the studio. Through this process thedancers became aware of their own private psychological and physical events,imagining how it is for others to experience similar states, releasing empathy.Choreographer Michael Schumacher, in collaboration with Rachel Lancaster and the dancers ofVerveTitle of piece Temporal WaltzesCommission New commissionCreatedNovember/December 2009, LeedsMusicAlexandre DesplatLightingMark BakerCostumesSelina NightingaleDancers 11Duration21 minsSynopsisInspired by tales of space and time travel, Temporal Waltzes is a fragmented journeyin which the dancers reveal chapters of a story that may or may not have happenedin the past or future. During the creative process of this work, the most fruitfulquestion became: Would the International Space Station not be the perfect venue fordance?10
DETAILEDREPERTOIRE NOTESChoreographer Kathinka WalterTitle of piece Physical chainCommission New CommissionCreatedSeptember/October 2010, LeedsMusicClive WilkinsonLightingMark BakerCostumesSelina NightingalePerformers 8Duration15 minsSynopsisMaking the choreographic process visible in the performance by playfully settingtasks, and the order of their later appearance, makes each performance unique:6 dancers, 2 directors, 1 set of 30 task cards, 1 adjustable score, 1 audience = 1unique performance!Choreographer David ZambranoTitle of piece Draw your mindCommission New CommissionCreatedNovember 2009, AmsterdamMusicThelonius MonkLightingMark BakerCostumesSelina NightingaleChoreographer’s Andy ZondagAssistantDancers 11Duration21 minsSynopsisA touch. A very eloquent hand touch.Remembering the beauty in the conversations of hands, the exchanging ofrhythmical steps, big band music and the passion for dancing with another person;Zambrano takes the history of partner dancing and redefines it as something thatcould be more appropriate for the modern era, following the influence of contactimprovisation, shifting gender and sexual roles and focusing on broader rights for allraces.Most performances will feature four out of the five works.Running time: approximately 100 minutes including a 20 minute interval, two works in both the first andsecond halves. The programme can be confirmed once the show is on the road.11
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