Re-SiTE edition 2 (2013/14)

Re-SiTEAN ONLINE BROCHURE DEDICATED TO

PROMOTING OUTDOOR OR SITED DANCE WORKS FROM THE UK READY FOR TOURING

DiGMDance Initiative Greater Manchester

EDITION TWO - 2013

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A note from DiGM’s Director, Deb Ashby INDEX

Re-SiTE is an online brochure dedicated to promoting UK based professional dance performance works ready for touring for outdoors, sited or site-specific contexts. At Dance Initiative Greater Manchester we specialise in developing dance for the outdoors and in unusual spaces, we want to break boundaries and offer new experiences both to artists and audiences.

Since the first edition of Re-SiTE we have expanded our distribution list even further and hope to continue to develop this brochure/ platform, ensuring it serves as a vital bridge between artists/ companies and pro-moters/ festivals.

2012 was a fantastic year for dance in general in the UK, with the Olympics bringing about many opportuni-ties and inspiration for new works. More personally DiGM as an organisation have had another busy and exciting year including our international dance festival Urban Moves bringing out the crowds in Manchester despite the bad weather, and our exciting international dance exchange project Dance Channels, with Italy and Spain bringing about new dance pieces that you will see in this brochure, as well as new networks, new experiences and many new opportunities for the future.

We look forward to what 2013 has to offer, please keep your eye on our website for new projects and opportu-nities.

Thank you

Deb Ashby Director

P2Akademi - South Asian Dance UKAvant Garde DanceP3 Turn FestivalBeing Frank Physical TheatreP4 C-12 Dance TheatreChina PearlP5Company ChameleonCompany FierceP6 STRIDEDog Kennel Hill ProjectP7Genevieve Say DanceLaNuaP8Maelstrom DanceMercurialP9New Movement CollectiveOut of the Blue ProductionsP10Rachel DeanSecond Hand DanceP11Tom Dale CompanyVincent Dance TheatreP12Dance Channels International Exchange Project

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AKADEMI - SOUTH ASIAN DANCE UKhttp://www.akademi.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 0207 691 3210

AVANT GARDE DANCEEmail: [email protected]

Tel: 0208 279 1050

Avant Garde Dance are a London based company who are the vanguard of British contemporary Hip Hop theatre.

Under the Artistic Direction of Tony Adigun the company have been touring the UK and internationally since 2001.

Avant Garde Dance consistently produce bold, powerful and diverse work funda-mental to the companies philosophy to "Innovate Never Replicate". Exploring original concepts the company have de-veloped a unique approach to creating work that is always visually captivating, stylish and thought provoking.

WORK: The Bunker Thing (45 minutes) The Bunker Thing is a site-specific immer-sive production directed and choreo-graphed by Tony Adigun, working with digital artist Adam Seaman, and narration from award winning spoken word artist Inua Ellams. A small, intimate audience are transported into this underground world where a story of oppression and rebellion unfold. Their senses are battered by musty smells, unnerving touches, sweet tastes, intimidating sounds and an incredible visual feast of high energy ath-letic dance and multimedia installations, that will linger in their minds long after the show disappears. The Bunker Thing is commissioned and produced by East London Dance

Floor required: Concrete

Performance area required: The Bunker Thing is a site-specific production and will be adapted to different spaces. The ideal space will be similar to a bunker and fea-ture the following qualities: Dark, no natu-ral light, ideally underground so you have to go down to enter. A variety of rooms/spaces with one space at least 10x10m. Derelict or disused feeling – dirty / ill-repair. However, we are open to be challenged and will consider adapting to any interesting space! A site visit will be required before final booking confirmation.

Set description: Adapted to suit space. Features of specific spaces are used. Pro-jection is used on walls. A pile of old tele-visions is set up with recorded and live feed.

Number of performers: 10-12

How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: 4

Available to tour: Summer 2013

Other works available: Taxi!, The Silver Tree

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Akademi actively pushes the boundaries of where dance can appear and produces innovative South Asian dance events in unusual places. Our productions embrace and are inspired by extraordinary architec-ture and public spaces. We offer new expe-riences both to artists and audiences alike and increase access to high quality dance activity to underrepresented communities.

We create work for artists and engage the widest possible public with an art form that while rooted in classical tradition is at the cutting edge of contemporary culture and a particularly British creative force. We are a local organisation with a global perspective and worldwide connections. Our pioneering work contributes significantly to Britain's international reputation for innovation in South Asian dance.

Our ambitious productions have included partnerships with a wide range of collabo-rators eg: Intium (London College of Fash-ion), Bells (Theatre Tol) and Sufi:Zen (Red Earth). We perform at dance venues, out-door spaces and festivals and in both the private and the commercial sectors. We promote a cross-arts led approach and re-flect diversity in collaboration with circus, cinema, fashion, music and literature.

WORK: Sufi:Zen (35 minutes, a 10 min-ute version is also available) Sufi:Zen is an energised dance performance which contrasts the intensity of Sufi mysticism with the stillness of Zen meditation. Influ-enced by multiple dance disciplines Sufi:Zen incorporates modern perspectives on traditional South Asian art forms. Cho-reographed by Gauri Sharma Tripathi, Sufi:Zen is a fusion of kathak, butoh and contemporary dance.

Floor required: Level 10 x 10m stage area covered with professional dance floor.

Set description: Performed in the round or on three sides, to a backdrop of firecans, incense and staged lighting. We are also able to collaborate with environmental arts group Red Earth, who can provide medium-large scale natural fire effects to create an environmentally friendly natural outdoor spectacle. This provides a tangible transformational environment with fire, sparks, haze, artistically lit smoke and an overall heightened experience

Number of performers: 4


Available to tour: Present and ongoing

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BEING FRANK PHYSICAL THEATREhttp://www.beingfrank.co.uk

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Tel: 07870683979

Being Frank aims to excite audiences of all ages through collaborative performances that exude an exciting raw physicality. Be-ing Frank’s artistic director David McKenna has previously held the post of rehearsal director for Motionhouse and has been choreographing in his own right for Being Frank and other dance companies for the past 9 years. The company has created 3 pieces for outdoor spaces over the last 4 years and have performed nationally at many festivals such as Xtracks, Birming-ham’s Six Summer Saturdays and Swan-sea’s Dance Days.

Set up in 2004 to inspire young men to dance, Being Frank continues to stimulate and engage audiences of all ages. Being Frank also has a national reputation for delivering challenging and creative dance workshops that are inclusive to everybody.

WORK: The Quiet Men (20 minutes) Two men have aspirations to bring peace and love to the world. They want to create change – for the betterment of mankind. Their intentions are good but their methods are opposed. They come to challenge each other. They begin to compete in spreading their ideology – wherever, whenever to whoever…

Floor required: grass/ concrete/ tiled (any flat surface with no obstacles)

Performance area required: 8m x 8m

Prop description: 2 fold down tables and 2 suitcases

Set description: N/A

Number of performers: 2/3


Available to tour: June – October 2013

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TURN FESTIVAL19th & 20th April 2013, Contact, Manchester

www.turnmcr.org

Turn is an open submission dance platform presented by DiGM in part-nership with hÅb, Contact Theatre and the Nuffield Theatre/Live at LICA, for North West dancers and dance makers aged 18 and above. North West based dancers or dance-makers looking for an opportunity to pre-sent performance work are invited to submit proposals of finished pieces or excerpts of dance, works in progress and sited dance performances in and around Contact Theatre, for this micro-festival

Applications for Turn 2014 will open in Autumn 2013.

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C-12 Dance Theatre entwines both dance and theatre disciplines to deliver an inno-vative and emotional blend of physical dance performance with a theatrical narra-tive. C-12’s choreographic style is a fusion of contemporary and modern dance tech-niques and was established in 2005 by Annie Lunnette Deakin-Foster, Nasae Evanson and Adam Towndrow. Having worked with Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 2012 (Merce Circus) and col-laborated with Jeanafer Jean Charles for Bolero Remixed with a 52 piece orchestra at the Greenwich and Docklands Interna-tional Festival in 2010, C-12 Dance Thea-tre is an exciting prospect!

‘C-12 is a company to watch not just for dancing but for interesting, emotive and powerful theatre’ Fringe Review

WORK: TROLLEYS (20 minutes) Featur-ing choreography by Shaun Parker, from Shaun Parker & Company. Part dance. Part ballet. Part outdoor spectacle. TROLLEYS is a new ballet for five super-market trolleys. Five shopping trolleys randomly appear in a public space. Two meet and fall in love. One grapples to find a friend. Three others revolt and ignite a dance of anarchy. Trolleys spin, glide and slide in this highly physical, humourous outdoor performance where high octane

contemporary dance, acrobatics and street dance merge with the extraordinary world of trolleys. Set to a pounding electro-acoustic score, TROLLEYS will tease, thrill and move it’s audience. You’ll never go shopping in the same way again.

Floor required: A smooth, flat floor (pref-erably concrete) C-12 Dance Theatre will bring 5 rolls of dance harlequin flooring and a martial arts puzzle foam. The foam takes approx. 1hr to assemble.

Performance area required: 12m x 10m performance space

Prop description: Five trolleys

Set description: 12m x 10m performance space with 2 speakers stage right and 2 on the left, only 1 is visible and 2 subs provided for bass


How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: 2-3 times

Available to tour: May – September 2013

C-12 DANCE THEATREhttp://www.c-12dancetheatre.com


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CHINA PEARL

http://www.china-pearl.co.uk


Tel: 07826 919 428

We are a Chinese dance group under China Pearl arts and culture organization based in Liverpool. We do both traditional and contemporary Chinese dance. We cover a wide range of dance styles from China as well as create innovative fusion of Chinese dance with other styles like break, street and contemporary. We have done numerous performances both in-doors and outdoors across the UK. Apart from dance, China Pearl also provides other art forms including music, theatre, calligraphy and arts.

WORK: Chinese Contemporary Um-brella Dance (6 minutes) This piece is to depict the beauty of the Southland, the area in the downstream of the Yangzse River, which is renowned for its beautiful nature, elegance and exquisiteness and has been widely adored by poets and authors since ancient Chinese times. It presents Chinese culture in this fresh con-temporary Chinese dance piece.

Floor required: Any smooth, flat surface.

Performance area required: 5m x 5m minimum. Other features are not essential but stairs would be a plus point.

Prop description: Chinese UmbrellasSet description: N/A


How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: Flexible

Available to tour: Flexible

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COMPANY CHAMELEONhttp://www.companychameleon.com


Tel: 07757 654 790

CFA was founded by choreographer and dancer Darren Pritchard In 2001. After success working with other dance organi-sations, Darren was funded by North West Arts Board to create his own piece of work, Funkadelik, which was also sup-ported by Khemtech and DiGM. Funkade-lik - with dancers skillfully balancing, spin-ning, diving and falling off speakers - pre-miered in The Mission (choreographic Black dance platform), followed by a small-scale tour around Northern England. The success of Funkadelik led to the Company being granted an ‘At Home’ Residency for Emerging Artists at Contact Theatre in 2002. This in turn led to the creation of CFA first major work Plasma Intermix.

CFA was selected as one of the first two incubated companies (alongside Quaran-tine) by PANDA (Performing Arts Network and Development Agency). The company was officially launched with a showing of its entire portfolio of professional work at the PANDA showcase in December 2002.

Company Fierce Academy’s professional projects have toured England’s outdoor festivals, UK and European theatres and have been seen on TV in various adver-tisements and music videos.Our shows are at affordable prices to make dance accessible to everyone. Pre-vious outdoor performances have been free i.e. 'Gulliver’s Boom Box' seen by

over 7000 people as it hit the streets of England.

WORK: A Duet To Music (15 minutes) ‘A Duet to Music’ is a modern ballet duet to Classical music. Using the urban land-scapes as its backdrop, the dancers show the sophistication, grace and beauty of ballet technique, stripping dance right back to its purest form of simply two beau-tiful dancers dancing to lovely music .The choreography explores the music Jo-hann Sebastian Bach and his Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001.

Floor required: Concrete as flat as possi-ble



Available to tour: June - September 2013

COMPANY FIERCEhttp://www.companyfierce.co.uk


Tel: 0161 209 8004 / 0781 438 9802

Company Chameleon Dance Theatre is the collective vision of dance artists An-thony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner. In coming together as Company Chameleon the duo have developed and presented their own pieces alongside works from some of the world’s foremost contempo-rary choreographers. Their artistic ex-change draws on their individual experi-ence to tackle human and personal issues in inventive ways which encourage audi-ences to connect with both the material and them as performers.

Both Push (17 minutes) and Search & Find (15 minutes) - duets created and per-formed by Kevin Edward Turner and An-thony Missen - are available. First pro-duced 2010 and 2012 respectively, each piece takes as its starting point, male to male relationship codes, exploring through an athletic yet sensitive physical interac-tion the hierarchy and boundaries which characterise them. Search and Find was commissioned by Dance Initiative Greater Manchester

WORK: Push (17 minutes) Athletic yet sensitive, this powerful and engaging duet looks at the different stances we take as

we relate to one another, and how the complex nature of our psychology means at times we push to exert our dominance and control, and at others submit and yield.

Push is a co-commission between Without Walls and Dance Initiative Greater Man-chester.

Floor required: Any flat even surface (not cobbles or glass)


Prop description: None

Set description: None




Other works available: Search & Find

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DOG KENNEL HILL PROJECT

http://www.dogkennelhillproject.org


Tel: 07946 271134

Dog Kennel Hill Project is a dance per-formance collective that combines the ar-tistic voices of Ben Ash, Henrietta Hale and Rachel Lopes de la Nieta, each of whom has a distinctive performing career in British contemporary dance.

We are committed to exploring new con-texts for dance through a process of inves-tigation, experimentation, risk-taking and cross-over with other art forms. Asking questions about this crazy world forms the basis of our work together and we seek the beauty within the absurdity of being hu-man. Our work has been described as in-triguing, slippery, mind-blowing and laugh-out-loud funny. A broad theme in our re-cent work is about situating our processes and productions in 'work' areas where pub-lic can happen upon it in unexpected ways

The company’s work has been shown in a range of contexts including: the visual arts, opera, circus and television commercials. We have received a diverse range of commissions, including creations for Scot-tish Dance Theatre, The Place Prize, Stour Valley Arts in Kingswood Forest and Whitechapel Gallery.

WORK: TUG (30 minutes per journey, the boat then turns and repeats the per-formance for the journey back) A unique experience of sound, movement, design and natural occurrence. The performance takes place on a specially adapted heri-tage workboat on UK waterways, creating a contemporary showboat with some curi-

ous nuances of vaudeville entertainment, absurdly at odds with the often abandoned or re-imagined post industrial landscapes that it travels through. Small audience can board the boat whilst a larger audience follows on an audio guided towpath tour.

Floor required: canal waterway – we tour with a boat that has a wooden stage built on it.

Performance area required: At least 1 mile of canal- waterway with turning space of 80ft at either end. Bridges and other landscape features are important in form-ing part of the dynamic structure of the work. A towpath that borders the waterway for larger audiences to view with a mp3 guide.

Set description: 2 ticket booths to place at either end of the towpath.70ft heritage narrowboat with a stage constructed that includes a trapdoor and a backdrop. We have a set of small lights powered by the boat engine. A battery smoke machine is used. Health and safety, inc lifejackets stored on boat.

Number of performers: 4 – core cast plus up to 8 volunteer extras

How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: up to 6 times

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STRIDE is our thriving dance project for young men in partnership with Company Chameleon. It’s fundamental aims being; to introduce young men (aged 10-20) to dance, to offer opportunities for these young men to experience dance as a high quality art form and to challenge stereotypes of young men in dance. STRIDE engages these young men from diverse backgrounds and offers them not only the opportunity to learn dance skills but enables them to develop key life skills through discipline, responsibility and social interaction. All STRIDE sessions are completely FREE!

Each year we run STRIDE workshops across Greater Manchester from which partici-pants work towards a sited and outdoor performance event. This year workshops will take place in Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Wi-gan & Salford

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FREE DANCE PROJECT FOR YOUNG MEN ACROSS GREATER MANCHESTER...



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Genevieve Say is an up and coming dance artist, performer and choreogra-pher, and has been making her own work since 2006. In 2011 she was commis-sioned by Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) to develop ‘Chips’, an indoor dance theatre piece, and in 2012 she was com-missioned by Urban Moves International Dance Festival to create ‘5IVE’.

She has presented her work nationally, including at greenroom Manchester, York-shire Dance Leeds, Unity Theatre Liver-pool and Battersea Barge London. Most recently Genevieve was the artistic direc-tor of ‘Punchline’, a performance combin-ing over 40 professional performers and community participants. It was performed as part of Preston Guild and received na-tional press and industry interest.

WORK: 5IVE (20 minutes) Five women find strength in unity as they take on the world. Using bold, energetic movement and thoughtful imagery the dancers take you on a journey of defence, defiance and hope. 5IVE has been described as a “standout piece”, “witty and winningly per-formed” and “in terms of impact, this worked on pretty much every level”

Floor required: Concrete, pavingPerformance area required: 8m x 8mNumber of performers: 5How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: 2Available to tour: February - September 2013

GENEVIEVE SAY DANCEhttp://www.genevievesay.com

Email:

Tel: 07740 487 389

LA NUA

http://www.lanua.org


Tel: 07872 006 836

LaNua is an Edinburgh-based company, run by Artistic Director, Merav Israel, that specialise in creating large live art projects.

LaNua develops performance projects that explore the boundaries of choreographic practice in dialogue with other art forms while exploring alternative spaces, and interaction with objects, video, sound, and text.

Previous work includes Mid-day to Mid-night Duet presented in a gallery shop at the Edinburgh Fringe (2004-5, 2007-8) and Coming to Our Senses, a site specific per-formance in and around the Grassmarket, Edinburgh.

The company also delivers workshop packages to support the touring work.

WORK: Enso (45-50 minutes) Using pa-per, fabric and stones, the dancers weave poems, movement and images creating a serene, unforgettable show.

Inspired by Zen art forms - gardens, callig-raphy and poems (Haiku) Enso received a 4 star review from The Herald “Everything...came together in one exqui-site whole”.

Floor required: Grass, concrete, wood

Performance area required: 15m x 20m, place to hang fabric from eg gallery, wall or stairs (optional)

Prop description: Enso includes an in-stallation of paper, fabric and stones.

Set description: Audience seated around landscape as they would do in a Zen gar-den. They are invited to travel through the installation/garden and place a stone that they chose, making their own mark on the space. The Japanese love to commemo-rate places with poems incised into large stones set along the paths



Available to tour: Anytime

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MAELSTROM DANCEhttp://www.


Tel: 07738 573 387

Maelstrom Dance is a North West dance theatre company founded by Artistic Direc-tor Lindsey Brocklebank in 2008.

As runner up for the ‘TURN’ Prize commis-sion 2009 (Consortium; DiGM, hAb, green-room developed ‘TURN’ a NW platform) Maelstrom was given the touring opportu-nity ‘Turn Out Tour’. Touring three venues across the NW and NE, Nuffield Theatre (Lancaster), Greenroom (Manchester) and Dance City (Newcastle). Following this tour, Maelstrom created ‘Got Legs’ which was awarded the 2011 TURN Prize.

In 2011 an R&D for new work ‘Ballast’, supported by Edge Hill, ACE and Chorley BC began with a choreographic lab at Trin-ity Laban (London) and a sharing at the Studio theatre at Edge Hill. In January 2012 this work was premiered as the TURN prize winning performance at the Nuffield, Lancaster.

Most recently Maelstrom has premiered the commissioned piece STOP: LADIES CROSSING for the international festival ‘Urban Moves’ (July 2012) and they have just completed the sited work ‘The Truth About Me’.

Maelstrom also design, deliver and facili-tate workshops, seminars, lectures and performance projects.

WORK: The Truth About Me (20/25 min-utes) The Truth About Me is about our sometimes rose-tinted view of ourselves and the way in which we bend the truth to appear more interesting, exciting, sexy, employable! A funny, insightful, dance theatre piece set and performed in a bar, the performers date, cajole and come clean about themselves to and with their audience.

Floor required: A flat surface, grass is not suitable

Performance area required: The piece is adaptable to most spaces, we need approx 10 x 10 ft to work the space however, if it is a foyer or bar we can adapt the material to suit the spaces. As this is set in a bar we would prefer the opportunity to perform in a public area such as a cafe/bar or outdoor seated area.

Prop description: 4 stools of varying heights

Set description: As above



Available to tour: Throughout 2013

Mercurial Dance creates “distinctive, memorable performances” and delivers “outstanding” participatory projects, work-shops and classes. Young people and their families are at the core of our work. We create work with them, for them to per-form; and for them to immerse themselves in, experience and enjoy as an audience.

Our current focus is on making work for alternative performance spaces such as city centre squares, empty shops and win-dow displays. Integrating dance and digital art, our pieces can be presented in differ-ent contexts and sites.

WORK: Hinterland (25 minutes) Hinter-land has a style that is physical fluid and immediate, fusing movement styles from parkour, released base dance techniques and high energy contact partner work. Ex-pressing ideas about the urban as play-ground Hinterland reflects the relationship to our cities and architecture and how we engage within them.

Floor required: Level floor. Concrete/slab/tarmac but not grass

Performance area required: Minimum 8m x 10m plus audience area surrounding

Prop description: Coloured chalk

Set description: 2 2m x 1m MDF boards




Other works available: Cascades

MERCURIAL DANCE

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Tel: 07884 068 108

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Developing work that is directly presented in response to different and unusual theat-rical settings, NMC aims to challenge the notions of traditional performance and evolve the landscape of contemporary dance. We are a collective of new genera-tion choreographers with a long collabora-tive working history, both as dancers and dance-makers with Europe’s leading ballet and contemporary companies. Our mem-bers hail from Rambert Dance Company, Wayne McGregor/ Random Dance Com-pany, Rafael Bonachela, Company Cha-meleon and New Adventures among oth-ers.

On the constantly evolving scene of im-mersive theatre our performances are dis-tinguished by strong emphasis on the dance component, physicality of our cast and attention to detail in architecture – the feature ingrained in our practice through ongoing collaboration with Architectural Association Interprofessional Studio.

With a strong commitment to collaborative working methods between dance, architec-ture, film and music, NMC is dedicated to unlocking the performance potential within the hidden pockets of our cities.

WORK: Casting Traces (45 minutes) Inspired by Paul Auster’s seminal novel “New York Trilogy”, this cross genre 45mi-nute promenade performance invites the

audience into a unique dance experience set within an architect design paper laby-rinth. Dance, architecture, film and spe-cially commissioned music meet to create a world of illusion, mystery and shadow play. Touching on popular themes of detec-tive novels and the modern issues of ever-present surveillance cameras, the audi-ence explore a giant paper maze, witness-ing and influencing the transformation of their surroundings.

Performance area required: Designed for 650sq metre warehouse with columns. The production can be adapted to a larger or slightly smaller area. A sturdy wall on one side of performance space and sufficient space for a bar within the performance area would be an advantage but not es-sential.

Set description: Made of recycled paper, sourced from local newspaper print centre (excess waste in daily production). Sus-pended from the ceiling using plastic elec-tric conduit tubes and between pillars us-ing tape.

Number of performers: 9 (8 dancers, 1 violinist)


Available to tour: From 2013

NEW MOVEMENT COLLECTIVEhttp://www.newmovement.org.uk


Tel: 07963 793 109

Out of the Blue Productions is a creative organisation specialising in performances of dance theatre and new music in uncon-ventional spaces. Since forming in 2010, we have created work for the EU-art-network and in partnership with the BBC Philharmonic orchestra.

The human stories and architectural quali-ties of the sites we perform in are often our inspiration. We adapt our work to new sites to create a bespoke performance wherever we perform.

Out of the blue Productions’ creative team brings together Joseph Lau & Bridget Fiske (dancer-choreographers) and Gavin Wayte (composer)

We collaborate at the genesis of each new piece to create a highly integrated artwork, fusing music and dance from the outset

WORK: rəәvolve (23 minutes) He seeks someone to love and her heart resounds with the same. rəәvolve explores the fragil-ity of facade, the desire to have oneself reflected in another and the longing to be loved. rəәvolve is an intimate yet comic tragedy where there is much to hold on to but a fate that has already been decided.

A dance theatre and new music work for solo harpist and two dancers.

Floor required: Flat paved surface or flat grassed area

Performance are required: 6m x 6m (please note the work is presented in the round)

Number of performers: 3 (2 dancers 1 harpist)



OUT OF THE BLUE PRODUCTIONShttp://www.outoftheblueproductions.co.uk

Email: info@outoftheblueproduc-tions

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RACHEL DEANhttp://racheljanedean.wordpress.com


Tel: 07771 863 611

Rachel Dean is a contemporary dance art-ist based in Leeds who performs, teaches and choreographs. She has a particular interest in Contact Improvisation and col-laboration with other artists and art forms and is part of improvisation collective Mathilde. Her choreography has included ‘Love in Idleness’, a Midsummer dance theatre performance which toured gardens and parks in Summer 2012, ‘Nativity’, a Christmas solo exploring the enduring power of the myth and magic of the Virgin Mary, and ‘Entwined’, a dance theatre piece performed by a dressmaker and a dancer. She is passionate about sharing her love of dance and teaches Contact Improvisation regularly.

Rachel graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2006 and is currently studying part time for MA Creative Practice (Dance Professional Pathway) at Laban and Independent Dance.

WORK: Love In Idleness 30-45 minutes (depending on location and size of audi-ence, plus 10 minutes for audience to dance to live music after the performance). Love in Idleness is a promenade dance theatre performance for all the family. In-spired by William Shakespeare’s A Mid-summer Night’s Dream, this is a playful, mischievous and charming adventure.

Stumble upon hidden worlds in our most stunning landscaped gardens, led by dancers and live musicians. Love in Idle-ness is an experience that is never the same twice…

Floor required: Performance can be adapted to any floor surface (grass, forest floor, gravel, concrete, stone etc)

Performance area required: The piece requires a garden or landscaped park with features such as flower beds, grass, trees. It can be adapted to fit each location. A sundial and herb garden are desirable al-though not essential.

Prop description: Various hand held – Puck's staff, flowers, herbs, one costume change.

Set description: The performance uses the garden as its setting.



Available to tour: Summer 2013 & 2014

Second Hand Dance (SHD) is a Surrey based dance company that brings to life imaginings and crafts journeys to inspire and intrigue audiences in a variety of spaces including libraries, galleries, out-doors and theatres. Creating a world where dads dance and libraries become performance arenas, we state proudly that dance is fun, beautiful and centred in posi-tive communal activity. Join us to delight in the pleasures of dance in a space near you.

Second Hand Dance is led by Rosie Heaf-ford, a graduate from Laban and Gold-smiths College. Her work has been sup-ported by South East Dance, Surrey Arts, Chisenhale Dance Space, Arts Council England, and The Nightingale Theatre in Brighton and more.

Recent projects include Paper Solo, a solo performance with a paper sculpture which has been presented in theatres, libraries and other cultural venues as part of Big Dance; WAMA, an invented folk dance for the Barton Hill community in Bristol in their local park; and Dad Dancing a project with 3 professional dancers and their dads. She is also working on Humpty Dumpty and Labryrinth – a performance project for hospitals and care homes exploring the themes of labryrinths and knots.

WORK: Humpty Dumpty: A Wibbly Wobbly World of Words (40 minutes)

Humpty Dumpty is a promenade dance performance for children aged 3-7 suitable for outdoor festivals and library perform-ances. This interactive experience takes children and their adults on a magical journey of literacy and movement to find the words to Humpty’s nursery rhyme, fol-lowing soldiers and other clues, to put his rhyme back together again.

Floor required: Any type of floor

Performance area required: This per-formance has been designed to be per-formed in library settings or outdoor festi-vals where there is an area that can be walked around and props left in place. We need surfaces such as bookshelves or trees where paper soldiers can be put up for the children to follow.

Prop description: Hexagonal Gazebo and floor matting 4m x 4m x 2.7m, Soft foam mats 2mx2.5m, PA System (battery operated on wheels) Drum, Props as an obstacle course around the space (includ-ing 2 hula hoops, a squidgy cushion, large ‘H’, Photo frame, stepping stone mats) Paper Soldiers and words

Number of performers: 2 (plus 2 staff)

How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: 3/4


SECOND HAND DANCEhttp://www.secondhanddance.co.uk


Tel: 07900 986 148

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TOM DALE COMPANY

http://www.tomdale.org.uk


Tel: 07967 188 853 / 07976 371 124

Tom Dale Company is brought together by a collection of artists and practitioners in the fields of dance, music, art and design. Led by artistic director Tom Dale the com-pany brings new aesthetics to dance and synergy to cross art collaborations, in or-der to contemplate and challenge concepts pertinent to contemporary society.Tom's work does not fit into any easy cate-gory. He draws on an instinctive relation-ship to music and the particular themes of the work to find and create the relevant movement identities, dynamics and world of performance.TDC engages with global issues relating to the human experience; bringing them to life through metaphor and the development of a unique movement vocabulary. TDC attracts audiences to dance through its aesthetics, contemporary influences, mu-sic innovations and creative collaborations.These core artistic tools, coupled with the content of the work and its resonances with underground/sub-cultures create the dynamic heart of TDC, making it attractive to audiences new to dance. TDC invests in dance as an art form with a robust but sensitive working practice. TDC also pro-vides continued professional development and creates work for the major UK dance conservatoires, offering compelling and fulfilling education work.

WORK: I Infinite (43 minutes) Set in a white, digitally animated environment, I infinite is a mesmerising multi-media dance installation inspired by the quest of the digital world to re-create life. Audiences are free to roam as the spellbinding visual imagery draws you within centimetres of the performer who moves between robotic isolation and liquid fluidity. Locked within a world of finite solutions the character em-barks on a captivating journey to the infi-nite. This piece can exist as a stand alone interactive exhibition also with no per-former.

Floor required: White (preferred) or grey dance floor, sprung floor preferred al-though not essential.

Performance area required: Min. per-formance area: 10m x 10mMax. performance area: 25m x 10m

Set description: 3 white boxes, 4 white benches (TDC can provide in UK). Built to required dimensions for international tour-ing. The piece uses 5 projectors as the only light source in the space.


How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: up to 4 times


Since 1994, Vincent Dance Theatre has built a national and international reputation for creating and touring powerful, engag-ing dance theatre work and delivering high quality participation work across the UK and abroad.Pulling together movement, text, choreog-raphy, theatre, live music and a strong visual sense of place, VDT’s rollercoaster productions challenge conventional values in dance and gender politics. The Com-pany’s live work tours to theatre venues across the UK and abroad. Our installation and film work is distributed into non-theatre spaces, across arts venues and festivals across Europe, Canada, Australia and United States. WORK: UNDERWORLD (2 hour loop) ‘UNDERWORLD’ is a durational live per-formance for unconventional spaces. UN-DERWORLD is not easy to categorise – it is a site-specific live installation. It is pun-ishing choreography. It is visual art. It is highly physical theatre. It is a series of dark, beautiful vignettes. It is robust, risky ensemble work. It is a piece that trans-forms the space over and over to form a series of striking cinematographic images.

Floor required: Can be performed on any floor

Performance area required: 10m x 10m performance area. We are looking for disused urban spaces that can be made

dark. These may include tunnels, ball-rooms, railway arches, municipal build-ings, warehouses, factories, tram sheds, cellars of country houses.

Prop description: Large number of chapel chairs

Set description: Set in an airless, dusty land of the living dead, accompanied by 140 antique chapel chairs and a haunting, atmospheric soundtrack of rushing rivers, church bells and feint children’s voices by acclaimed composer Gavin Bryers, UN-DERWORLD explores the art of not look-ing back.



Available to tour: January 2013 onwards

VINCENT DANCE THEATRE

http://www.vincentdt.com


Tel: 0114 221 0369

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DANCE CHANNELS

INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXCHANGE

ENGLAND / SPAIN / ITALY

Dance Channels is an exciting European dance exchange be-tween England, Spain and Italy. The focus is on creating dance for outdoor and unusual spaces and involves the cities of Manchester (England), Zaragoza (Spain) and Genova (Italy): all who produce and present international dance festivals with this focus.

Dance Channels promotes the development and growth of danc-ers, choreographers and companies in europe. it enables the sharing of new techniques and artists to acquire further training to support their artistic practice.

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Independent and Manchester based cho-reographer Joseph Lau was commis-sioned by Dance Channels partners Urban Moves, Trayectos and Corpi Urbani to create a work with Spanish dancers Ingrid Magrinya, Antonio Munoz and Jordi Vi-laseca. Joseph is building a work history both in the UK and Australia. His latest choreographic projects include upcoming new solo ‘STAFF ID: 5201’ and it’s com-panion work ‘The Age of Ledger’ as well as a full length stage work ‘Abandoned Things’ that premiered in greenroom in May 2001WORK: Viva... (25 minutes) As a re-sponse to “Passage of Time”, ‘Viva...’ is a work that reflects back in time about the joys and disappointments of friendships.

Floor required: Flat floor on concrete, marble or any smooth surface with no gaps in floor


Prop description: Minor props of cups and birthday candles with holders

Set description: Bare



Available to tour: Spring to Autumn 2013

JOSEPH LAU AND DANCERShttp://www.thestaticchangeproject.com




DANCE CHANNELS

Compagnia Ubidanza was born from the collaboration of two artists of different form (Aline Nari/ Davide Fragioni) attracted to the possibilities of expression through movement in several contexts: theatre, outdoors, video and education. The com-pany have presented their work in several Italian and European cities, and have been sustained by: Teatri di Vita, Sosta Palmizi, Associazione ARTU, Junge Hunde Network, DCM Foundation, Lieux Publics, Migateurs Transatlantique etc.Nearby it’s artistic research on stage, UBIdanza fosters the social effect of the artistic action promoting the generational exchange, the relation with urban reality and ethic awareness.The company, alongside performances and creations, develops projects with the University of Genova, has realised some video creations and collaborated on the movie Dancing Cities

WORK: Temporary Maps (20 minutes)

Floor required: Any flat even surface, concrete, grass etc.

Performance area required: 8m x 8m + possibility to develop the performance on two levels: terrace, balcony, staircase, window, bridge etc...It will be good if the audience is not already settled in the per-formance space but is driven there by one of the dancers.

Prop description: Two round carpets 50cm diameter, CD player


How many times can the performance be repeated in a day: 2/3

Available to tour: Please Contact

WORK: Oltre La Luna (20 minutes) Oltre La Luna was commissioned as part of the Dance Channels programme, in which each work offered a unique perspective on the common theme of ‘the passage of time’.

Man has interpreted the passing of time in many different ways. It was probably by observing the regular motion of stars and the repetition of biological cycles that pre-historic man realised that time was circu-lar. On the other hand, Christians looked to the sky as a form of guidance, thus giv-ing rise to a linear concept of time.

The day will come when there is no time left, when we are no longer able to love each other because time is running out.

Then our bodies will be ready for their last long journey. We will fly over the Hades and meet holding hands again. We will look at each other and laugh, thinking we have got lost. Time itself will make us meet again among this crowd of people.

Floor required: hard and flat or grass. No paves

Performance area required: 10m width x 8m depth, minimum height clearance 4m

Prop description: 2 inflatable chairs and 50 balloons

Set description: Naked space


COMPAGNIA AREAREA / MARTA BEVILACQUAEmail: [email protected]

COMPAGNIA UBIDANZAhttp://www.ubidanza.com




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