Dance Umbrella 2007
With alluring beauty, fantasy and mystery, 'Shaker' will spark you imagination with a seamless blend of contemporary dance, mime and acrobatics set to an eclectic score encompassing classical music and songs from the fifties performed by Japanese pop artists.
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Dance Umbrella 2007
Two dancers confront their identities in a landscape of lost baggage and
personal belongings in this intimate duet by Dance Umbrella newcomer, Rosie
Kay. Struggling onto the stage with an almost comic overload of plastic bags, the dancers Guilherme Miotto and Rosie Kay, slowly shed their defences ending in a whirling waltz of pain, want and need.
Dance Umbrella 2007
Shen Wei creates multi- layered works which are a remarkable hybrid of western and eastern influences. In Connect Transfer, dance is transformed into visual art as the dancers paint their movements onto a giant white canvas.
Dance Umbrella 2007 - Two Quartets is a new production from leading choreographer Siobhan Davies. Presented in two parts and featuring eight of the UK's finest dance artists, this is an evening of subtle changes and dynamic contrasts.
'Often with a new Davies piece you think she has reached perfection - until you see the next.' THE SUNDAY TIMES.
Dance Umbrella 2007
900 minutes of intimacy between a man and a city, Solo 30x30 is a 30-minute dance performed for 30 consecutive days, in the same place, at the same time, come rain, hail or shine. This film includes images from three of the cities where the piece has previously been performed.
Dance Umbrella 2007
'I want to go home' is a surreal, funny and grotesque exploration of our worst fears and childhood nightmares. One minute you'll be squirming in your seat and the next delighting in your horror.
Ed and Michail, composers from Guildhall School of Music and Drama chat about their project with Paul-Andre which culminated in a concert at Bishopsgate Institute on 30 October 2007. Info: www.danceumbrellablo g.co.uk
Dance Umbrella 2007
Amanda Miller's re-creation of one of the most romantic ballets ever staged, set to the original Adolphe Adam score, delves deep into the extreme emotions experienced by a woman so in love, she could die.
Tom and Pete ponder Giselle, discuss the world of dreams from I want to go home, and how you might choose to dance yourself to death if you got the role of the Maiden in The Rite of Spring for Rhythm Is It!! More info: www.danceumbrella.co .uk
Dance Umbrella 2007
Five dancers, four chapters, two spaces...bound together like the warp and weft of a carpet.
In this atmospheric and subtle performance, Rauch and her dancers subtley weave together four chapters with gentle, mesmerising movement.