Thursday, 4 February 2010

cellular memory




Image: Johan Persson

Wildwood Productions
DanceXchange Studios | Birmingham Hippodrome
SITTING ROOM CIRCUS
Choreography: Will Tuckett
  • architectural
  • combination tables
  • cushion puppets
  • a lamp puppet
  • 9 x 9
  • childhood play
  • identification
  • balancing on carpet
  • a menagerie

Image: Phil Conrad

Arthur Pita
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
GOD'S GARDEN
Choreography: Arthur Pita

Design: Jean-Marc Puissant
Music: Phil King
Lighting: Natasha Chivers
Performers: Nuno Silva, Diana Payne-Myers, Lorena Randi, Jose Manuel Figuiera, Valentina Golfieri
  • a portuguese landscape
  • a rustic village life
  • Porto Moniz: Madeira
  • a gilted marriage
  • death
  • live fado
  • 26 - 82 years
  • earth | water
  • revenge


Image: Nuno Santos

Stan Won't Dance
The Patrick Centre | Birmingham Hippodrome
BABEL
Direction & Choreography: Liam Steel & Rob Tannion
Text: Patrick Neate

Design: Liam Steel
Lighting: Andy Purves
Sound: Gareth Fry
Video: Matt Spencer
Performers: Nathaniel Parchment, Moreno Solinas, Hugh Stanier, Dan Watson, Matthew Winston
  • dance theatre
  • urban | city
  • britain
  • branded
  • mass destruction
  • disconnected (text|dance)
  • poetic
  • political correctness
  • a generation in freefall ?

Image: Denis Darzacq

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