Third Space: Bath Spa Dance Degree Shows Programme

THIRD SPACE

Image: Bind by Amber Hobbs and Danielle Gregory

Front Cover Image: Dyad by Phoebe Moss

Welcome to Third Space 2023

The annual Bath Spa Dance degree shows

This year’s programme aims to demonstrate how dance can be a powerful force in allowing people to explore, question and re-present the world around them. From solo performance to larger ensemble choreographies, the work is a celebration of the rich and creative imaginations of these exciting dance artists. We hope you enjoy the work.

The Dance Team

All performances are free and take place in the University Theatre.

Image: Inhospitable by Edwina Pereira

2PM | DINNER

Choreographed, directed and performed by Izabell Avey-Walters, co-choreographed and performed by Joshua Owen, Cerys Culver and Kathryn Scott.

Spiders are smart, forceful, rapacious creatures that will go to any means to trap their food. Watch as the prey attempts to evade the traps and the spiders attempt to fnd their dinner.

2:30PM | BURDENS

Choreographed by Emily Hunt and performed by Emma Imossi, Katie Bagott, Leah Graham and Emily Hunt.

Watching and supporting a loved one who is struggling with alcohol dependency can be strenuous and exhausting. Going through it personally however is a much deeper more burdensome experience. This live group performance is an exploration of both the personal and secondary effects that alcohol dependency has on people.

3PM | WHIPPED COFFEE

Directed and choreographed by Amelia McPherson in collaboration with performers Orlenna Todd and Lucy Hopkins.

Experience the wide-ranging effects of ‘The Virus’ frst-hand in this performance. Through extremities and honesty, the dancers explore the impact on connections, from the seclusion of isolation to the ecstasy of reunion.

3:30PM | THAT’S LIFE

Choreographed and performed by Emma Imossi in collaboration with Joshua Owen, Cerys Culver, Ryan Manser, Emily Hunt and Izabell Avery-Walters.

Have you ever witnessed a loved one slowly deteriorate in front of your eyes? This piece shows the development of dementia and how it can rob a person’s existence.

4:30PM | THE NIGHT BEFORE

Directed, choreographed and performed by Milo Godwin-Coombs in collaboration with Christina Edwards and Joshua Owen.

This screen-dance explores the feeling of disorder and the gaps in memory someone experiences trying to remember what happened and what they might have done after a recreational night out. Within the narrative we follow a character that wakes up the next morning after a night out with friends. With only slight fashes of memories of what happened, he attempts to piece together the events of the previous night.

5PM | ARCH OF THE MATRI

Directed/Choreographed by Thea Housman. Performed/ Co-choreographed by Katie Baggot, Christina Edwards, Thea Housman and Mia Southby.

Women. Females. How we have grown to be a force to be reckoned with. Despite the barriers and hurdles which were cemented into history we are rising and continue to rise. A performance focused on the female movement which highlights three pioneers who have shaped feminism and established rights for women today. And still we rise.

5:30PM | INHOSPITABLE

Directed, choreographed and performed by Edwina Pereira. Co-choreographed and performed by Ella Swanello, Grace Newman, Mengling Li, Li-Yu Liu.

The ideal temperature for ice cream to be consumed is -3 Celsius degrees. But what happens when temperatures start rising? An exploration of the facets of climate change that affects us as human beings. Whether it’s feelings of solastalgia, extreme weather and consequently displacement. Can we turn down the heat?

2PM | WALLFLOWER

Choreographed by Kay Crook, Chhaya Collective. Performed by Claudine Antaki, Lucy Davis, Esme Dunn- Crawley, Rosie Greenwood, Jess Hubbocks, Mia Kolind, Meg Lages, Kathryn Scott, Fatemeh Sherafat-Vaziri, Mia Southby, Mercedes Vincent

No longer do we stand on the sidelines, we have arrived. Wallfower was created by professional artist Kay Crook, Chhaya Collective in collaboration with Year 1 BA dancers as part of a 5 day intensive performance project.

2:30PM | DYAD

Choreographed and performed by Phoebe Moss with Harrison Yafai.

DYAD is a duet which investigates the concept of the Greek Myth of Soulmates through movement. The myth explores the idea that humans once had four hands, an equal number of legs and one head common to both the faces but turned in opposite directions. This duet looks into the connection between two people joined as one, before being split in half to create humans as we know them today.

3PM | SERENDIPITY

Choreographed and performed by Lauren Bridgwater in collaboration with Lucy Davis.

Serendipity

/ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/ noun

1. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

An exploration of relationships between dance and music. However the twist in this choreography is that the music set list is chosen at the time of the performance and is unknown to the performers. How do the dancers respond and what is the impact to the choreography? Watch the answers unfold in real time in this serendipitous dance performance.

3:30PM | BIND

Choreographed by Danielle Gregory and Amber Hobbs, in collaboration with performers Milly Tidmarsh-Watts, Phoebe Moss and Edwina Pereira.

What is decided by ourselves, and what is decided for us by a higher power? Are connections inevitable - are souls connected through fate? An exploration of connections and the ties they leave behind.

4PM | LA VIE

Choreographed and performed by Harrison Yafai.

You are invited to enjoy LA VIE. An avant-garde exploration of the eclectic bohemian life, essence and experience. The bohemian life was that of many facets, many rebelling for many reasons. Some stuck in a place of dissatisfaction unable to move forwards, some are wrapped in a world of love and loss, and some trying to live longer than their time. But all desirous for a different way of living. This piece has questions answered and others left open, so just allow bohemian ‘freedom’ to catch you and set you free.

5:30PM | DISOCURI

Conceptualised by Louis Green. Performed and co-created by Esme Dunn-Crowley, Rosie Greenwood, Mia Kolind and Kathryn Scott.

Emotions are intrinsic, embodied and complex. As we grow, we learn to navigate our emotions, but how do our parents infuence our experience of them? This piece explores opposing parental teachings of how emotions should be expressed and responded to, and how these teachings can change a child’s experience of growing into independence.

Dioscuri is part of a wider project exploring somatic approaches to the creation of live dance work. A workshop will take place prior to this performance, providing insight into the methods and approaches of this project. If you wish to attend this workshop please contact louis.green20@bathspa.ac.uk.

6PM | CRUEB

Choreographed by Daisy Prout in collaboration with Hollie Clapham, Claudine Antaki, Jess Hubbock and Meg Lages.

Crueb explores the inspiration the 60s had on Christopher Bruce’s choreography. It starts by showing the common movement language from social dancing from the 60s. The piece then takes a journey through Bruce’s approach to show the integration of more social dance forms from the period through to his most evident use of social dancing in his 1991 work Rooster.

6:30PM | WOVEN

Choreographed, performed and directed by Milly Tidmarsh-Watts. Performed and co-created with Thea Housman, Teen Edwards and Rosie Greenwood

Our ancestors watch as we hold the burdens of womanhood, choosing what weight to carry while surrounded by venomous people. As one thread, we are alone but WOVEN we are bound together.

Third

Space 2023 is a collaborative project produced by Dance and Theatre and Festival Events Production.

Ana Snook Lighting Designer and Programer

Leanne Strutton Sound Designer

James Allkins Video Designer

Charlie Quinn Stage Manager and Deputy Production Manager

Faith Trew Deputy Stage Manager

Lily Jack Assistant Stage Manager

Chloe Lewis Assistant Stage Manager

Indigo Jones Production Electrician and Programer

Ben Adams Video Technician

Chris Barham Production Manager and Lighting Lecturer

Katherine Montagu Stage Management Lecturer

Jon Grant Sound Lecturer

Michelle Elliott Subject Leader for Dance

Image: Arch of the Matri by Thea Housman

MORE BATH SPA DANCE EVENTS

WHY?

12 MAY | 6PM & 8PM

PERFORMED IN SYDNEY GARDENS

Gravity and Levity present Why?

‘Why’? is both a tender and exhilarating aerial duet exploring themes of life, loss, surrender and acceptance in a soft and moving way. Free event. No booking required.

PLAY THE MUSEUM

12 MAY | 6:20PM

THE HOLBOURNE MUSEUM

Bath Spa University postgraduate students respond to the collection, the space and the history of the Holburne Museum in a playful, cross-disciplinary collaboration, combining artwork, music and dance.

This event is part of Bath Festival’s Party in the City!

DESTRUCTURALISM

14 MAY | 9PM

BURDALL’S YARD

Destructuralism is an interactive, collaborative performance piece which brings together artists and dancers.

Together they have investigated the beauty of organic and inorganic forms and structures.

Performed choreographed and created by postgrad students from Bath Spa University, this piece will keep you guessing as it shifts in front of your eyes.

NEW IMPULSES

26 MAY | 7PM

WIDCOMBE SOCIAL CLUB

An evening of new dance works and engaging conversations.

An international cast of performers are coming together to present an exciting programme of new dance works.

For further information and booking for these events please visit:

www.sparkfest.co.uk

To fnd out more about dance at Bath Spa visit: www.bathspa.ac.uk/dance