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Dance Umbrella 2009: Diary DATE
TIME
ARTIST/EVENT
Tue 06/10
7.45pm
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
Wed 07/10
7.45pm
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Paul-André Fortier
Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf
Thu 08/10
7.45pm
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Jiří Kylián & Michael Schumacher
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Fri 09/10
7.15pm
Brief Encounter: Andréya Ouamba & Matthias Sperling
Clore Studio at ROH
7.45pm
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Vincent Mantsoe
Linbury Studio Theatre at ROH
8pm
Jiří Kylián & Michael Schumacher
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Sat 10/10
VENUE
3pm
Make It Work (Film Screening)
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
5pm
Paul-André Fortier
Smithfield Market: Grand Avenue
7.15pm
Brief Encounter: Andréya Ouamba & Matthias Sperling
Clore Studio at ROH
7.45pm
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Vincent Mantsoe
Linbury Studio Theatre at ROH
Sun 11/10
4pm
Paul-André Fortier
P3, University of Westminster
Mon 12/10
8pm
Paul-André Fortier
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
Tue 13/10
8pm
Wally Cardona & Rahel Vonmoos
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Wed 14/10
8pm
Wally Cardona & Rahel Vonmoos
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Fri 16/10
1pm
Cie. Willi Dorner
Needle sculpture, south end London Bridge
7.30pm
African Currents
Stratford Circus
8pm
Vincent Dance Theatre
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Sat 17/10
Sun 18/10
Mon 19/10
1 & 4.30pm Cie. Willi Dorner
Needle sculpture, south end London Bridge
7.30pm
African Currents
Stratford Circus
8pm
Vincent Dance Theatre
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
1pm
Cie. Willi Dorner
Needle sculpture, south end London Bridge
3.30pm
A Feeling for Practice (Talk)
Southbank Centre's Purcell Room
6.45pm
Brief Encounter: Nadia Beugré
Southbank Centre's Purcell Room
7.45pm
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
6.45pm
Brief Encounter: Nadia Beugré
Southbank Centre's Purcell Room
7.45pm
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
8pm
Kettly Noël & Nelisiwe Xaba
Tue 20/10
8pm
Kettly Noël & Nelisiwe Xaba
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Wed 21/10
4.30pm
Where are the Women (Talk)
Front Room of Southbank Centre’s QEH
7.45pm
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thu 22/10
7.45pm
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
7pm
Opiyo Okach
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
9.30pm
Opiyo Okach
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
Fri 23/10
Sat 24/10
8pm
Opiyo Okach
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Tue 27/10
7.30pm
Mark Morris Dance Group (Programme 1)
Sadler’s Wells
Wed 28/10
7.30pm
Mark Morris Dance Group (Programme 2)
Sadler’s Wells
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
7.30pm
Mark Morris Dance Group (Programme 1)
Sadler’s Wells
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
7.45pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
7.30pm
Mark Morris Dance Group (Programme 2)
Sadler’s Wells
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
7.45pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
3pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
7.30pm
Mark Morris Dance Group (Programme 1)
Sadler’s Wells
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
7.45pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
3pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
6.30pm
Rosemary Lee
Greenwich Dance Agency: Borough Hall
Tue 03/11
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
Wed 04/11
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
Thu 05/11
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Raimund Hoghe
Laban Theatre
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Raimund Hoghe
Laban Theatre
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
Barbican Theatre: Barbican Centre
8pm
Wendy Houstoun
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
Thu 29/10
Fri 30/10
Sat 31/10
Sun 01/11
Fri 06/11
Sat 07/11
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Welcome to Dance Umbrella 2009 This year we continue our journey of exploration into the rich potential of London as a world centre for dance, not just in great venues but also where the city itself provides the backdrop for audiences to enjoy wonderful performances. Look out for bodies in urban spaces in which Austrian artist Willi Dorner creates a human sculpture trail around the South Bank, and Paul-André Fortier's Cabane presented at four contrasting venues in Canary Wharf, Smithfield, Marylebone and Greenwich. You’ll be guaranteed to see your city anew! This year too, we celebrate London as a place which embraces world cultures. Our African Crossroads strand is a unique opportunity to experience the exciting and surprising new dance which is being created across this enormously diverse continent. London has always been a place where people of all ages come together to express themselves. Dance Umbrella and Greenwich Dance Agency have commissioned Rosemary Lee to create Common Dance, an exploration of shared experience involving 50 dancers aged 8 to 80 and a chorus of 70 young people. The whole family will enjoy this engaging performance. And London is a place to which great performers love to return. Michael Clark has been associated with Dance Umbrella since the early 80s and this year we are proud to commission his new work at the Barbican, inspired by Clark’s admiration for rock’s ‘holy trinity’: David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. Also, festival favourite Mark Morris celebrates his 25 year relationship with Dance Umbrella with performances at Sadler’s Wells and across the UK. There is much, much more to enjoy in Dance Umbrella 2009 – performances, discussions and film. Even in these tough economic times, dance is alive and on your doorstep to uplift, entertain and challenge. We look forward to welcoming you at festival performances across London. Remember, you can book all your tickets in a single phone call to the Dance Umbrella Ticket Line on: 0844 412 4312 or online at www.danceumbrella.co.uk
Betsy Gregory Artistic Director
Dance Umbrella 2009 is supported by:
www.danceumbrella.co.uk Dance Umbrella, 20 Chancellors Street, London, W6 9RN Registered Charity Number 277221
Front cover photo: Kettly Noël by Eric Boudet
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African Crossroads A new generation of creators has emerged in Africa's urban centres and African Crossroads, a first for London and the UK, is your opportunity to see a range of vibrant choreography from across this enormously diverse continent. African Crossroads showcases three full-evening works: Ebhofolo, a powerful work by South Africa’s Vincent Mantsoe, already well known to festival audiences; Correspondances, a bold and engaging female duet from Nelisiwe Xaba (South Africa) and Kettly Noël (Mali); and Opiyo Okach’s Shift…centre, a promenade performance in which six Kenyan dancers will be joined by their UK counterparts. There will also be a diverse and lively mixed programme of new solos and duets from Ivory Coast, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two Brief Encounters complete the programme: Nadia Beugre's (Ivory Coast) haunting solo Un Espace Vide: Moi, and a Dance Umbrella commission, DIPLOMACY 2, from Andréya Ouamba (Senegal) and the UK’s Matthias Sperling. African Crossroads is presented across four venues from Southbank Centre and Stratford Circus to the Royal Opera House and The Place, and is sure to challenge assumptions about dance from Africa. With communications opening up around the world, African artists are globally connected and share concerns across continents and cultures. With strong individual visions and complex new physicalities, this is exciting new dance that we want to share with you. Do try it.
Betsy Gregory Artistic Director
Eckhard Thiemann African Crossroads Producer
photo: antoine tempé
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CONTENTS 4.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan (TAIWAN)
5.
Paul-André Fortier (CANADA)
6.
Jiří Kylián & Michael Schumacher (NETHERLANDS)
7.
Brief Encounter: Andréya Ouamba (SENEGAL) & Matthias Sperling (UK)
8.
Vincent Mantsoe (SOUTH AFRICA)
9.
Make it Work (film screening)
10.
Wally Cardona (USA) & Rahel Vonmoos (UK/SWITZERLAND)
11.
Cie. Willi Dorner (AUSTRIA)
12.
Vincent Dance Theatre (UK)
13.
African Currents: Solo/Duo Programme
14.
A Feeling for Practice (talk)
15.
Brief Encounter: Nadia Beugré (IVORY COAST)
16.
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company (ISRAEL)
17.
Kettly Noël (MALI) & Nelisiwe Xaba (SOUTH AFRICA)
18.
Where are the Women? (talk)
19.
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (UK)
20.
Wendy Houstoun (UK)
21.
Opiyo Okach (KENYA)
22.
Mark Morris Dance Group (USA)
23.
Michael Clark Company (UK)
24.
Rosemary Lee (UK)
25.
Raimund Hoghe (GERMANY)
26.
Dance Umbrella Days Out
27.
Out and About (maps)
28.
Venues / Booking Information
29.
Supporting Dance Umbrella
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Tue 6 – Sat 10 October, 7.45pm
BARBICAN THEATRE Tickets: £10 - £35
CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN (TAIWAN) WIND SHADOW Choreographic master Lin Hwai-Min has created a contemporary dance work that makes shadows come alive. Joining forces with leading Chinese visual artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Wind Shadow is a study of motion created through monochromatic palettes and the use of light and shadow. Set to a haunting soundscape, the dancers capture the intangible quality of the wind and the variable structure of shadows. Projections of Cai’s gunpowder drawings merge into silhouettes and form a moving art installation within which the dancers engage with their independent shadows.
UK PREMIERE
‘[they] possess a control and articulation that verge on the superhuman . . . These are performers who can make stillness every bit as eloquent as animation.’ CHICAGO SUN TIMES
part of photo: Liu Chen-hsiang
Dance Umbrella Ticket Line: 0844 412 4312
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Wed 7 October, 8pm - CLIFFORD CHANCE, CANARY WHARF* Sat 10 October, 5pm - SMITHFIELD MARKET* Sun 11 October, 4pm - P3, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER* Mon 12 October, 8pm - GREENWICH DANCE AGENCY* Tickets: £10 for 1 venue, £15 for 2, £18 for 3, £20 for 4 (when booked together) +
PAUL-ANDRÉ FORTIER (CANADA) CABANE
out and about One of the highlights of Dance Umbrella 2007 was Solo 30 x 30 performed by Paul-André Fortier outside Liverpool Street station to a total audience of over 10,000 people. Cabane (Cabin) continues Fortier’s exploration of unusual performance sites, this time using several, surprisingly different indoor locations. Each will create a distinctive ambience and audiences are encouraged to see Cabane in more than one venue. Fortier and visual artist/musician, Rober Racine, are reminiscent of characters from a Beckett play as they skillfully draw the audience in to their eccentric world using movement, audio-visual effects and props as their playthings. The result is at once bizarre, intriguing and touching.
UK PREMIERE
‘If the odd couple Felix and Oscar had a shabby shack in the woods and spent their days discovering new and wonderful ways to annoy and entertain each other, no doubt they would behave just like Paul-André Fortier and Rober Racine..’ THE GAZETTE (MONTREAL)
photo: Robert Etcheverry
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Thu 8 & Fri 9 October, 8pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE Tickets: £5 - £15
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JIRÍ KYLIÁN & MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (NETHERLANDS) LAST TOUCH FIRST Jiří Kylián, world famous choreographer and previous director of Nederlands Dans Theater, is celebrated for exploring the creative potential of older performers. Last Touch First, created with Michael Schumacher, focuses on three couples and unfolds like an eerie, slow-motion Victorian melodrama. A moving and aesthetically beautiful piece, Last Touch First explores the desperation and madness of six lonely characters who find a sense of togetherness as the work progresses. Set to an evocative soundtrack this Holland Dance Festival production recalls the plays of Anton Chekhov, a central inspiration to the choreographers. In this intimate work, the technical brilliance of the dancers and the extravagant costumes and scenery create a dramatic and gripping atmosphere. Meet the Artist: Thu 8 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
UK PREMIERE
‘beautiful in content as well as aesthetically brilliant, [it] touches points of human pain.' TROUW (NETHERLANDS)
photo: Robert Benschop
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Fri 9 & Sat 10 October, 7.15pm
CLORE STUDIO UPSTAIRS AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Tickets: £5 or free* if booked at the same time as Vincent Mantsoe
A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH…
ANDRÉYA OUAMBA (SENEGAL) & MATTHIAS SPERLING (UK) DIPLOMACY 2 Matthias Sperling, previously with Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance, and Andréya Ouamba from Cie. 1er Temps, negotiate their way through the intricacies of a physical dialogue in DIPLOMACY 2. Sharing a deep interest in improvisation, they create complex systems of encounters where the smallest of gestures become significant events, and generate movement ricocheting from body to body. They engage one another and the audience in elaborately shifting behaviour and, like political diplomacy, their work is imbued with a sense of formality and elegance. DIPLOMACY 2 is part of Dance Umbrella's Brief Encounters series, in which short works by talented new choreographers or established artists are performed prior to main stage shows.
WORLD PREMIERE *Free tickets for this Brief Encounter only available when booked at the same time as Vincent Mantsoe on 9 or 10 Oct. To take up this offer, book online at: www.danceumbrella.co.uk, contact the Royal Opera House Box Office on: 020 7304 4000 / www.roh.org.uk, or call the Dance Umbrella Ticket Line on: 0844 412 4312. Subject to availability.
Ouamba ‘Of a beauty that transcends any socio-cultural message’ NY TIMES (on Accounting for Customs)
Sperling ‘a talented and generous performer’
african crossroads
NICKY MOLLOY (Former Director, Dance4)
photo: Sammi Fang
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Fri 9 & Sat 10 October, 8pm
LINBURY STUDIO THEATRE AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Tickets: £12 & £16 (£10 Standing and students)
VINCENT MANTSOE (SOUTH AFRICA) EBHOFOLO
Vincent Mantsoe, a dancer of riveting physicality and “writhing intensity” (NY Times), is an artist whose work is influenced as much by ancient ritual as it is by modern technique. Mantsoe returns to Dance Umbrella with his new solo, Ebhofolo ('this madness'), in which he takes inspiration from the four spaces of the traditional African homestead to reflect on multiple characters’ journeys through contemporary life. Working with dance historian Karen Vedel and using the music of Persian composer Kayhan Kalhor, Ebhofolo reflects Mantsoe’s commitment to cultural preservation while also negotiating the tensions between tradition and modernity. Meet the Artist: Fri 9 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
LONDON PREMIERE
‘Flooded with metaphors and riveting ritual’ THE STAR, SOUTH AFRICA
african crossroads
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Sat 10 October, 3pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE FREE EVENT*
MAKE IT WORK A FILM BY GERALD FOX In 2008, Dance Umbrella commissioned and produced Overture 2012: Power and Passion, a large-scale work from Royston Maldoom. Set to Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony and performed by 120 young people at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra, it was an astonishing achievement. During the rehearsal period, filmmaker Gerald Fox, assisted by two young apprentices, documented the making of the 50-minute piece. Make it Work charts the creation of one movement of the symphony, allowing a rare insight into the work of a world class choreographer and celebrating the extraordinary accomplishment of the young dancers. Don’t miss this fascinating and enthralling film.
film screening
photo: Camilla Jessel Panufnik
*FREE EVENT To reserve tickets call 020 7121 1100
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Tue 13 & Wed 14 October, 8pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE Tickets: £5 - £15
WALLY CARDONA (USA) & RAHEL VONMOOS (UK/SWITZERLAND) A LIGHT CONVERSATION
A Light Conversation is a profound and luminous dialogue created by celebrated artists Wally Cardona and Rahel Vonmoos. Richly nuanced physical interactions animate this fascinating exploration of a relationship, set in surprising philosophical relief by a spoken soundtrack. With the audience surrounding the dancers on three sides, the performers play out an intimate and engaging story of a couple navigating commitment, choice and sacrifice. Tender yet guarded with one another, the articulation and fluency that these mature dancers possess is beautiful to watch. Meet the Artist: Tue 13 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
UK PREMIERE
‘Where does one dancer begin and the other end? In the arresting A Light Conversation the truth is that they don’t.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES
photo: Christian Glaus
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Fri 16 & Sun 18 October, 1pm Sat 17 October, 1pm & 4.30pm
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STARTING POINT: NEEDLE SCULPTURE, SOUTH END OF LONDON BRIDGE FREE OUTDOOR EVENT (booking not required)
CIE. WILLI DORNER (AUSTRIA) BODIES IN URBAN SPACES
Since 2007, Dance Umbrella has presented family-friendly, free-to-view events which have proved popular with thousands of Londoners. bodies in urban spaces is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London’s most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation. The colourful body sculptures offer a new and imaginative perspective on well-known spaces and architecture, as well as displaying astounding physical prowess. Willi Dorner will take part in Independent Dance’s Crossing Borders, 13 October. See www.danceumbrella.co.uk for details.
LONDON PREMIERE
‘a model of public art: free, fun, and transformative’ PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
out and about
Following the whole of the route takes approximately 1 hour. An alternative route for wheelchair users will be offered on the day as there will be stairs on the route.
FREE EVENT booking not required. See page 27 for location map
photo: Lisa Rastl
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Fri 16 & Sat 17 October, 8pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE Tickets: £5 - £15
VINCENT DANCE THEATRE (UK) IF WE GO ON Charlotte Vincent’s new piece, If We Go On is a series of individual acts that lay bare the mechanics of theatre and investigate the nature of language. Through miniature dances and stuttering songs, militant manifestos and extended exits, If We Go On embraces uncertainty with a dark, intelligent humour. An exceptional ensemble of multi-tasking performers and musicians morph words into movement, shunt gesture into sound and at times burst into song. In a relentless succession of splintered transactions, where words lose their strength, music strains to be heard and movement meanders into exhaustion and incoherence, If We Go On asks: if you had one last dance in you, what shape would it take? Meet the Artist: Fri 16 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
LONDON PREMIERE
‘Brave, intelligent entertainment.’ THE TIMES
photo: Hugo Glendinning
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Fri 16 & Sat 17 October, 7.30pm
STRATFORD CIRCUS Tickets: £12 (concs £8)
AFRICAN CURRENTS MICHEL KOUAKOU (IVORY COAST) BEHIND ME (DEMOCRATIC PAPY EBOTANI REPUBLIC OF CONGO) NA TEMPO KAOLACK (IVORY COAST) J’ACCUSE CIE 1ER TEMPS (SENEGAL) CONTRE POIDS A unique and exciting event where Africa meets East London. Stratford Circus plays host to five of the continent’s most significant young dance artists. They include Danse L’Afrique Danse 2008 winner Kaolack, with his provocative solo J’Accuse; Andréya Ouamba and Fatou Cisse’s intimate duet Contre Poids which explores communication across divides; Michel Kouakou’s meditative solo Behind Me, in which he reflects on his history and origins; and Papy Ebotani’s autobiographical solo Na Tempo, in which he combines mundane actions with ritualistic behaviour. Each piece is complemented by a short prelude created in response and performed by East London Dance associate artists: Avant Garde Dance, C-12 Dance Theatre and VOCAB Dance. Food and music in the foyer will round off this inspiring evening.
UK PREMIERE
african crossroads
In association with East London Dance
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Sun 18 October, 3.30pm
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S PURCELL ROOM AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Tickets: £7 (concs 50% off - limited availability)
A FEELING FOR PRACTICE GILL CLARKE AND JEANNIE STEELE WHAT TRAINING FOR WHAT CHOREOGRAPHY?
Now in its third year, A Feeling for Practice is firmly established as a must-see for anyone wishing to gain insights from top dance artists about creative processes in dance. This year the focus is on the impact of training. Dancers train long and hard to attain the skill and artistry they need to reach the peak of their profession but how do particular training techniques equip dancers for different types of work? How do choreographers use and develop training techniques to ensure that their dancers have the tools needed for the work being created? Jeannie Steele, a dancer for many years with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and Gill Clarke, highly respected dance artist and teacher, will explore these questions from two very different points of view. Dancers, both live and on film, will illustrate their presentations. Facilitated by Dick McCaw, this is a rare opportunity to understand the inner workings of dance, and promises to be entertaining and revealing.
photo: Jeannie Steele by MCDC
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photo: Gill Clarke by Peter Slade
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Sun 18 & Mon 19 October, 6.45pm
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S PURCELL ROOM AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Tickets: £5 or free* if booked at the same time as Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company
A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH…
NADIA BEUGRÉ (IVORY COAST) UN ESPACE VIDE: MOI Nadia Beugré along with Béatrice Kombé created an exclusively female, African urban dance company, Tché Tché in 1997. Making her UK debut, Beugré presents Un Espace Vide: Moi (An Empty Space: Me), a meditation on loss and her process of moving through grief following Kombé’s untimely death in 2007. Beugré’s solo is a visceral and emotional work set to live singing and traditional instruments. Un Espace Vide: Moi is part of Dance Umbrella's Brief Encounters series, in which short works by talented new choreographers or established artists are performed prior to main stage shows.
UK PREMIERE
african crossroads
*Free tickets for this Brief Encounter only available when booked at the same time as Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company on 18 or 19 Oct. To take up this offer, book online at: www.danceumbrella.co.uk, call Southbank Centre Ticket Office on: 0871 663 2517 or call the Dance Umbrella Ticket Line on: 0844 412 4312. Subject to availability.
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Sun 18 & Mon 19 October, 7.45pm
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Tickets: £12 - £25 (concs 50% off - limited availability)
INBAL PINTO & AVSHALOM POLLAK DANCE COMPANY (ISRAEL) HYDRA Acclaimed creators of Wrapped, Oyster and Shaker, all seen in Dance Umbrella festivals, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak are known for their ability to weave fantasy, drama and comedy in their work. The surreal and enchanting Hydra is danced by a cast of 12 stellar performers. Inspired by a Japanese fable, the journey unfolds in a tender, playful and powerful way using a seamless blend of dance, mime and acrobatics. Along with extraordinary costumes and use of props, Pinto and Pollak create highly imaginative choreography described by a Japanese critic as being “hypnotising in its beauty”. Meet the Artist: Sun 18 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
UK PREMIERE
‘A dream of a creation’ NEW ZURICH NEWSPAPER
‘Even in the final scene we long for the journey to begin again...’ DER BUND (SWITZERLAND)
20% photo: Gadi Dagon
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Mon 19 & Tue 20 October, 8pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE Tickets: £5 - £15
KETTLY NOËL (MALI) & NELISIWE XABA (SOUTH AFRICA) CORRESPONDANCES With laughter, dance and seduction, Correspondances portrays a theatrical series of meetings between two women. Kettly Noël and Nelisiwe Xaba explore the intimate fabric of a friendship through lively banter and loaded exchange that is both hilarious and revealing. They display, contort and throw their bodies into movements that are as passionate as their dialogue. With copious on-stage costume changes, impressive rantings and malicious scheming, these striking women are irresistibly entertaining and provocative. Vividly portrayed with raw sensuality, this is a brazen and rebellious duet.
UK PREMIERE
‘known for their feisty individuality and edgy creativity…they are amazingly compatible and electrically potent.’ TONIGHT (SOUTH AFRICA)
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Wed 21 October, 4.30pm
FRONT ROOM AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Tickets: £5 (concs 50% off - limited availability)
WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? ‘Women are good for the pioneer work, but when it has developed to a certain point, the men must take it over.’ NINETTE DE VALOIS, FOUNDER OF THE ROYAL BALLET
The latest in a series of Dance Umbrella/Dance UK discussions focuses on the current lack of high profile UK female choreographers, arguments about which have recently made a splash across the arts press. This has triggered fiery exchanges about the validity of the debate, the barriers to women's professional development and what steps, if any, might be taken to promote women in choreography. Historically, the dance sector and choreography have been dominated by iconic female figures, from Martha Graham and Bronislava Nijinska, to Pina Bausch and Germaine Acogny, so why in the UK today is there a perception that we have a problem? Linda Jasper, Director of Youth Dance England, chairs a debate discussing the issues with choreographers Siobhan Davies, Charlotte Vincent, Kettly Noël and Nelisiwe Xaba; Brendan Keaney, Director of Greenwich Dance Agency; and Julia Carruthers, Executive Director of Akram Khan Company. In partnership with Dance UK.
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Wed 21 & Thu 22 October, 7.45pm
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Tickets: £12 - £25 (concs 50% off - limited availability)
SHOBANA JEYASINGH DANCE COMPANY (UK) NEW WORK & FAULTLINE Shobana Jeyasingh returns to Dance Umbrella with a bold and stylish double-bill featuring the world premiere of a brand new work. Her choreography has an ‘excited restlessness’ (The Times) that draws on classical and contemporary influences, capturing the complexity of living in a 21st century urban environment. The atmospheric Faultline, a work widely praised on its first outing in 2007, features eight of the company’s finest dancers and is set to a compelling score by Scanner with composition for live voice by Errollyn Wallen. The piece also includes original film by Pete Gomes shot in Southall and Brick Lane. The athletic dancers bring a fierce dynamism to Faultline contributing to a vivid portrayal of the turbulent tensions amongst British Asian youth today. Meet the Artist: Wed 21 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
WORLD PREMIERE (new work)
‘Dancing classical Bharata Natyam with a scintilla of rap, these guys embody a 21st-century Babel’ THE GUARDIAN photo: Chris Nash
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Thu 22 – Sat 24 October & Thu 5 – Sat 7 November, 8pm
BAC (BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE) Tickets: £12 (concs £7)
WENDY HOUSTOUN (UK) KEEP DANCING
Wendy Houstoun is a dance theatre artist who has developed a distinctive style that combines movement with text, and meaning with humour. In her solo, Keep Dancing, a typist gets waylaid by the act of preparation before finding herself in a loop of action she finds difficult to escape. Keep Dancing is a dialogue with technology and a visual display including fascinating archive footage. Houstoun challenges preconceptions about movement but also communicates clearly and humorously about contemporary culture. In this new work, she re-asserts herself as a performer of integrity and independence. Meet the Artist: Thu 22 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
UK PREMIERE
‘Insightful, innovative works [that make] art accessible even for the most inexperienced festival-goer.’ THE AGE
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Fri 23 October, 7pm & 9.30pm Sat 24 October, 8pm
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE Tickets: £5 - £15
OPIYO OKACH (KENYA) SHIFT…CENTRE
african crossroads Opiyo Okach's resolutely experimental Shift...centre - series 10 is based on improvisation and instant composition. It breaks down conventional performance boundaries and blurs the edges between participants and audience through its exploration of multiple spaces and perceptions. In this promenade performance, the audience is free to move about and gain a 360 degree view of the multiple scenes at play. Joined by a group of London performers, the six African dancers move with a dynamic precision and fluidity to an electronic score augmented by powerful Kenyan vocalist Anastasia Akumu. The choices of the dancers, the public and the characteristics of the space determine the overall structure of the piece making each performance unique. Meet the Artist: Sat 24 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance.
UK PREMIERE
‘A wonderful discovery’ LA CROIX (FRANCE)
Limited capacity. Book early to avoid disappointment. Accessible for those with limited mobility.
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Programme One: Tue 27, Thu 29 & Sat 31 October, 7.30pm Programme Two: Wed 28 & Fri 30 October, 7.30pm
SADLER’S WELLS Tickets: £10 - £35
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP (USA) MIXED PROGRAMME Acclaimed throughout the world, Mark Morris celebrates 25 years as a Dance Umbrella favourite with two programmes showcasing brand new works alongside classics from the company’s repertoire. His choreography is driven by his response to music, here ranging from the abundant lyricism of Schubert to the ecclecticism of Charles Ives and the catchiness of American Western swing. Programme One features Bedtime (Franz Schubert), V (Robert Schumann) and the UK premiere of Empire Garden, performed by 15 dancers and set to a score by Charles Ives for strings and piano. The new work Visitation opens Programme Two, with nine dancers performing to Ludwig van Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major. The evening is completed by the jubilant Going Away Party, Grand Duo and the London premiere of Excursions.
UK PREMIERE (Empire Garden, Visitation)
‘…the most prodigiously gifted choreographer of the post-Balanchine era.’ TIME MAGAZINE
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Wed 28 – Sat 31 October & Tue 3 – Sat 7 November, 7.45pm
BARBICAN THEATRE Tickets: £10 - £35
MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY (UK) (NEW WORK)
Photo copyright Mick Rock 1972, 2009
Michael Clark Company returns to the Barbican Theatre with a new production evolving from Clark’s admiration for the music of rock’s holy trinity: David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Clark’s ensemble features dancers Kate Coyne, Melissa Hetherington, Oxana Panchenko, Clair Thomas, Benjamin Warbis and Simon Williams. Throughout the 28 years of his association with Dance Umbrella, Clark has thrilled audiences, creating work that combines his classical fluency with a twisted contemporary sensibility that embraces embarrassment, doubt and fear, as well as grace, virtue and control. Famed for his collaborations with bands, fashion designers and visual artists, Michael Clark has changed the face of British dance.
‘There is no dancer-choreographer alive who so naturally treads the line between the rigour of classical dance and the reckless glamour of rock and fashion.’ THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Commissioned by barbicanbite09 and Dance Umbrella (London), La Biennale di Venezia (Venice) and Dansens Hus (Stockholm) as part of European Network of Performing Arts (ENPARTS) Co-produced by Dance Umbrella, barbicanbite09, Michael Clark Company, Edinburgh International Festival, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Maison des Arts de Créteil.
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Thu 29, Fri 30 October, 7.45pm Sat 31 October, 3pm & 7.45pm Sun 1 November, 3pm & 6.30pm
GREENWICH DANCE AGENCY Tickets: £15 (concs £12)
ROSEMARY LEE (UK) COMMON DANCE
Informed by notions of shared experience, Common Dance is a large-scale work by one of Britain’s leading choreographers, Rosemary Lee. This bold production involves 50 professional and non-professional dancers aged 8 to 80, a choir of 70 young people from Finchley Children’s Music Group and a specially commissioned score by Terry Mann. Created specifically for Greenwich’s historic and striking Borough Hall, the space will be used as a symbolic ‘common ground’, bringing together performers from across the generations. Walking the margin between the traditional and the contemporary, Common Dance is both poignant and telling. Meet the Artist: Fri 30 October. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance. Rosemary Lee will take part in Independent Dance’s Crossing Borders, 10 November. See www.danceumbrella.co.uk for details.
WORLD PREMIERE
‘Lee is making dances in uncharted territories, using a universal language that is very visceral and emotive.’ DANCE THEATRE JOURNAL (on Passage) Common Dance Seminar: Sun 1 November, 11am - 2pm at Greenwich Dance Agency. Professor Theresa Buckland will lead an open discussion with Rosemary Lee revealing her creative process and investigating notions of common ground, traditional and indigenous forms, and communities dancing. Developed in conjunction with ResCen. Brunch refreshments provided. Tickets (includes the show on any day): £20 & £17 (conc) via 020 8293 9741.
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Thu 5 & Fri 6 November, 8pm
LABAN THEATRE Tickets: £15 (concs £10)*
RAIMUND HOGHE (GERMANY) L'APRÈS-MIDI
A leading figure in European dance, Raimund Hoghe makes his festival debut with L'Apres-midi, a solo for Emmanuel Eggermont. This remarkable work continues Hoghe’s passion for reinterpreting classics in the ballet repertoire which have included Sacre - The Rite of Spring (2004) and Swan Lake, 4 Acts (2005). Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem, L’Après-midi d’un faune inspired a symphonic work by Claude Debussy, to which Vaslav Nijinsky gave a choreographic interpretation that became legendary. A century later, Hoghe seizes this masterpiece and gives Eggermont the opportunity to follow in Nijinsky’s giant footsteps. Floating on the evocative music of Debussy and Mahler, the result is a poetic solo of technical brilliance that is as radiant as it is unique. Meet the Artist: Thu 5 November. Free to same-day ticket holders after the performance. Raimund Hoghe will take part in Independent Dance’s Crossing Borders, 3 November. See www.danceumbrella.co.uk for details.
UK PREMIERE
‘a new dreamlike light-bathed solo…filled with understated movement evocative of, yet not imitative of Nijinsky’s iconic faun’ LONDONDANCE.COM
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DANCE UMBRELLA DAYS OUT
Itinerary One SAT 10 OCTOBER 3pm – 4pm: Overture 2012 film Make it Work at The Place (p9). 5pm – 6pm: Paul-André Fortier’s Cabane at Smithfield Market (p5). 7.15pm – 7.40pm: A Brief Encounter with Andréya Ouamba and Matthias Sperling in the Clore Studio at the Royal Opera House (p7– tickets are free if you book at the same time as Vincent Mantsoe). 8pm: Vincent Mantsoe’s Ebhofolo in the Linbury Studio Theatre (p8); OR 7.45pm: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s Wind Shadow at the Barbican Theatre (p4).
Itinerary Two – SAT 17 OCTOBER 1pm - 2pm or 4.30pm – 5.30pm: Live body sculptures in bodies in urban spaces beginning at the needle sculpture, south end of London Bridge (p11). 7.30pm: The solo/duo programme dubbed African Currents at Stratford Circus (p13); OR 8pm: Vincent Dance Theatre’s If We Go On (p12) at The Place.
Itinerary Three SUN 18 OCTOBER 1pm – 2pm: Live body sculptures in Cie. Willi Dorner’s work at the needle sculpture, south end of London Bridge (p11). 3.30pm – 5pm: A Feeling for Practice – learn about training and choreography from the experts - at Southbank Centre (p14). 6.45pm – 7.15pm: A Brief Encounter with Nadia Beugré at the Purcell Room (p15 – tickets are free if you book at the same time as Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company). 7.45pm: Hydra by Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company in the Queen Elizabeth Hall (p16).
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Start: NEEDLE SCULPTURE, Duke Street Hill South end of London Bridge TUBE: London Bridge Fri 16 & Sun 18 October, 1pm Sat 17 October, 1pm & 4.30pm
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VENUES / BOOKING INFORMATION Dance Umbrella Ticket Line A one-stop shop, you can book your Dance Umbrella tickets for all venues at the same time…
by phone: 0844 412 4312 online: www.danceumbrella.co.uk in person: at Sadler's Wells, Mon to Sat 9am - 8.30pm Please note: • Tickets will not be available via the Dance Umbrella Ticket Line on the day of performance • There will be a £2.20 transaction fee when you book by telephone (50p for Brief Encounters), £1.50 when you book online (regardless of how many tickets you book) and no fee when you book in person at Sadler's Wells • Tickets will also be available from most venues as usual • While some venues charge booking or transaction fees, The Place, gDA, ROH and BAC do not add such charges to direct bookers. • Refunds or exchanges are not available through the Dance Umbrella Ticket Line
DANCE UMBRELLA 2009 VENUES BARBICAN THEATRE
P3, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
Barbican Centre, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS Box Office: 0845 120 7553 www.barbican.org.uk/bite
BAC (BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE)
35 Marylebone Road NW1 5LS Entrance via red gate opposite Baker Street tube Box Office: 0844 412 4312 Special access requirements: 020 7911 5876
Lavender Hill SW11 5TN Box Office: 020 7223 2223 www.bac.org.uk
THE PLACE: ROBIN HOWARD DANCE THEATRE
CLIFFORD CHANCE 10 Upper Bank Street Canary Wharf E14 5JJ Box Office: 0844 412 4312
GREENWICH DANCE AGENCY Borough Hall, Royal Hill SE10 8RE Box Office: 020 8293 9741 www.greenwichdance.org.uk
LABAN THEATRE Creekside SE8 3DZ Box Office: 0844 412 4312 www.laban.org
LINBURY STUDIO THEATRE & CLORE STUDIO AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Bow Street, Covent Garden WC2E 9DD Box Office: 020 7304 4000 www.roh.org.uk
17 Duke's Road WC1H 9PY Box Office: 020 7121 1100 www.theplace.org.uk
SADLER'S WELLS Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4TN Box Office: 0844 412 4300 www.sadlerswells.com
SMITHFIELD MARKET Grand Avenue EC1 Box Office: 0844 412 4312
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL AND PURCELL ROOM Belvedere Road SE1 8XX Box Office: 0871 663 2517 www.southbankcentre.co.uk
STRATFORD CIRCUS Theatre Square, Stratford E15 1BX Box Office: 020 8279 1015 www.stratford-circus.com
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SUPPORT US Dance Umbrella brings dance to people and people to dance. We thrive on the dynamism and openness of London and bring together artists and events which surprise and thrill audiences of all kinds. With your support we can continue to be one of the world’s most exciting programmers of new dance. For more information and details of benefits available go to: www.danceumbrella.co.uk/support_us.pdf or call our Membership Line on 020 8741 4040.
Performances in Dance Umbrella 2009 are supported by the following agencies, trusts, foundations and corporate supporters: for bodies in urban spaces
for African Crossroads
The Edwin Fox Foundation The Linbury Trust
Southwark Council for Cabane
Smithfield Market
for Common Dance
The Drummond Fund The Marina Kleinwort Charitable Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Charitable Trust
for Mark Morris Dance Group tour
for Hydra
Ambassador Theatre Group, Beauforte Growth Fund, Consider This, The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust, Goethe-Institut London, The H.J Heinz & Co Ltd Charitable Trust.
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