New works by Nigel Charnock Matteo Fargion Saju Hari Detta Howe Keira Martin
“Inches from its audience, the troupe radiated energy. A sharp and pithy showcase…rare to find and thrilling to watch” Lisa Wolfe, Total Theatre
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SPRING TOUR 2012
“A terrific evening of contemporary dance there were lots of really positive comments from the sell out audience afterwards� Jane Scorer, Devizes Festival Committee
SPRING TOUR 2012 Celebrating its 6th year, mapdance is one of the leading postgraduate dance companies in the UK. Recruiting dancers nationally and internationally mapdance commissions new repertoire from renowned and upcoming contemporary choreographers and directors. This year the company has new works by Nigel Charnock, Matteo Fargion and Saju Hari. As well as recreating Keira Martin’s popular piece Strange Journey (2010) the company will also work with their director Detta Howe to remake Bubble, a solo created on herself in 2011. Ranging in style and emotion, mapdance’s programme offers a diverse and refreshing mixture of dance theatre, lyrical choreography, punchy physicality and intriguing humour. It is a mixed bill that offers something for everyone. Nigel Charnock: XX XX is a new piece for mapdance by dance iconoclast Nigel Charnock. Exploring the heaven and hell of relationships between men and women and women and women, XX combines words, music and movement to create passionately human dance theatre. XX: (genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female. Matteo Fargion: Wrong Songs Matteo is well known for composing music, dance and for his collaborations with Jonathan Burrows and Siobhan Davies. His new work for map involves singing, shouting, making sounds, folk dancing and arm waving. It doesn’t involve improvising, using the space in interesting ways or moving beautifully. Wrong Songs works with structure and time, and explores ways to hold the attention of an audience so that they care what happens next.
Saju Hari: Edges Edges explores a hybrid movement language that reflects Saju’s exposure to the South Asian martial art Kalarippayattu and the influence of South Asian dance forms. Both abstract and physical, poetic and hard hitting, this work will intrigue, inspire and keep you on the edge of your seat Detta Howe: See … Listen … Here Three short pieces capturing a moment in music. Each dance has a dialogue with a movement from Bach’s Cello Suite No1 and invites the audience to hear the movement, see the sound and enjoy the moment. Keira Martin: Strange Journey (2010) Irish dance and music has its roots based firmly in tales and tradition and is expressed through the medium of family and community gatherings; in this way it has been passed down from generation to generation. Strange Journey seeks to express the self same spirit of story and sentiment evoking the Celtic past of struggle, joy, love, travel and loss, at the same time fusing with contemporary influences to give a lively and absorbing experience.
Tour dates January 18th Minerva Theatre, Chichester (Preview) March 9th Rich Mix, London, Tel: 020 7613 7498, www.richmix.org.uk 15th The Showroom, Chichester, Tel: 01243 781312, Email: showroom@chi.ac.uk 21st Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton University, Tel: 020 8392 3864, www.roehampton.ac.uk/dance 22nd Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Tel: 01235 515144, www.cornerstonearts.org 28th Coventry University. For tickets Email: aa1823@coventry.ac.uk 29th Wilnecote High School, Tamworth. April 26th Quarterhouse, Folkstone, Tel: 01303 858500, www.quarterhouse.co.uk May 23rd The Civic, Barnsley, Tel: 01226 327000, www.barnsleycivic.co.uk 25th The Brindley, Runcorn, Tel: 0151 907 8360, www.thebrindley.org.uk 29th The Brewhouse, Taunton, Tel: 01823 283244, www.thebrewhouse.net 31st Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place, London, Tel: 020 7121 1100. www.theplace.org.uk June 18th Devizes Corn Exchange. www.devizesfestival.co.uk
Contact us For mapdance availability, fees or any information regarding booking the company please contact: Morton Bates Arts Services • Email: info@mortonbates.com • Tel: +44 (0)20 7724 1616 For direct information relating to education workshops and residencies contact: Sue Francis, mapdance Administrator • Email: s.francis@chi.ac.uk • Tel: +44 (0)1243 816474 Education workshops and residencies Alongside touring mapdance also offers tailor-made educational residencies, delivering one-off workshops, creating choreographic projects or making short ‘curtain-raisers’ with participants to compliment the touring programme. All workshops are led by members of the company who are specialising in dance education. Auditions The company forms one of two postgraduate routes offered at University of Chichester: Performers, and Independent Researchers. mapdance operates as a professional company with dedicated making periods with guest choreographers, followed by an intensive national and international tour. The course is run at MA and diploma levels. The University offers an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded bursary for the MA Performance route (details on the mapdance website). The University also offers bursaries for PhD study, enquiries welcome. Audition Dates • 14 February 2012 • 6 March 2012 • 27 March 2012 • 24 April 2012 • 15 May 2012 Find out more For further details regarding courses, contact our admissions team on: Tel: 01243 812004 or Email: admissions@chi.ac.uk
SPRING TOUR 2012
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