http://vimeo.com/sarahfilmer/videos

After our discussions yesterday there seemed to be some connection to this programme on Radio 4 this morning:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011zm16#synopsis

Thanks to all for a rewarding afternoon – I look forward to further dialogues.

Angela

to create the UK premiere of an installation by choreographer William Forsythe at the Midland Goods Shed, Kings Cross

Thurs 30 April – Sun 3 May
10 – 3pm or 3 – 9pm

Part of Focus on Forsythe season by Sadler’s Wells www.sadlerswells.com

The work is Scattered Crowd and includes over 7000 helium balloons tied in pairs to fill the entire warehouse

* Free tea and coffee and biscuits
* Ticket to see Forsythe’s Decreation 7.30pm Sadler’s Wells 24 – 26th April
* Special private view for you + a friend before it opens to the public

please contact Charlotte Geeves
charlotte.geeves@sadlerswells.com 020 7863 8080

Wanted: Dancers of all ages and abilities for Performance Project

Rosemary Lee is looking for performers to get involved with her next project, Common Dance, a site-specific performance gathering a cast of a hundred singers, musicians and professional / non-professional dancers. The piece will be created at Greenwich Dance Agency and will be presented in the Borough Hall as part of Dance Umbrella 2009, London’s International Festival of Contemporary Dance.
Continuing her passion for making large-scale inter-generational performances and films, Rosemary is taking as inspiration for this new piece the notion of commonality and her long-term interest in traditional forms in poetry, folk music and dance.

She is searching for a cast of over forty non-professional performers ranging in age from nine upwards. The most important requirement for this project is to love dancing however it would be useful if participants have some experience of dance, movement or performing in public. The creation process will involve some intensive weekends and Saturdays scattered between June and October, along with weekly rehearsals from September until the premiere.

If you are interested in being involved contact gDA to receive an information sheet on 020 8293 9741 or kat@greenwichdance.org.uk by 30 April 2009. More information on Rosemary Lee can be found at www.artsadmin.co.uk/rosemarylee and www.rescen.net

Common Dance is co-commissioned and presented by Dance Umbrella & Greenwich Dance Agency in association with Artsadmin.

I have read this series of articles/comments before - and just today feel compelled to answer -
What you say is very close to my heart - and having shared a good chunk of professional life with you also support this -
I do count myself amongst the ‘vintage’ sector, I guess - and I’m currently reflecting on my past and future career, an interesting moment in time.
My knowledges and interests are varied, and at this point I would love to find a way to embrace more than one focus, i.e. not commit to only running a company, or a full time teaching post, or working in theatre, or a private practice…
Most importantly, I don’t want to miss creative work - being in a space, having time, exploring, researching, making, collaborating, performing - in my own way!
Testing myself, having nothing to prove, being both highly rigorous and highly playful…
And I know that I feel this way only because of the accumulation of my experience over the last 20 years.
So that implies something might have matured - a bit like the wine - who knows; Yet it is not easy to be allowed to make art - (and I acknowledge here that it does unfortunately cost money to make it, to sustain oneself and others, create the spaces etc) - without major excursions into ‘celebrating diversity’ and ‘public benefits’ - with due respect!!
Maybe small doors will open, maybe not -

I remain hopeful, and wish all the other wines and cheeses the very best of luck…..
Karin

Oxford Playhouse Theatre and Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies
Saturday 7th February 2009, 10am-5.30pm

Following on from last year’s seminar series ‘Dance and Academia: (Re)Moving the Boundaries’, this conference-style event investigates the philosophical, artistic and cultural questions surrounding the concept of ‘The Body’ in the world of dance. Bringing together Oxford-based academics and dance practitioners from diverse fields, the conference will offer opportunities to listen and to participate, to discuss and to share ideas.

All are welcome, with a background in academia or in dance, or neither. The day will consist of speaker presentations combined with active, open discussion from all participants.

Tickets: £13.50/£10 from Tickets Oxford (01865 305 305) *Lunch included*
Coffee from 9.30am and morning session in the Top Room, Playhouse Theatre, Beaumont St
Lunch and afternoon session in Outreach Room, Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles

Conference participants are also invited to a workshop master-class on Sunday 8th Feb, 12-4pm, with academic and choreographer Carol Brown (Roehampton University). This event is included in the ticket price, and may be attended either as a dancer or observer. Places are limited so please email miranda.laurence@jesus.ox.ac.uk to book a place (quoting ticket reference). The workshop is also open to those not attending the conference at a cost of £8/£6. See www.freefalldance.org.uk for more details.

Susie Crow (Independent Ballet Choreographer and Teacher) and Jennifer Jackson (University of Surrey)
‘Beyond the Ballet Body: the Education of Physical, Intellectual and Emotional Bodies in the Making of the Dancer’
Cecilia Macfarlane (Independent Dance Artist)
‘The Body and the Landscape’
Fiona Macintosh (Archive for the Performance of Greek and Roman Drama, Oxford) and Struan Leslie (Head of Movement, RSC)
‘Collective Bodies: Modern Incarnations of the Ancient Chorus’

Zoe Norridge (New College, Oxford)
‘Multicultural Bodies in Conversation: Guillem and Khan’s Sacred Monsters’

Ruth Pethybridge (Independent Dance Artist)
‘Governing Bodies: Community Dance Values in Capitalist Society’

Kathleen Riley (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
‘The Body Poetic: Pylades, Fred Astaire and Edward Petherbridge’

Sarah Whatley (Coventry University)
‘Digital Technologies and the Reinvention of the Dancing Body’

Thomas J M Wilson (Independent Physical Theatre Artist)
‘The Body as Script’

PERFORMERS
You will be creating and touring a major mid-scale production as well as taking our short festival pieces to street arts festivals throughout the UK and beyond. Work starts on 6 April 2009 and we are looking for a commitment until at least June 2010. We are looking for mature and experienced dancers (minimum age 21) with a versatile skills base and preferably some experience in acrobatic, circus or physical theatre work.

It would be useful to have some teaching experience and a clean driving licence is essential – non-drivers will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.

An open audition for performers takes place in Leamington Spa on Saturday 7 February with a second audition on Sunday 8 February for those selected. Contact Motionhouse to register and for an info pack.

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
Motionhouse Dance Theatre seeks a Rehearsal Director to teach company class and rehearse the company’s performance work throughout production and touring periods. Contract to commence in April 2009 and we are looking for a commitment until at least summer 2010.

Interviews for the Rehearsal Director will be held on Friday 6 February in Leamington Spa.

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If you are interested in either vacancy email Gemma at admin@motionhouse.co.uk requesting an info pack and job description or call the office on 01926 887052.

Alternatively you can download the packs by visiting our website www.motionhouse.co.uk/news.htm .

Both vacancies are subject to a CRB enhanced disclosure check.
Motionhouse – creation, inspiration, participation

I’ve passed on your message to Marina - greetings to you all in Novosibirsk!

Fiona