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Upcoming performances of ‘Shift, spin, warp, twine’

After its premiere at Wilton’s Music Hall in September, ‘Shift, spin, warp, twine’ has two more scheduled performance dates: 14th November, 2014 — The Forum Theatre, Chester, as part of the Innovations platform. 15th January, 2015 — Robin Howard Dance Theatre at The Place, London, as part of Resolution! 2015. Hope to see you there.

New commission for Wilton’s Strike! Dance Festival

I am excited to announce (albeit a little belatedly) that I am one of the six choreographers commissioned to create a new work for Wilton’s Strike! Dance Festival, to be presented at the beautiful Wilton’s Music Hall on 26th September. Tickets are free and can be reserved through this link. The commissioned work will be a soloContinue reading “New commission for Wilton’s Strike! Dance Festival”

Fundraising campaign for ‘Intramural’

Sam and I are currently fundraising to get our new dance film, ‘Intramural’, to Stockholm this summer! If you’d like to support us, or just want to find out more, have a look below: http://igg.me/at/intramural

Intramural screening in London

Sam and I are pleased to announce that Intramural will be screened at The Doodle Bar on 8th July at 6:30pm. We have already shown the film at Footprint Dance Festival, and will be travelling to Stockholm in August 2014 to present it at Stoff, the Stockholm Fringe Festival. To help us cover the costs of getting toContinue reading “Intramural screening in London”

Intramural goes to Stockholm

As we finish showing our film at Footprint Dance Festival, we are excited to announce that Intramural has been accepted to Stoff, the Stockholm Fringe Festival! This means that Samantha and I will be taking a trip across the North Sea this August to present our work and soak up all that Stoff has to offer. We can’tContinue reading “Intramural goes to Stockholm”

Learning Through Drinking (Tea)

Originally posted on Tea Blog:
When people hear the word “research” they might initially think of scientific experiments and test tubes, or of historians buried in archives, leafing through old documents and photographs. But “research” can also refer to the process of learning through doing. This mode of exploration, often called experiential research, is something…

Intramural screening

It has just been confirmed that Intramural—a dance film created by myself and Samantha McCormick—will be shown on Monday 12th May, at 7pm and Thursday 15th May at 5pm as part of the Footprint Dance Festival at Roehampton University. More info on the line-up for Monday is here and for Thursday is here. Tickets can be booked through this link.Continue reading “Intramural screening”

Intramural at FDF

I am excited to announce that Intramural, a dance film created in collaboration with Samantha McCormick, will be screened as part of the Footprint Dance Festival at Roehampton University in May 2014. Specific dates and times to be announced shortly…

Dance! Film!

Site-specific work is in some ways even more fleeting than performances made for a theatre because of its lack of touring potential– it is, well, specific to one site. But there are other ways to continue the life of a work, aside from touring and performing it again… I am currently collaborating with fellow dancer/fimContinue reading “Dance! Film!”

Announcing…

I am excited to announce that the performances for my most recent project, here: ravelled/unravelled, are scheduled for the 1st and 2nd February, at 6:30pm and 8pm (both days). This site-specific work will be taking place at 38 Elcho Street, SW11 4AU, home to Dark Matter Studio, and explores opening up the often tightly woven fabric of a place’sContinue reading “Announcing…”

January: a modern month?

Re-reading some of my work, I came across this quote from David Brett: ‘A modern culture (and I propose this as a general rule) is always Janus-faced, looking both backward and forward, never fully settled in the present’ (1996, 26) The current month of January is, of course, named after Janus, the two-faced Roman god associatedContinue reading “January: a modern month?”

Lustrum and time

Time. This was a key element in Lustrum, perhaps the key element. Making a piece a day and starting from nothing* meant that time was tight. Gary and Eleanor (especially Eleanor) kept time ferociously, clock-watching and giving us a count-down as the day went on: ‘two hours left’, ‘one hour’, ‘forty minutes- do we haveContinue reading “Lustrum and time”

Gary Clarke’s Lustrum

Pleased to say that I will be involved in Gary Clarke’s Lustrum, a ‘a fast and furious collaborative project driven by creative instinct and quickfire choices,’ which culminates in performances at Greenwich Dance on 8th November. The prospect of working with 14 other dance artists and 3 musicians to create 5 works in 6 daysContinue reading “Gary Clarke’s Lustrum”

‘Walking Paths’ in London

I am excited to say that Walking Paths will be performed in London this month as part of the GOlive festival, curated by Donald Hutera. If you head to the performances on 14th, 15th, and 22nd September you might just spot it between shows. Alternatively catch it during the final night of the festival, on 29th September.

Site adaptive v. site-specific

Working on Walking Paths has given me an opportunity to reflect on something that has been niggling at the corners of my brain for a while: the case of site-specific v. site-adaptive work. My work to date has been site-specific, that is, created for a specific site. For me, that has meant doing research intoContinue reading “Site adaptive v. site-specific”