Drama,
athleticism, beauty, theatrics and plenty of energy – Dance City has it all and so much
more in their spring/summer 2015 season.
Some
of world’s biggest and best loved dance companies are bringing their work to Dance City’s Newcastle-based
theatre for their most ambitious and exciting programme to date. The spring /
summer 2015 season promises drama, athleticism, beauty, theatrics, plenty of
energy and stunning dance.
Motionhouse,
Jasmin Vardimon, Aakash Odedra and Scottish Dance Theatre are among the
companies performing. Alongside the big names, ‘Northern Platforms’ shows work
by emerging choreographers from the North East, Yorkshire, the North West and Scotland. There are also three
exciting new pieces for children and families.
Anthony
Baker, Dance City Artistic Director and Joint CEO said: “We’re extremely
excited about the coming season; we’re bringing some of the biggest names in
dance to Dance City and the quality of the
work is second to none.”
“Dance City is the only North East
venue solely dedicated to presenting dance. The intimate setting of our
purpose-built theatre and close proximity to the dancers mean audiences are
able to fully experience the power and emotion, energy and passion of live
dance. With something for all tastes and pockets and with tickets from as
little as £5, we hope as many people as possible will come along to see amazing
dance on their doorstep.”
Tickets:
Tickets
can be purchased online at www.dancecity.co.uk
, in person by popping in to Dance City or by calling 0191 261
0505.
If
you have an NE1 postcode and have never been to Dance City before you can come
along to any show for just £2!
Renaud
Wiser
One
& Who Killed Bambi?
Saturday
7 February, 8pm
Tickets:
£5
Age:
12+
Renaud
Wiser presents a double bill of fast paced choreography in a thought provoking
evening commissioned by Dance City, bringing together dance,
film, theatre and live music. One is a solo work about illusion and
deceit, questioning our perception of the performer. Who Killed Bambi? looks
at individuals versus society, celebrating those who swim against the tide and
transforming the stage through beautiful design and striking imagery.
Broken
Motionhouse
Thursday
12 February 7.30pm
Friday
13 February 1.30pm
Tickets:
£15, £12.50 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
All
Motionhouse
are one of the UK's most visual and
dynamic companies. This is their first visit to a North East stage in many
years. Their new production, Broken, erupts onto the stage examining our
precarious relationship with the earth. Highly physical and virtuosic, this
powerful company combine athletic dance, digital imagery and original music in
a visual and adrenaline fuelled spectacle.
Murmur
& Inked
Aakash Odedra
Aakash Odedra
Saturday
28 February 8.00pm
Tickets:
£12.50, £9.50 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
11+
Aakash
Odedra creates work that is visually beautiful, heart wrenching and heart
warming. It is full of drama and movement. Murmur explores Aakash's
battles with dyslexia throughout his youth and how the world around him
responded to his perceived disability. In Inked he uses his experiences
to craft a deeply symbolic and emotional piece looking at a largely unknown
practice of tattooing and skin marks as a sign of identity.
Northern
Platforms
Thursday
5 March 6.00pm
Tickets:
£5
Age:
All
Join
us for an evening of the best dance being created from the North East, Yorkshire, the North West and Scotland.
Dreaming
in Code
2Faced
Dance Company
Friday
13 March 7.30pm | Sat 14 March 8.00pm
Tickets:
£12.50, £9.50 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
11+
Dreaming
in Code is
an explosive new double bill performed by one of the UK’s most innovative male
dance companies. Featuring dance packed with movement and theatrics, 2Faced
Dance explore what the future could look like in this powerful and fearless
work. If you like your dance full of energy and stunning movement this is one
for you.
Park
Jasmin
Vardimon Company
Wednesday
25 March 7.30pm | Thursday 26 March 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Tickets:
£20, £15 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
14+
Park
is an
urban oasis, a place of refuge from ordinary life where eight characters play,
fight, fall in love, and learn to survive. In this playground of relationships,
young lovers wrestle in a historic fountain, a graffiti artist sprays his
story, a busker finds his only appreciative audience in a bag lady and a
flag-waving bully rants worn out political beliefs. Their stories intertwine
creating a modern day fairytale that is alternately sharp, funny, and cruel.
Varmints
Wednesday
8 April 10.30am and 1.30pm
Tickets:
£6
Age:
7+
Varmints
tells
the poignant tale of one small creature’s struggle to preserve a world in
danger of being lost forever. With choreography by B-boy Wilkie Branson and
direction from Sally Cookson, Varmints is a rich visual piece of
original dance theatre for young people and their families. Based on the
award-winning children’s book by Helen Ward, with beautiful illustrations by
Marc Craste.
Winter,
Again & Dreamers
Scottish
Dance Theatre
Thursday
23 April 7.30pm | Friday 24 April, 7.30pm
Tickets:
£15, £12.50 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
12+
Jo
Strømgren’s Nordic fairytale Winter, Again tells the story of a
community struggling to hide their dark misdemeanours under winter’s snowy
blanket. Punctuated with the devastatingly fragile songs of Schubert’s Eine
Winterreise. Think The Killing meets Twin Peaks. Slovakian Anton
Lachky’s Dreamers explores links between reality and surrealism for
people who dare to dream while not being asleep, intertwined with his quirky
and humorous style.
Innocence
Scottish
Dance Theatre
Saturday
25 April, 11.30am 2.00pm & 4.00pm
Tickets:
£6
Age:
3+
A
unique playroom performance, Innocence invites little ones (and their
adults), to explore William Blake’s imagination. Innocence is a magical
theatrical journey led by Scottish Dance Theatre’s captivating dancers, with
live music, songs, giggles and animal noises. A wonderful dance adventure for
young ones, their families and friends.
5
SOLDIERS
Rosie
Kay Dance Company
Thursday
14 May, 6.00pm | Saturday 16 May, 8.00pm
Tickets:
£12.50, £9.50 concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
12+
Rosie
Kay Dance Company returns to Dance City with a work of sublime
emotion and beauty, a visceral ‘tour de force’ of the senses. 5 SOLDIERS provides
an intimate view of the training that prepares our soldiers for the sheer
physicality of combat and the impact conflict has on the bodies and minds of
everyone it touches.
Parked
Flex
Thursday
21 May 1.00pm & 6.00pm
Tickets:
£5
Age:
All
Parked
tells
the story of a man – stuck in one place, held there by sentimentality, afraid
to venture. Through the course of the story events happen around him offering
glimpses and reminders of what has been, what is and what could be. Parked is
an innovative dance theatre production fusing contemporary dance with strong
narrative in a colourful tactile world.
¡VAMOS!
Festival
Friday
12 June
¡VAMOS!
Festival is currently in its 10th celebration and will be returning to Dance City to host a nationally
renowned dance company during the festival. Save the date and visit our website
in spring 2015 for more details. www.vamosfestival.com
HOP
Nevski
Prospekt
Saturday
27 June, 2.30pm
Tickets:
£6
Age:
4+
A
poetic dance production for children aged 4+ and their adults. Mr Dedalus and
his son Icarus are trapped on an island. They long for home, but there’s no way
to get out. Luckily Mr Dedalus is an inventor and thinks hard to come up with a
plan to fly away, hop, way above the sea. HOP tells a story of the
unconditional relationship between a father and a son.
Sidi
Larbi Cherkaoui
National
Youth Dance Company
Saturday
4 July 7.30pm
Tickets:
£12.50, £9.50
concession, £6 students, under 18’s
Age:
All
Now
in its third year, National Youth Dance Company is fast establishing a
reputation for producing high quality performances from a company of dancers
who are expressive, brave, and energise the dance environment. Having completed
two sold out UK tours, NYDC returns to Dance City with a new work created
by the 2014-15 Guest Artistic Director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Double
Trouble
Joseph
Mercier / PanicLab
Thursday
9 July 7.30pm
Tickets:
£5
Age:
16+
A
double bill of new works exploring queer culture and contemporary masculinity. Versus
is a duet using mixed martial arts (MMA), choreographed movement
and wrestling to explore rivalry and friendship. Dark Waters is a solo
portrait exploring the figure of the prince from Swan Lake. Part of Northern Pride
2015.
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