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Shhh! – C-12 Dance
Theatre
Newcastle Dance City
28th October 2015
On
a dark damp afternoon in Newcastle the electric atmosphere
was building up as the C-12 Dance Theatre company were about to entertain a
packed house. As part of the Juice Festival there had been earlier workshops
and these had clearly been effective in drawing the large young audience.
Anything that helps draw younger people towards live entertainment has to be a
good thing.
Shhh!
is based in a library. There are seemingly 3 themes: a love of books; a love of
people and a need for communities to retain their facilities. Each of the five dancers starts with a
musical theme as they go about enjoying their books. For example classical,
jazz, modern electronic dance, classical guitar or rock music is used to
represent their personality. The young crowd could be heard laughing as the
previously quiet library shook to the rock guitar riffs and a dancer strutted
her stuff around the bookcases.
When
the library closure arrives and the tone of the production changes. The few
props on stage find themselves involved in the routines.
What
stands out is the apparently effortless way in which the cast perform
challenging manoeuvres. They make the
business of flinging themselves around the stage seem simple when it must have
taken years of training plus a real trust in their fellow performers.
The
soundtrack helps to carry both the emotion and the story and Jamie Salisbury
has managed to weave the individual themes well.
Shhh!
succeeds in being an inclusive show that appeals to both the younger members of
the audience and the older people that brought them to the show.
This
review was written by Stephen Oliver for the North East
Theatre Guide from Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com).
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Cast:
Reece
Causton
Alice
Laidler
Hayley
Chilvers
Kimberley Clarke
Ashley
Hind
Creatives:
Concept and choreography by Annie-Lunnette
Deakin-Foster
Projection by Arnim Friess,
Original music composition by award winning Jamie
Salisbury
Executive Producer Adam Towndrow of Welwyn Garden City. Shhh! is produced by C-12 Dance
Theatre, ARC, Stockton, Hawthorne Theatre, funded by Arts Council, Hawthorne
Theatre, ARC, Stockton and C-12 Dance Theatre, additional support from The
Albany and Dance Digital.
Shhh! Rehearsal
images taken by Charlotte Levy
On The
Web:
Website: www.c-12dancetheatre.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/C12DANCETHEATRE
Facebook: www.facebook.com/c12dancetheatre
Read
the North East Theatre Guide preview of the Autumn 2015 Season at Newcastle’s Dance City Theatre: http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/preview-of-autumn-2015-season-at.html
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