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NEWCASTLE BASED DANCE COMPANY PREPARE TO CHAMPION TWO NEW DANCE
WORKS IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 5TH ANNIVERSARY
PITMAN and new work by Marice
Causey
Newbiggin Maritime Centre
Thursday 10th November 2016
Newcastle Laing Art Gallery
Friday 11th November 2016
This double bill from Newcastle's exciting contemporary dance company includes PITMAN created
and choreographed by ESC Artistic Director Eliot Smith with the kind
permission of The Ashington Group Trustees. It tells the simple but inspiring
real life story of a group of miners who with no formal artistic training,
depicted their daily lives in a series of paintings which have become
celebrated and revered in the art world, as well as providing an important
visual commentary for social historians.
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| PITMAN |
“The idea for PITMAN came from our
Chairman Professor David Young and was raised more than three years ago as part
of his lifelong fascination with miners and aspiration. His own father
worked at Woodhorn Colliery for more than 50 years and gave his life and health
to that. Ashington has produced two world-class
opera singers, national businessmen and a myriad of world famous sportsmen. The
Pitman Painters are very much part of that strand.”
The pitman painters have been celebrated through exhibitions, art books and
articles and Lee Hall’s hugely successful play. To the best of ESC knowledge this is the first celebration of these unique individuals in
dance form.
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| PITMAN |
With intimate solos, duets and dramatic ensemble dancing the work
explores the hopes, dreams and determination of the Ashington Group.
Completing the programme is a new work by the award winning international
choreographer Maurice Causey known globally for his original,
beautiful and highly physical works.
Maurice Causey was introduced to Eliot Smith Company while they were
performing in Paris part of their 2016 Spring Tour. Maurice was
enthralled by ESC performance that he agreed to Eliot Smith’s
invitation to make a new work for The Company based at The Barre Studios on
NewcastleGatehead Quayside.
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| Maurice Causey |
Maurice Causey is an American-born
European-based artist. In 1991, while dancing with the National Ballet of
Canada, Maurice was a Principal Dancer with Ballet Frankfurt dancing almost the
entire Forsythe repertoire from 1991-1999. During his 8 year stay with the
company he developed knowledge working with improvisational skills developed by
Forsythe and the dancers of Ballet Frankfurt, co-choreographing such works as
Eidos Telos, Sleepers guts and Alien Action.
Throughout his
dance career Maurice has choreographed for schools and various workshops in the
companies he danced and for Galas in Prague, Korea, Sweden and Germany. He was commissioned in 2003 to make an
original work for the company Stockholm 59 North which was entitled “My
Fleeting Visions” to critical success. He has also choreographed and danced for
Sony music in Germany for the pop group Da Boogie and various American and German
television projects including Thomas Gottschalk’s Wetten, dass…? In 2011 he
starred in an art film with the London based music and visual artist Mikhail Karikis entitled “Xenon”
directed by David Bickerstaff. Maurice has also created and choreographed dance
works for some of the worlds leading dance companies including Netherlands
Dance Theatre 1.
Tickets:
This double bill of exciting dance works will be
premiered at the iconic Newbiggin Maritime Centre on 10 November 7:30PM
followed by a performance at Laing Art Gallery on 11 November 7:30PM. Tickets
are £12/£10 and are available at www.eliotsmithcompany.com
PITMAN and new work
by Marice Causey is funded and supported by Arts Council England, Ashington
Town Council, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Town Council, Northumberland Arts Development and in
partnership with Woodhorn Museum.
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