Contemporary Dance Trust is the umbrella organisation for the Richard Alston Dance Company, The Place Theatre, Dance Services and Education and Community Programmes, together with the London Contemporary Dance School. The Place is a world-class centre for contemporary dance, England’s largest national dance agency and internationally renowned for its vocational training and theatre programme. Our funding will underpin the significant organisational change process that the company has undertaken over the past five years. Our funding contributes to core costs.
refresh is an evening of youth dance premiere held at The Place on Sat 16 Feb, 6pm and 8pm.
Five of the best youth dance companies around -- Fuzzy Logic, ENBYouthCo, Quicksilver, JNR SINstars and #PPL Dance Company-- tell us about their work in progress which involves making a new piece music chosen by renowned choreographers Sharon Watson, Aletta Collins, Bawren Tavaziva, Akram Khan and Jonzi D.
The Devil in the Detail
Choreography: Richard Alston
Music: Scott Joplin
Video directed by Darshan Singh Bhuller
http://www.richardalstondance.com
International Touring
Gillian Newson
Dance Arts UK
Email: gillian.newson@btopenworld.com
Tel: + 44(0)77 68166381
UK Touring
Isabel Tamen
Executive Director, Richard Alston Dance Company
Email: radc@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1010
For further information about education work, please contact:
Katherine Rothman
Email: Katherine.rothman@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1019
A new educational resource website featuring Richard's early works is available at http://www.thealstonstudio.com
The 16 works commissioned for The Place Prize for dance, sponsored by Bloomberg, have been performed, and it's time to choose four works to go forward to the Finals in April 2013.
In the latest episode of our behind-the-scenes films, the judges talk about what they are looking for, artists and audiences reflect of the Place Prize experience, and the Finalists are revealed...
The Place's Fund for Excellence supports the next generation of dancers and dancer-makers. Grants distributed through the Fund ensure that the most talented young dance artists can benefit from The Place's training and education programmes, including degree courses at London Contemporary Dance School.
In this film, recent beneficiaries of the Fund for Excellence talk about how the Fund's support has helped them.
Shimmer
Choreography: Richard Alston
Music: Maurice Ravel - Une Barque sur l'Ocean.
http://www.richardalstondance.com
International Touring
Gillian Newson
Dance Arts UK
Email: gillian.newson@btopenworld.com
Tel: + 44(0)77 68166381
UK Touring
Isabel Tamen
Executive Director, Richard Alston Dance Company
Email: radc@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1010
For further information about education work, please contact:
Katherine Rothman
Email: Katherine.rothman@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1019
A new educational resource website featuring Richard's early works is available at http://www.thealstonstudio.com/
EDge, the postgraduate performance company of London Contemporary Dance School, have created a new work choreographed by James Cousins, an LCDS alumnus and winner of the New Adventures Choreographer Award.
Join them for a hour in the studio as they run through James's work. James and EDge artistic director Jeanne Yasko will be on hand to talk you through the action, and will answer some of your questions posted at www.facebook.com/EDgeDanceCo
Fresh showcases some of the UK's best youth and professional dance.
Not to be missed performances from Boy Blue Entertainment, James Cousins, Simone Riccio, Khronos, A&R Dance Company, Shift, Cando2 and London Contemporary Dance School students Fionn Cox-Davis and Camila Gutierrez.
Cando2 pre-show installation: 6.15, 6.30 & 6.45pm
Main theatre show: 7pm
Tickets are only £9 or £12 for adults - adults are encouraged to come with an under 18. Save the date and book your tickets online now or call The Place Box Office on 020 7121 1100.
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Jan Martens duet "A small guide on how to treat your lifetime companion" is a portrait of a relationship that's both comforting and confrontational.
The work is one of six presented in The Place's interactive showcase of international work "Currency", from Tue 20 - Tue 27 November 2012.
http://www.theplace.org.uk/currency
Madcap
Choreography: Martin Lawrance
Music: Julia Wolfe (performed by Bang on a Can Allstars) - Lick
Video by Steve Jackman: Contact: stevenjjackman@gmail.com
http://www.richardalstondance.com
International Touring
Gillian Newson
Dance Arts UK
Email: gillian.newson@btopenworld.com
Tel: + 44(0)77 68166381
UK Touring
Isabel Tamen
Executive Director, Richard Alston Dance Company
Email: radc@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1010
For further information about education work, please contact:
Katherine Rothman
Email: Katherine.rothman@theplace.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7121 1019
A new educational resource website featuring Richard's early works is available at http://www.thealstonstudio.com
The new works created for The Place Prize for dance, sponsored by Bloomberg, go before an audience for the first time. Hear from the artists and audience before, during and after the preview performance of works by Nina Kov, Neil Paris, Ben Wright's bgroup and Darren Ellis.
Our Shift dancers tell us about what it is like to be part of the 'big happy family' that is The Place's youth dance company.
Next auditions taking place on Sat 8 September. Full details online:
http://www.theplace.org.uk/14474/shift/apply-for-shift.html
"During a three month residency at The Place I observed a number of dance classes. This film is a reflection - or an exercise of the imagination - on the processes set in motion while learning and performing a sequence of movements. Like a cartographer of the invisible, I record the physical, mental, emotional, kinetic and spatial experience of a dancer to reveal the intricate, intimate arrangement of their multiple sensations. The word 'constellation' refers to those inner stories or events inscribed in space, which can be read like a map."
This film formed part of an exhibition, How my hands got to know my feet, showing new works by Charrier. Commissioned by The Place's Creative Teaching and Learning Department, the project focused on the process of learning in dance, investigating how the body is shaped by knowledge, and how knowledge is passed from body to body.
During the summer of 2012, 16 new dance works are being created for the new edition of The Place Prize for dance, sponsored by Bloomberg. It is the most prestigious award in British dance, and the country's biggest single commissioning device for new dance.
The second of our series of short films getting behind the scenes of The Place Prize takes a glimpse at rehearsals, while three of the commissioned artists - Moreno Solinas, Riccardo Buscarini and Joe Moran - talk about how they approach making a new piece of dance.
The 16 new works will be premiered at The Place in London from 6 - 22 September 2012. For full details, see http://www.theplaceprize.com
Dance can change lives, and The Place's Iris Tomlinson Fund awards small bursaries to enable young people to come and dance at The Place. This films shows how young people and their parents value the support of the Iris Tomlinson Fund for giving them access to the top quality facilities and teachers at The Place.
If you would like to make a donation to support the Iris Tomlinson Fund, go to http://www.theplace.org.uk/donate.
EDge, the postgraduate performance company of London Contemporary Dance School, are performing their 2012 repertoire on Thu 28 June at 8pm BST in its home theatre at The Place, London.
The evening's programme order will be:
String Quartett Nr 1 (chor: Sasha Waltz, restaged by Delphine Gaborit, 20 mins)
Through Shards (chor: James Wilton, 20 mins)
INTERVAL (approx 15 mins)
Dances with Purpose (chor: Matthias Sperling, 17 mins)
Rite for Richard (chor: Rachel Lopez de la Nieta, 10 mins)
UNLEASHED (chor: Tony Adigun, 8 mins)
There will be short pauses between each piece, and an interval at around 8.45pm. The performance will end at approximately 9.40pm.
Full programme notes for this performance can be downloaded at http://www.lcds.ac.uk/lcdslive
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Richard Alston Dance Company - The Devil in the Detail
Behind the scenes of The Place Prize ep 4
Richard Alston Dance Company - Shimmer
Jan Martens A Small Guide trailer
Martin Lawrance - Madcap 2012 (Performed by Richard Alston Dance Company)
Behind the scenes of The Place Prize ep 3
EDge perform in Granary Square, London
Magali Charrier, Constellations of Things Learnt and Forgotten.mov
Behind the scenes of The Place Prize ep 2
Sasha Waltz Repertoire Extract
James Wilton Repertoire Extract
