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Dances That Didn’t Happen: Artist Conversations Podcasts

Dances That Didn’t Happen: Artist Conversations Podcasts

The Garden series The first two episodes are now live! This series aims to question where artists have found focus and what shifts we have and are making in this time where many planned productions and potential collaborations have been placed on hold. Join us as 

Lloergan

Lloergan

Cyngherddau’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2022 Cyngerdd Agoriadol: Lloergan Rol: Ddawnswr/Choreograffydd / Role: Dancer/Choreography Darllediad byw o sioe agoriadol yr Eisteddfod, sef y cynhyrchiad seryddol ‘Lloergan’, gan Fflur Dafydd, Griff Lynch, Lewys Wyn a Rhys Taylor. Mae’n 2050, ac mae’r ofodwraig Lleuwen Jones wedi gwireddu breuddwyd oes 

Heb Ffiniau

Heb Ffiniau

Heb Ffiniau is a research and development project led by Sarah Mumford, that explores the connection between Language, Identity and Landscape, and how they shape our sense of belonging.

Heb Ffiniau translates as ‘Without Boundaries’, and that is really the ethos behind the project, to be able to talk, explore, share and create without boundaries.

This project was a wonderful opportunity supporting and building a community of people across Wales to be artists from their homes during Summer 2020. I was hiding/recovering from home schooling attempts in my garden one day and saw this stunning divide between the clouds and watched as they met to become one and as I sat thinking about the language question Sarah had presented to us that week, I understood a way to answer the question, capturing the moment and a movement response to the question on film.

Watch a beautiful film collating the work of all the artists involved here

You can discover more about this Arts Council of Wales, Pontio and Hijinx supported project at www.hebffiniau.com

Gary and Pel Live Action Cartoon

Gary and Pel Live Action Cartoon

Re-staging for Family Dance Festival (Bombastic/Coreo Cymru production) 2018 Tour of ‘Car Crash Wedding’ For more info and booking click here

Mysterious Maud’s Chambers of Fantastical Truth

Mysterious Maud’s Chambers of Fantastical Truth

‘Mysterious Maud’s Chambers of Fantastical Truth was staged across the fourteen spaces, three floors and tower of the magnificent faux Gothic mansion, Insole Court.’ Have a look at Caroline Sabin’s website for more info and future booking

Light Ladd and Emberton

Light Ladd and Emberton

Croesi Traeth

Dance Theatre production Research & Development filmed on Harlech Beach.

See Culture Colony film from Harlech Beach here

TROTI

TROTI

Gravida Project, Chapter, 2018 Photos Noel Le Conte

Light, Ladd & Emberton

Light, Ladd & Emberton

Croesi Traeth: Harlech 2018

PAPER STATE

PAPER STATE

Paper State

Watch Paper State short Film, developed with the support of Dance4Camera3, an initiative run by Welsh Independent Dance at Newport International Film School. The soundtrack features on the B side of a new release ‘Into the Dark’ by composer Sion Orgon.

The movement explored the solitude and ritual of someone waiting to move on and was initially inspired by the remaining residents, squatters and imagined characters of a derelict estate.

The main character moves without sight, on a floor covered with tiny paper squares cut from newspapers. Using tiny scissors, the performer cuts into sheets of newspaper, in an attempt to communicate her feelings.

INTRODUCING LARA AND LAURA

INTRODUCING LARA AND LAURA

Interdisciplinary collaboration with Laura Moy at Chapter, Cardiff. Summer 2016. Dream Audience at Chapter, Cardiff, exploring ways of collaborating, in order to generate a playful, supportive, questioning and nurturing environment for growth.

Kathrine’s Party

Kathrine’s Party

KATHRINE’S PARTY An Inclusive Summer Dance Project funded by Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust, made exclusively with tablet/phone devices, which we created with the dancers over the 6 week summer holidays in 2017. A project filmed in collaboration with Alex Marshall-Parsons. Watch on YouTube here

JO FONG

JO FONG

BELONGING

Lara is currently working as performer and deviser on Jo Fong’s series of participatory performances: Belonging. Most recently at Hull Dance’s Transgressions Festival (City of Culture 2017) and through Open Studio sessions for Cardiff Dance Festival 2017.

 

Creative Practitioner ACW

Creative Practitioner ACW

In 2016 I began work as a Creative Practitioner, using movement to develop communication with learners at a Special School in Cardiff, as part of the Arts Council of Wales Lead Creative School Scheme. For the whole school final sharing event, I filmed, produced and 

Rachael O’Neill

Rachael O’Neill

Any Part of You Will Do (Still from trailer, shot by Catherine Gomez) Rachael O ‘Neill’s, Any Part of You Will Do. R & D, plus scratch night at Yorkshire Dance. January/March 2016. www.rachaeloneill.com Blog excerpt: “We’ve just finished a two-week residency at a rural 

Movement Director for Catriona James

Movement Director for Catriona James

Worse Things Happen – research and development and Chapter commission

When Catriona first invited me to work with her on this, she said ‘I’ve been thinking about this project exploring failure and I thought of you!’. I couldn’t help but see this as a double edged statement and found myself giggling at my thought processes. Failure is so much about our perception of ourselves. We each have our own expectations and measurements for what constitutes success. I beat myself up every day for feeling like a failure. How did she know?!

See Catriona’s blog here.

Photo Jorge Lizalde

STORIES FROM A CROWDED ROOM

STORIES FROM A CROWDED ROOM

Best Dance Production 2015, Wales Theatre Awards, Stories From A Crowded Room. With 8 dancers and 2 musicians, the performers take to the stage alongside the audience, in 70 minutes of ‘highly physical dance, with live music, text and encircling film.’ Photos Chris Nash

{150} 

{150} 

A National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol production to mark the 150th Anniversary of the welsh settlement in Patagonia. Directed by Marc Rees and co-choreographed with Angharad Harrop.

LAURA’S’MALS

LAURA’S’MALS

Screened at the 2015 Wales Dance Platform,at Chapter Arts Centre, 27th June.

Laura’s’mals, starring Laura Moy and her tiny (ani)mals, with music from Siôn Orgon.

‘The ‘mals had been in storage for some time, and were coaxed out of their matchboxes for this film. Why? Because Laura had told me about them and I wanted to meet them. I was sure other people would too.’

JO FONG

JO FONG

WAYS OF BEING TOGETHER An initial year long process of work with Jo throughout 2017, which culminated in performances at Hull and Chapter, Cardiff, and duets with her son. The collaboration continues through work with a London cast for CAN Festival 2020.   AN INVITATION 

SHANI RHYS JAMES RESPONSE

SHANI RHYS JAMES RESPONSE

Response Time at Ceredigion Museum, 15th February 2016. ‘I could rock myself to sleep’, performance response to Shani Rhys James’ automaton installation, Cassandra’s Rant. The automatons and paintings were bold, vivid and intoxicating. After spending 48 hours with them, the themes of motherhood, childhood, a