Tour Dates
- 16 April - West Greenwich Library (After Effects Performance)
- Greenwich Dance
- 8 June - DEDA (After Effects)
- 2 - 3 November - Pavilion Dance South West (After Effects Residence Programme)
- 2 - 10 November - Pavilion Dance South West (After Effects Installation)
- 8 November - DanceEast
- 10 November - Pavilion Dance South West (Revolver Residence Programme)
- 14 November - Pavilion Dance South West (Double Bill Performance)
- 29 November - Swindon Dance
After Effects |
Revolver |
Darren Ellis Dance (DED) , co-founded by Darren Ellis and Martin Collins in 2007 to produce high quality dance in collaboration with other art forms. The company have worked with a variety of composers, film makers, visual artists, writers and designers as well as actors and dancers to create dance for a wide spectrum of performance related work that captures Darren's interest in movement, music and visual arts.
Darren's background is as a trained percussionist and dancer, which has had an influence on many of the works both thematically and choreographically; the company aims to have a live music element within its performances. The company have a commitment to the development of its education programme, delivering high quality creative workshops and projects for a wide variety of the community and have great experience in making dance for all ages and abilities.
http://www.darrenellisdance.co.uk/
Darren's background is as a trained percussionist and dancer, which has had an influence on many of the works both thematically and choreographically; the company aims to have a live music element within its performances. The company have a commitment to the development of its education programme, delivering high quality creative workshops and projects for a wide variety of the community and have great experience in making dance for all ages and abilities.
http://www.darrenellisdance.co.uk/
After Effects
After Effect is a co-commission from Dance Digital and DanceEast. After Effects was created using a drum kit that has been specially modified so that light will shine from inside the drums. A mixture of acoustic and digital drum sounds are triggered using movement and both natural and man made objects to influence the light and sound from within the drum, thus bringing it to life.
The integral artistic motivation is to explore the effect of rhythm, both on the environment created and on both the performer and the audience's emotions. There are effectively two performers within the piece; the dancer and the drum, which acts as a vessel for both light and sound. The digital elements embodied within the drum bring this inanimate object to life. The light and sound are individually in control of their own rhythms whilst being able to determine one another’s. The dancer will have a direct interplay with these elements, creating an experience that heightens the senses for both performer and audience. |
Revolver
Revolver takes its inspiration from the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film Persona .The piece is a relentless dance duel which creates a tension building battle between two exceptional female dancers Hannah Kidd (Richard Alston Dance Company) and Joanna Wenger recently seen in the Darren Ellis Dance production Long Walk Home. As the dance unfolds we see the women rhythmically repelling against each other with an almost magnetic energy that is controlled by a powerful yet stark music score for two electric guitars played live on stage by THE TURBULLENT EDDIES. The musicians drive the dancers on until they connect and move as one, creating the image of two sides of the same person merging together.
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The Performance Information
Double bill performance information:
· 1 duet performance of Revolver with live music (The Turbulent Eddies) · 1 solo performance of After Effects · Total Performance time 45mins · Optional meet the artist chat in the venue (almost immediately following the performance) · Fee: upon request What Promoters can expect: Marketing pack will include · Posters · A5 Leaflets · Press releases · Web‐copy · Colour images supplied as J‐PEGs and ESP · Email Marketing support · Education copy and support (downloadable booking forms and web support) Post Show Talk: 10 minute Post‐show discussions with the dancer/choreographer (on stage) immediately following the performance (must be agreed in advanced of the performance) |
Residence Programme
The course will involve a technique class (Cunningham), a repertory and creative session each day with a focus on the performance but be interactive with the set, drawing from the research Darren Ellis Dance has been doing over the past four years. Each participant will not only learn the choreographic language of Darren Ellis Dance but also have the chance to work creatively with Darren and his company dancers to enhance their own development as a dance artist. The residence programme is sold in three options.
Option 1 – 1 Day residence, £625 This is 1 day, for one group, working with Darren or a Company Dancer, working on repertoire Option 2 – 2 Day residence, £725 This is 2 days, for one group, working with Darren or a Company Dancer, working on repertoire Option 3 – 1 week residence, £1000 This option will allow Darren or Company dancers to work with a group for the whole week, before the performance date. They will learn the repertoire, and will develop a short piece as a curtain raiser. They can be professional, student or community dancers. |