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January 2012
I look forward to ringing in the new year by creating a work for EDge Dance Company at The Place, part of their mixed programme premiering in March 2012, then touring nationally and internationally until July.
Later this month, I’ll also begin working on my new commission for Big Dance 2012 at Siobhan Davies Studios, which will feature 50 performers in an installation performance at the Studios in July.
Early next month, I’ll be presenting an excerpt of Do Not Be Afraid in British Dance Edition 2012 at the fantastic gDA Cabaret on February 3. In this “delightfully funny” duet (Londondance.com), I am joined by Antonia Grove or Rachel Krische in donning superhero lycra to grapple with the notion that dance performers might possess the unique superpower of allowing an audience to see mind in body. Click here for a glimpse...
Also coming up soon are further chances to catch This is it, my new solo for Candoco Dance Company's Vicky Malin, forming part of the company's Turning 20 anniversary bill. Described as “wonderfully tongue in cheek” (What's On Stage Magazine), the work toys playfully with our expectations of a solo contemporary dance performer and features Vicky’s live performance of her specially-written, iTunes-released, uplifting euro-pop single This is it. You can read Southbank Centre's recent interview with Vicky and I about the work here.
With warm wishes for a happy new year,
Matthias