Firsts


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Inside it's Raining/Ladies and Gentlemen How Bored Are You/Ten - T016408614

INSIDE IT'S RAINING - RACHEL ERDOS - A work that explores the way three different people manage their anger and emotions, the relationships they have and the choices they make. This dance piece is performed to an original music score written by composer Alberto Shwartz. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW BORED ARE YOU? - GODDARD ¦ NIXON PROJECT - The first collaboration between Jonathan Goddard and Gemma Nixon, both senior artists with Rambert Dance Company. These charismatic performers come together to tell the story of a modern relationship, creating a dance piece that will mesmerize and captivate you. TEN - HETAIN PATEL - Somewhere between Bolton, Barbados, Scotland and India, three men make a journey of discovery in this new piece by Hetain Patel. Using music and the Indian 10-beat rhythm cycle, they explore the need to belong through cultural symbols - from the red 'dot' or tilaka mark to the St George cross on the English flag. Running time: Approx. 1hr 20mins - 1 interval
19 Nov 10 to 20 Nov 10Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L16807901

Milkwood Rodeo/Spiltmilk Say Dance/That Was The Time I Stopped/The Man Who Wasn't There - T01488567849

MILKWOOD RODEO - THE SUGAR BEAST CIRCUS - A performance inspired by holy men and Hollywood - an autobiographical fantasy capturing performers' memories of life on the road with an Indian circus. The piece fuses physical theatre and unique and elegant aerial work with animation and projection to create a strange reality. Milkwood Rodeo was developed with the support of The Roundhouse and Arts Council England. SPILTMILK SAY DANCE - SPILTMILK DANCE - Performed by the award-winning Spiltmilk Dance company who use their distinctively quirky style to put a new spin on popular social dance crazes of the 20th century. Dance phenomena such as The Twist, Disco and Ballroom are re-imagined to create a completely new dance experience. THAT WAS THE TIME I STOPPED - AMY BELL AND VALENTINA GOLFIERI - Surreal flights of fancy, fears and hallucinations are spliced together by two enigmatic figures to create a makeshift sense of reality. This is darkly humorous dance in stop-frame. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - GENIUS SWEATSHOP - The Man Who Wasn't There is a glimpse into the life of 'Albert' - a man whose memories are fragmented and who is becoming increasingly drawn into a world of senile confusion. Albert's stories are told through a unique blend of puppetry and circus by London based company Genius Sweatshop. Genius Sweatshop has been gratefully supported by Crying Out Loud, La Breche (Normandy), The Blue Elephant Theatre, Ideas Tap and countless individuals. Running Time: Approx. 2hrs - 2 intervals
16 Nov 10 to 17 Nov 10Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L1786762478

Programme 1: Collectif/Instants/Smallpetitklein/Tuttaposto/Initial Side Effects - T41156800

Collectif / Instants - AN ROH2 FIRSTS COMMISION - Based on the Jorge Luis Borges poem of the same name, this commission will feature breathtaking aerial work alongside live beatbox and music. S/HE - SMALLPETITKLEIN - Smallpetitklein’s new dance piece S/HE, by award-winning choreographer Thomas Small, is based on the interconnected lives of two people. The performance is set to music by Michael Nyman. Tuttaposto - RACHAEL MOSSOM - Tuttaposto is a playful dance piece inspired by different ways of communicating, wittily exploring a series of hand gestures and their meanings across two different cultures. Initial Side Effects - dANTE OR dIE THEATRE - A new, playful and provocative piece of dance-theatre that explores how and why people take their medicine and why they don’t take it, and the ‘side effects’ resulting from such action or non-action. Side Effects is a unique collaboration between dANTE OR dIE Theatre and The School of Pharmacy which will be developed into a full length production in 2011. Running time: Approx. 1hr 50mins (2 intervals)
12 Nov 10 to 13 Nov 10Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01643584997

Programme 3: A View From Down Here/ImReadyWhenUAre/The Making of Doubt/The Second Death of Caspar Helendale - T2143938473

A View From Down Here - ‘The process began with reading children’s letters. We were intrigued, horrified and amused by the effect that the adult world has on the young generation.’ Experience a vast and quickly changing range of human emotions in this exhilarating piece from Collect and Then. ImReadyWhenUAre - Four unassuming men amble across the stage to the familiar voice of Louis Armstrong. Then they pace menacingly in unison, breaking into a dizzying display of head spins, handstands and footwork. UK break dance champions Bad Taste Cru bring their breathtaking dance to the Linbury with imreadywhenuare, in which choreographer Simon Williams flips hip-hop on its head. The Making of Doubt - The Making of Doubt takes the human doll as an emblem of representation and places it within the real and impossible condition of its words and actions. How authentic does something have to seem in order for us to construct a system of belief around it; how far does one have to go? The Second Death of Caspar Helendale - Come to the strangest funeral you’ve ever attended. The Second Life avatar Caspar Helendale invites you to attend his death; a funeral service held simultaneously in the real and virtual worlds. He has been exploring mortality since he was ? rst created, and in his last 20 minutes of existence he will share his thoughts with collected mourners. He will be accompanied by his widow-to-be, Trixiebelle Landar; his Requiem will be performed live and streamed back into the virtual world over the course of the service. Via live music and a giant projection screen, the theatre audience will join in the mourning, as the real and virtual worlds collide and Caspar’s light is forever extinguished.Company Collectif and Then... (A View from Down Here). Company Bad Taste Cru (ImReadyWhenUAre). Choreographer Colette Sadler (The Making of Doubt). Company Stammer Productions (The Making of Doubt). Choreographer Jessica Curry (The Second Death of Caspar Helendale). Choreographer Dan Pinchbeck (The Second Death of Caspar Helendale).
27 Nov 09 to 28 Nov 09Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L2069608264

Programme 2: Count One/Muualla/Elsewhere/Lovedrunk/An Orthodox 1-2 - T0932194053

For the seventh year running ROH2 will present a week of startling, surprising and totally original performances from some of the most innovative artists working in the UK today. This mini-season over six nights in the Linbury will showcase a wide range of art forms including dance, aerial performance, Chinese pole, and physical theatre and includes performances by Gemma Palomar, Keira Dance, Jon Young, Nicole Conibere, Tilanne, Aurelie, El Torro, Collectif and then, Bad Tast Cru, Stammer Productions, Jessica Curry and Dan Pinchbeck plus a brand new ROH2 commission from Vera Tussing and albert Quesada.Producer ROH2. Performer Nicola Conibere. Performer Tilanne. Performer Andy Godfrey. Performer Glenn Boulter. Performer Damian Rose. Performer David Dhonau. Performer Francis O'Donnell Smith. Performer John Hall. Performer Euan Rodger. Performer Ola Szmidt.
24 Nov 09 to 25 Nov 09Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L1737605922

Programme 1: Silence to Feel/Threads/Danicing Like No One's Watching/Your Eyes/Longwinded in Five Parts - T02058007166

For the seventh year running ROH2 will present a week of startling, surprising and totally original performances from some of the most innovative artists working in the UK today. This mini-season over six nights in the Linbury will showcase a wide range of art forms including dance, aerial performance, Chinese pole, and physical theatre and includes performances by Gemma Palomar, Keira Dance, Jon Young, Nicole Conibere, Tilanne, Aurelie, El Torro, Collectif and then, Bad Tast Cru, Stammer Productions, Jessica Curry and Dan Pinchbeck plus a brand new ROH2 commission from Vera Tussing and albert Quesada.Producer ROH2. Performer Gemma Palomar. Performer Keiradance. Performer Jon Young. Performer Vera Tussing. Performer Albert Quesada.
20 Nov 09 to 21 Nov 09Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01502950107

T676980355 (20NOV07)

Includes extracts from [Jonzi D]'s latest Tag...Just Writing My Name. There will also be a solo from Finnish choreographer and aerial performer Ilona Jantti, Sap Dance presents The Saturate Moment, based on Virginia Woof's The Waves. Here, a single dancer shifts through all six of Woolf's charactes. The premiere, Tongue Tied is a short new opera from the experimental Askew and Avis.
20 Nov 07 to 28 Nov 07Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L152093642

Trojan Women - T01774619098

Trojan Women - As relevant as ever in these turbulent and volatile times, ‘Trojan Women’ tells a story of acute suffering as the women of Troy wait to hear their fate... Theatre Cryptic presents a multi-artform production combining poetic language, projections and sound design, with the chorus manipulated live on stage through real-time visuals.Company Theatre Cryptic.
11 Nov 05 to 12 Nov 05The Tobacco Factory, Bristol :: V1384579886
listing details L542245593
28 Oct 05 to 29 Oct 05Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L0146569214

Waves and Valves/Cloud:Burst/Memento Mori - T1445522744

Waves and Valves - Bass trombone, poetry are brought together in a short excerpt from The Secret House, by physical theatre company Tartan Chameleon. Cloud:Burst - Dominic's 10 year old daughter Natalie has been murdered and after weeks of his story being splashed across the media, the reporters move out and on to another headline grabber. Dominic is left to pick up the pieces... Momento Mori - A physically dynamic, mesmerising piece based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The work takes you on an intense and powerful journey through the mind of Orpheus; encompassing live, death, the dark insanity of the underworld and the self-discovery of a man.Company Tartan Chameleon (Waves and Valves). Company Theatre Absolute (Cloud:Burst). Company Momentum (Memento Mori).
8 Nov 05 to 9 Nov 05The Tobacco Factory, Bristol :: V1384579886
listing details L317391731

Firsts 2005 - T113969270

For the third year running ROH2 will present a week of startling, surprising and totally original performances from some of the most innovative artists working in the UK today. This mini-season over six nights in the Linbury will showcase a range of art forms as diverse as hip-hop and aerial dance. Last year's Firsts attracted sell-out audiences drawing from first-timers to the experienced, the adventurous to the just plain curious! This year's line up includes Hip Hop artist [Irven Lewis], choreographer and performer [Vena Ramphal], physical theatre company [Momentum Theatre], bungee artist Wendy Hesketh, music theatre company Theatre Cryptic, physical theatre company [Tartan Chameleon], music theatre performance from [Theatre Absolute] and aerial performer [Matilda Leyser] with a new work specially commissioned for Firsts.Performer Kerfuffle. Performer Irven Lewis. Performer Matitlda Leyser. Company Momentum. Company Natural Theatre Company. Company Pina. Company R&AI. Performer Vena Ramphal. Company Tartan Chameleon. Company Theatre Absolute. Company Theatre Cryptic. Company Wired Aerial Theatre.
25 Oct 05 to 1 Nov 05Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L39324424

Programme 3 - Deadpoint/Waves and Valves/Cloud:Burst - T2048769537

Performer MatildaLeyser. Company Tartan Chameleon. Company Theatre Absolute.
31 Oct 05Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01875282432

Programme 1 - Ignite/Meeting You/Stuffed/Tmesis (extract) - T2025998431

Company Lewis Dance Theatre. Performer Vena Ramphal. Company Momentum Theatre. Company Wired Aerial Theatre.
26 Oct 05Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L1139544756

T01840305401 (ROH04)

Firsts is an exciting mix of contemporary dance, theatre and music performed by up-and-coming artists given their first chance to perform in the West End and available to all with a single ticket price of £5. The Firsts programme consists of a trio of mixed bills which juxtapose a selection of different artists and art forms, offering the audience the chance of sampling a varied menu of performance in a single evening.Performer Kwesi JJohnson (Sep 21/22). Performer Matilda Leyser (Sep 21/22). Company Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation (Sep 21/22). Performer Robert Hylton Urban Classicism (Sep 24/25). Company The Ensemble Group (Sep 24/25). Company Between the Notes (Sep 24/25). Performer Niall Ashdown (Sep 24/25). Performer Marie-Gabrielle Rotie Productions (Sep 28/29). Music m Morrison (Sep 28/29). Performer Kazuko Hohki (Sep 28/29).
21 Sep 04 to 29 Sep 04Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L1200396793

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17 Nov 06 to 25 Nov 06Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01427813104

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