Ceci n?est pas Noire (This is Not Black) & Clay - T1860619220In Ceci n'est pas Noire (This is Not Black), an Afropean woman takes you on a spellbinding journey using dance, theatre spoken word and song. Choreographer and performer Alesandra Seutin delves into memories of her upbringing in Europe and Africa, playing with masks and guises as she moves from place to place, following the winding roads of memory. In Clay, American contemporary dancer Asha Thomas and British flamenco bailaora Yinka Esi Graves draw from their collective memory and experiences to create a unique shared language. With routes spanning Jamaica, Ghana, and the American Deep South with its Baptist preachers, they explore the connections between who they believe themselves to be and the unconscious parts of their identities. Includes live music from award-winning flamenco guitarist Guillermo GuillenPerformer Alesandra Seutin. Choreographer Alesandra Seutin. Performer Asha Thomas. Performer Yinka Esi Graves. Performer Guillermo Guillen (Guitar). | |
| 17 Mar 18 | Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Outer London :: V01396607277 listing details L01804092929 |
Show of Hands - T0681145499London Premiere. Show of Hands is a new solo choreographed and performed by Freddie Opoku-Addaie, directed and scored by Graeme Miller, and overlooked by a mass of wooden carved hands. Dodging obstacles and provocations, ducking and diving, dancing on shadows, rising to an unknown task and driven to the final whistle, Opoku-Addaie enacts this witty and personal work. With an inquisitive team of collaborators, Opoku-Addaie addresses preconceptions and challenges what it means to be part of a contemporary urban generation. | |
| 19 Oct 13 | Stratford Circus, Outer London :: V1222144777 listing details L1466197708 |
| 11 Oct 13 | General, Inner London :: V1231 listing details L449158004 |
Mis-Thread - /Bf/Silence Speaks Volumes/Set in Stone - T550234448London Contemporary Dance School graduate Freddie Opoku-Addaie returns to The Place with an evening of four engaging works, including the 2008 Robin Howard Commission. The new commission uses elements of folk and ritualistic forms, including Ghanaian Adwa dance, sign language and codes of non-verbal street language in a search to unlock the secrets of physical communication. Bf, devised and performed by Jorge Crecis and Opoku-Addaie, sees both men trapped in a ritual of dominance and perseverance, searching for comradeship. In Silence Speaks Volumes, which was a finalist in The Place Prize 2006, five performers stalk the stage in an intense physical dialogue that communicates more potently than speech. Set in Stone was originally commissioned for the Youth Dance England Festival 2008 and will be re-created and performed by members of East London Dance Youth Company and Shift, The Place’s youth dance company. | |
| 7 May 09 to 9 May 09 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L01285234990 |
