Any Table Any Room - T1881327658Any Table Any Room is a performance conceived and created by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, which invites four local artists to join them onstage in each new space. For these opening shows at the Attenborough Brighton, the two artists will be joined by Janine Fletcher, Claire Godsmark. Sue MacLaine and Scott Smith. How possible is community? How do we retain our autonomy while being in a group? Using 72 clay objects created by the performers, communal singing and indian drones on smartphones, Any Table Any Room is a gregarious exploration of the pleasures and demands of being and working together.DramaturgKatie Coe. DramaturgNicola Conibere. | |
| 10 May 18 to 11 May 18 | The Lilian Baylis Theatre, Inner London :: V236 listing details L01832025163 |
| 21 Nov 17 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L2064231947 |
| 17 Oct 17 | Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton :: V01122609028 listing details L01288748179 |
Counting to One Hundred/One Flute Note - T1638409194Over the past ten years, the two artists have built a body of work that mixes the formality of music composition with a radical approach to performance. Counting To One Hundred and One Flute Note continue their explorations of the structure of John Cage's Lecture On Nothing. Jonathan Burrows is one of the UK's leading choreographers, starting his career as a soloist with The Royal Ballet in London but forming the Jonathan Burrows Group in 1988 to present his own work and perform it around the world. Burrows and long-time collaborator, the Italian composer Matteo Fargion, have received awards and acclaim across the world including the 2003?2004 New York Dance and Performance Bessie Awards for Both Sitting Duet. | |
| 28 Jan 13 | Lancaster Arts, Lancaster :: V522 listing details L01551292883 |
Cheap Lecture/The Cow Piece - T921390855UK Premiere. Cheap Lecture is a rhythmic spoken performance set to music. In a rant about empty hands, audience, time, repetition and dancing, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion reflect upon and continue the journey begun in their earlier work. Veering from the philosophical to the humorous and back again, the piece gently reveals how the two artists work while drawing us into ever more unexpected digressions. It is accompanied by The Cow Piece, a chaotic meditation upon dance, music and mortality. Cheap Lecture was selected for the 2009 ‘best of the year’ at the Het Theaterfestival in Brussels. | |
| 13 Oct 10 to 15 Oct 10 | The Lilian Baylis Theatre, Inner London :: V236 listing details L01894316834 |
Both Sitting Duet/The Quiet Dance/Speaking Dance - T278430377Choreographer and former Royal Ballet soloist [Jonathan Burrows] and composer [Matteo Fargion] present Both Sitting Duet (202), The Quiet Dance (2005) and Speaking Dance 2006, a trilogy of intimate and funny performances. Since 2002 the duo have performed 144 shows in 36 countries. In 2004, they won a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award. They now return to London to give four final performances of the complete works, seen for the first time in one evening. | |
| 11 Jan 08 to 26 Jan 08 | The Lilian Baylis Theatre, Inner London :: V236 listing details L0295133624 |
Speaking Dance - T546606231World Premiere. Following on from sell-out seasons of Both Sitting Duet (2002) and The Quiet Dance (2005), choreographer [Jonathan Burrows] and composer [Matteo Fargion] present the final installment in this trilogy of performances. Speaking Dance will continue their gentle exploration into how the relationship between music and dance is perceived, and the fragile but permeable boundaries between the two worlds. Their performances are a formal but humourous meditation on the nature of communication, their relationship with each other and with the audience.Choreographer Jonathan Burrows. Music Matteo Fargion. | |
| 18 Oct 06 to 19 Oct 06 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L1551024814 |
The Quiet Dance - T1709267913Choreographer [Jonathan Burrows] and composer [Matteo Fargion] have an international reputation for the intelligence, humour and musicality of their work. Their last piece, Both Sitting Duet, was one of the hits of Dance Umbrella 2003 and last year’s ROH2 programme. Burrows, a former soloist with The Royal Ballet, was given an award in 2002 by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York in recognition of his ongoing contribution to contemporary dance. Fargion has been his close collaborator for over fifteen years. At the heart of their work is a love of rhythmic form and the quiet intensity of communication. The Quiet Dance is just what it says it is. A love of rhythmic form and the quiet intensity of communication between the performers and audience are explored by these acclaimed collaborators. | |
| 2 May 06 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L713296122 |
| 17 Oct 05 to 18 Oct 05 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L2127097694 |
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| 15 Oct 03 to 17 Oct 03 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L01934237401 |
