Simon Ellis
T0171619416
Archive :: production:T0171619416, dance or ballet:S01163341405, venue:V145
Gertrud
This piece forms a double bill with Listen by ACE dance and music. Running time: approx 1 hour (Listen 30mins, Gertrud 30mins) Gertrud is an imagined and performed conversation through time between Austrian expressionist choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser (1890–1959) and Simon (1968–), a solo performer-choreographer. It is a meditation on the nature of solitude, both on-stage and in the wider world. The research and development of Gertrud is documented on Simon’s blog. The project forms part of a trilogy of works curated as Conversations with the dead, and featuring additional choreographies by Helen Herbertson and Bagryana Popov. Gertrud was commissioned for The Place Prize 2008 sponsored by Bloomberg.
Patrick Centre - BDE2010