Young Choreographers SW Platform

YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS SOUTH WEST

YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS - SOUTH WEST PLATFORM 2016

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Felicity Kerr E: flickerrdance@hotmail.co.uk

Felicity gained a First Class degree in Contemporary Dance from TrinityLaban in 2013 and a MRes in Dance from Plymouth University graduating with Distinction and the Intellect Award for Dance in 2014. She is waiting her final results of her Specialist Diploma in Choreological Studies and is a second year student of the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance. She is the Artistic director, choreographer and composer for FlickerrDance and has created work which has been performed at Bonnie Bird Theatre, Linbury Studio and at The Place as part of Resolution! 2015.

“Transliterate” is an abstract solo exploring J.S. Bach’s Fuge in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavichord through a choreological lens. It discovers how musical harmony can be translated into movement harmony.

Featuring both music and dance created by myself I invite you to witness and explore this transliteration of movement and music and the dual language that emerges.

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Featuring both music and dance created by myself I invite you to witness and explore this transliteration of movement and music

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Olivia Lockwood E: olivia_Dance1@hotmail.com

Hailing from Devon Olivia is a spirited and inventive young Dance Artist, who graduated with a First Class BA Hons in Dance studies and trained in contemporary Dance in London. Her movement vocabulary is a hybrid of dance styles, mashed up, soul filled and unapologetic. She has created works for Exim Dance Company, Spindrift Dance Collective, Roehampton University, AD1 Dance, Fixed Space Youth Dance and has received support from PDSW, Plymouth Dance, Roehampton University and Barbican Theatre.

Performers: Rachel Bayliss, Joy Esaya, Chloe Green, Alice Jago, Giedre Jackyte, Jess Summerbee, Dan Walsh Music: Dan Smith

Image: Brett Lockwood

RED deals with the notion of spiritual transition and our primitive past. The piece explores spiritual rebirth through

dance as a ritualistic symbol by using organic rhythms, circular pathways and strong imagery. The notions of how past, present and future all coexist within each other are explored. The movement reminds us of the ancient pasts that are present within us all but becomes lost at times in the here and now. RED prompts us to think of how we can reconnect with our ancient being by using dance as a medium, encouraging us to meet ourselves again past, present and future.

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Daniel Martin www.DanMartinDance.com

Daniel trained at Swindon Dance, Youth Dance Academy, with the Urban CAT Scheme at Swindon, and is currently finishing his Degree in Professional Dance. He started his Undergraduate studies at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (first year), then London Contemporary Dance School (second year), and is now completing his Degree at London Studio Centre.

Daniel’s style is heavily focused in the physicality of Bboying, while fusing the styles and experiences of all four schools as much to his advantage as possible.

My solo is about Honesty.

Mentally and physically.

I’ve tried my best to be as honest as I can to who I am, to share my solo with you this evening.

Even I’m not sure who that is anymore.

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My solo is about Honesty.

Mentally and physically.

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Becky Miles e: becky@barbicantheatre.co.uk

Becky graduated with a BA (hons) in Dance Studies from Middlesex University in 2013. Her performance credits include, Helen Kindred (A Moment To Leave), Su Wei-chia (Free Steps), Kay Crook (Murmeration Of Starlings), Richard Chappell (Sempiturnal Step), Jane Castree (How We Made This) as well as working alongside Freefall Dance and SpinDrift Dance Collective. Becky works across Devon and Cornwall in a wide range of dance and performance projects in primary and secondary education. She is Lead Practitioner at the Barbican Theatre, has worked for Youth Dance England and taught professional class for Plymouth Dance. She has a new passion for vertical dance, and her interests lie in the raw physicality

and athleticism of dance and the connection of movement to the subtle stories, philosophies and ideas that lie within us.

You are here, Now is a dance film about the struggle of truly being in the present moment and how we can get lost or drawn into the cycle of a constantly thinking mind, the places we go when we want to find stillness and clarity and whether it’s possible to capture glimpses of ‘now’ and hold onto them. Can we live through each moment and take it in without thinking?

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You are here, Now is a dance film about the struggle of truly being in the present moment

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Kane John Mills E: kane.mills@studentmail.nscd.ac.uk

Kane is 19, from Plymouth and in his 2nd year of the BPA (Hons) Degree course at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He has trained with Nicola Costin School of Ballet, Tap by Jurek Sroka, Swindon Dance’s CAT scheme -Youth Dance Academy (Exeter), Barbican Theatre Plymouth/ Plymouth Youth Dance Company and was a NYDC member in 2013. He is a National Dance Ambassador (Yorkshire) for One Dance UK. Kane is passionate about Inclusive Dance and looks to explore this in the future. His main passion is choreography - exploring honesty with people being people as well as dance artists. His main aim is to have his own company in the future.

The title of the piece is ‘Remember When?’ It is performed by Jenna Unwin and Kane and was choreographed in collaboration with Jenna. Kane has been mentored by Helen Ganberg.

Remember When? delves into some of the shifts and ‘faults’ that occur within the formation and deconstruction of memories...

It is a game.

It is a bubble you struggle to permeate.

It is a leech. It latches on and threatens to never let go.

Despite the difficulties you may face you might as well try and enjoy yourself as life is such an ephemeral experience… Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

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Claudia Scaringella E: claudia.scaringella@hotmail.it

Claudia graduated from Winchester University in Choreography and Dance, First class Honours (2014).

She has been a contemporary dance teacher and choreographer for “Florian Dance School”,“Blue Apple Theatre”,“The little Ballet Band” (UK) and “ Don’t Walk Dance” Rome (Italy). She has performed with Wessex Dance Academy, Wessex Boys/Wessex Girls, Shenandoah Conservatory Dance Ensemble (USA) and Ekilibre Dance company (USA).

She recently performed her piece called “Remembrances” at Circomedia Theatre Bristol and Bath Live.

Noir filmography from the 1940s-1970s.

The idea is to restage a lover’s crime using movement to define in a deeper way what has already been shown in many black and white movies. All the sinful actions that in movies are hidden behind narrow streets and in dark rooms are lived on stage by the two dancers. The verbs that inspired our movements are: manipulating, pushing, revelling, hiding, suffering, laughing, playing and seducing. The dancers’ emotions can be defined as “Marriage with nothing” mentioned from Sartre in his concept about existentialism which has been very helpful on the development of the idea.

She performs with David De Filippis who is a professional Hip/pop and Poppin’ dancer and practitioner (Rome,Italy). He won the Trinity Laban Dance Summer school Bursary (2012) and has just won a bursary for “ll Balletto di Roma” 2016/2017.

Volé - The choreographic idea is inspired by some of the themes of the

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The verbs that inspired our movements are: manipulating, pushing, revelling, hiding, suffering, laughing, playing and seducing.

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The “Young Choreographers South West� scheme nurtures choreographic confidence and skills amongst young talent from SW England and is a bridge between youth dance and the professional dance industry.

The Young Choreographers SW 2015/16 were: Charlotte Barnes, Claudia Scaringella, Daniel Martin, Elinor Male, Ellen Welch, Emma Powell, Felicity Kerr, Freya Garner, Hannah Saunders, Jack Sergison, Jasmin Fearon, Kane John Mills, Katie Cunningham, Kirsty Holmes, Natasha Farrell, Olivia Lockwood, Rebecca Miles, Rhiannon Whale, Richard Chappell, Robert Bridger, Sian Murray, Yasmine Hodge.

The choreographers they worked with were: Marc Brew, Dan Canham, Laila Diallo and Luca Silvestrini.

Thanks to: Sue Smith/Dance in Devon who organise the residential at Dartington, Sophie Douglas from PDSW who organises the Bournemouth residential, Richard Chappell for stage managing the platform, the PDSW technicians for supporting the artists during the platform, Kevin Clifford for taking the residential photographs.

Young Choreographers SW 2016/17 is open for applications from 13 July.

The deadline for applications is 9 September. The Dartington residential will take place 19/20 November 2016 and the Bournemouth residential will take place either 21/22 or 28/29 January 2017. 6 Young Choreographers will be selected through a callout to platform their work to an industry audience in May/June 2017.

Contact Zannah Doan, Regional Producer at PDSW for more details zannah@pdsw.org.uk or keep an eye on our website www.pdsw.org.uk YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS - SOUTH WEST PLATFORM 2016

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