Dance4 Summer 2016 Brochure

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Dance4 is an internationally recognised dance development agency nurturing new ideas in choreography. With a unique voice in the UK dance sector, Dance4 supports international and UK artists to develop new ideas alongside the public as participants and makers. Dance4 has a strategic role across the East Midlands working with a range of partners and places to create exciting opportunities that bring artists and communities together.

DANCE4, SPACE 2, NOTTINGHAM NG3 2AR DANCE4’S INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHOREOGRAPHY, SPACE 2, NOTTINGHAM NG3 2AR

www.dance4.co.uk 0115 941 0773 Download the free Dance4 app to your smartphone from the App Store or Google Play and have access to all things Dance4 on the move. @Dance_4 Dance4 wearedance4 wearedance4 wearedance4 wearedance4

Registered Charity No: 1015437 Design: MightyGrand.co.uk

Here is our special silver edition brochure – celebrating 25 years of Dance4’s development and presentation of some of the most extraordinary choreography and dance ever to be presented, commissioned or created.

In the beginning Dance4 was formed to build a stronger dance programme for the East Midlands and it’s so thrilling that we can celebrate the fact that Dance4 has now become one of the most significant dance organisations in the UK. We are proud to be treasured by artists and communities alike for our bold vision and innovative programming.

We are also proud that Dance4 has carved itself an international reputation for developing relationships between people and places – bringing together artists and the public, placing dance in extraordinary spaces, and commissioning, producing and presenting work that offers new perspectives and work from new choreographic voices.

My relationship with Dance4 started well before I became Artistic Director. I came across Dance4 by attending Nottdance in 1995. I was struck by the bold ideas and thrilling choreographic experiences that I saw thanks to Dance4 and the amazing presenting partners across the city.

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I was, and still am, surprised and intrigued by the artists that share their ideas and questions with me to this day. Without my early experiences at Dance4 I truly believe my passion for supporting artists and communities to connect through great ideas and new thinking wouldn’t have been harnessed.

I feel blessed now that I have the opportunity to lead this organisation and work with wonderful people, artists and communities that continue to make amazing things happen for the city of Nottingham, the East Midlands and beyond. We’ve seen the organisation host seminal UK and international artists, making work that has made seismic shifts in how artists today make and present work.

For many years Dance4 has long held ambitions to open wonderful new fit for purpose spaces for choreography in Nottingham. Space that means we can support growth in our work and bring more extraordinary experiences to more people.

So in our 25th summer we are thrilled to be opening the doors to a new international Centre for Choreography in Nottingham.

Many years in the planning, this exemplar creative facility will inspire and support new research, participation and ideas and enable Dance4 to increase its work in introducing young people to careers in the arts, training the choreographers and dance artists of the future and be part of the reimagining of the East side of Nottingham.

Just turn the page to find out more.

Here’s to another 25 years of inspiring people, places and lives. Do come and see us in our new centre. We welcome your curiosity, your questions and your friendship.

PAUL RUSS Chief Executive / Artistic Director @pauldance4

25 fundraising events to raise £25,000 to move into a new home in our 25th year! Text DNCE70 £25 (or any other amount) to 70070.

Visit www.dance4.co.uk to find out more.

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INTRODUCING DANCE4’S NEW INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHOREOGRAPHY INSPIRING PEOPLE. INSPIRING PLACES. INSPIRING LIVES. After months of meticulous planning of everything from state-of-the-art dance floors to the interior design of work spaces, we’re incredibly proud to announce that our new centre is now open in the heart of Nottingham!

We’re eager to welcome national and international dance artists to the building to research and develop the most extraordinary 21st century choreography and to welcome the public as participants and makers. For the past 25 years, we have nurtured and sustained relationships with a variety of incredibly talented artists from around the world and this is something we will continue to do in this beautiful repurposed factory building.

Each of the three dance studios has a fully sprung dance floor, high quality audio playback, air conditioning and ArcSystem lights, and dual or triple aspect daylight or full blackout. Studio 1 has a lighting rig and Studio 3 boasts barres and mirrors so that users of the building can train in fit for purpose facilities.

Further facilities include changing rooms, laundry, meeting rooms, open workspaces and the Dance4 offices. The centre, which is fully accessible, offers flexible work patterns for artists, participants, audiences and visitors with and without disabilities.

The centre is home to Dance4’s Centre for Advanced Training in dance and a creative industries hub providing learning and skills programmes, knowledge exchange and skills development for the workforce.

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Sited in Nottingham’s Creative Quarter, the centre will make a significant contribution to the regeneration of the east side of the city and acting as a focal point in connecting the communities of St Ann’s and Sneinton to opportunities that raise aspirations.

Dance4’s new home will see the research, development and production of bold choreographic work, working with UK and international artists and distributing new experiences to Nottingham, the UK and beyond.

To find out about our new centre, visit www.dance4.co.uk or email info@dance4.co.uk.

Dance4’s Centre for Choreography is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England with further support from Nottingham City Council, The Garfield Weston Foundation, The Jessie Spencer Trust, The Idlewild Trust, Wren & J N Derbyshire Trust. The centre is sponsored by GDS and Clarke’s of Nottingham. We would also like to thank David Stewart OBE for his significant support of this project and members of Dance4’s board.

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FEVERED SLEEP (UK) Men & Girls Dance Men & Girls Dance brings together two very different groups of performers: men who dance professionally and girls from Nottingham who dance for fun.

At times playful, at times provocative, Men & Girls Dance celebrates the rights of adults and children to be together, to play together and to dance together. It’s a joyful celebration of tenderness, empathy and love.

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 7.30PM FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 7.30PM SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2.30PM & 7.30PM DANCE4’S INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHOREOGRAPHY, SPACE2, NOTTINGHAM NG3 2AR Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) 0115 941 0773 • www.dance4.co.uk Duration: 1hr • Suitable for 12+

Fevered Sleep has an international reputation for making exquisitely crafted and surprising performances that invite people to view the world in different ways.

‘Beautiful, funny, touching and completely original’ ***** THE TELEGRAPH (on Fevered Sleep’s On Ageing, 2010)

Fevered Sleep will be in residence in Nottingham for two weeks prior to the performances, and will host a series of conversations that bring people together to talk about the themes of the project.

Visit www.dance4.co.uk for more details.

Produced in association with Fuel.

Development of Men & Girls Dance was supported

by The Place, London; The Point, Eastleigh; Dance4; Quarterhouse, Folkestone; the Jerwood Choreographic Research Project; Greenhouse and Greenwich Dance.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS LUCY SUGGATE (UK) Swarm Sculptures Swarm Sculptures is a new durational movement installation created by dance artist Lucy Suggate. Influenced by swarm intelligence as a choreographic process and the body as sculpture, the work will be sited in galleries and other public spaces in Nottingham and Northampton during Autumn 2016.

Dance4 and NN Contemporary Art, Northampton are looking for those with and without performance experience aged 18+ to be in the work.

Based in Yorkshire, Lucy’s practice encompasses an expanded approach to making dance and choreography. Her work is centred on integrating conceptual thinking with a movement practice to produce engaging and articulate work.

Dance4 and NN Contemporary Art will be holding a taster session for potential participants of either installation on: SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11AM DANCE4’S INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHOREOGRAPHY, SPACE 2, NOTTINGHAM NG3 2AR Duration: 2 hrs SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER 11AM NN CONTEMPORARY ART, NORTHAMPTON NN1 1DP Duration: 2 hrs For more information visit www.dance4.co.uk To sign up to a taster session email heather@dance4.co.uk or call 0115 941 0773 A contribution to expenses will be paid to those taking part in Swarm Sculptures.

Dance4 and NN Contemporary Art value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Produced by Dance4. Commissioned by Dance4, Yorkshire Dance and NN Contemporary Art, Northampton.

Supported by Nottingham Contemporary, Dance Base and Dancing Museums. Using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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LUCY SUGGATE (UK) Pilgrim Pilgrim is a physical journey through the mystical sound scores created by Electronic Musician James Holden, a reminder of the ancient and enduring kinship between dance and music and the deeply transformative qualities of both. The work is haunted by remnants of English folk heritage and pagan sensibilities shifting between hypnotic and euphoric states. Lucy Suggate’s physical vocabulary is irreverent and eclectic; she guides us through minimal sophistication towards Acid House and arduous repetition, resulting in a variety of perceptual and physical shifts. Coaxed along by James’ beguiling and epic rhythms Lucy is constantly questioning and reminding us of why we dance.

SATURDAY 11 JUNE 8PM ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LEICESTER LE1 7HA Tickets: Pay What You Think (Booking essential) 0116 252 2455 www.attenborougharts.com Duration: 1 hr • Suitable for 12+ Supported using Arts Council England and British Council International Development Fund.

Photo: The Bodyfarm

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CHARLES LINEHAN CO. (UK) My Mother’s Tears & A Quarter Plus Green WORLD PREMIERE Charles Linehan returns to Brighton Festival with a contrasting double bill of new works.

Charles pits the conceptual and historically based My Mother’s Tears against the rigorous and inventive choreography of A Quarter Plus Green, with an original and dominant lighting installation and powerful music score to create an immersive and accessible evening.

SATURDAY 7 & SUNDAY 8 MAY 8PM BRIGHTON FESTIVAL, BRIGHTON DOME CORN EXCHANGE, BN1 1UE Tickets: £10, £5 schools 01273 709 709 • brightonfestival.org Duration: 80 mins (including interval) Suitable for all POST SHOW TALK Charles Linehan will be in conversation with Paul Russ, Artistic Director of Dance4 on Sunday 8 May. A Dance4 co-production. Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival with South East Dance, Dance4, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and Tanztendenz Munich with additional support by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Photo: Hugo Glendinning

neat16 Festival

To see all that neat16 has to offer, visit www.neatfestival.com

neat16 is a festival of Nottingham’s rich cultural programme that celebrates UNESCO City of Literature status. Culture takes centre stage as we, along with many venues and organisations across Nottingham, including Nottingham Playhouse, Theatre Royal Nottingham and Nottingham Lakeside Arts, platform some of the finest dance, art, children’s theatre, drama, music, cinema and literature. From new writing to re-imagined classics, from dance to installation, neat16 promises to be fascinating, entertaining, sometimes challenging and always uplifting.

Photo: Anthony Hopkins

Tickets for all Dance4 neat16 events can be booked by calling 0115 941 0773 or visiting www.dance4.co.uk

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DOG KENNEL HILL PROJECT (UK) Shelley on a Loop Shelley on a Loop is a homage to actress Shelley Duval and director Stanley Kubrick’s controversial process of film making in The Shining. The legendary scene in which Shelley confronts a demonic Jack Nicholson with a baseball bat, is recreated through live choreography that repeats on a loop as a visual performance installation.

Members of the public are invited to participate in an instructional session where they learn Shelley’s intensely dramatic role after which they can enter the looping performance structure for a given duration.

THURSDAY 19 & FRIDAY 20 MAY 5PM & 7PM NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY, NG1 2GB FREE (booking essential) Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (audiences can come and go) Suitable for 12+

DANCE4’S CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN DANCE & REGIONAL YOUTH DANCE COMPANIES (UK) Routes Dance4’s Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) in Dance hosts an event to celebrate the thriving youth dance activity there is across the region and the progression routes available for young dancers wanting to pursue careers in dance. The evening will include performances by youth dance companies from across the East Midlands, the Royal Ballet’s Primary Steps programme and Dance4 CAT students, premiering new work by choreographers Gary Clarke and James Wilton.

SATURDAY 21 MAY 7PM DJANOLGLY CITY ACADEMY THEATRE, NOTTINGHAM NG7 7AR Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Duration: 2 hrs • Suitable for all

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THEA PATTERSON (CAN) & EVA SUSOVA (CZE) A Lecture Performance of Masters Research

Sunday Supplem ent

Come and share breakfast and ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. Sunday Supplement sharings are informal and a great opportunity for you to be involved in artists’ creative process and find out more about how artists make work. A continental breakfast is available for a small charge.

Dance artists and performance makers Thea Patterson and Eva Susova will share work-in-progress and discuss Thea’s Masters research, considering the following questions and ideas: There is a hole in the middle, where ‘it’ is supposed to happen. A space where ‘it’ is, or where ‘it’ isn’t or where it ‘could be’... Can we rethink this space? Can we linger there, wait, wait and see? This hesitation carves time out of time. In its withholding every hesitation interrupts the performance of its charge, it makes a time, it brackets space.

We hesitate this space into being.

SUNDAY 22 MAY 11AM • N_SPACE, NOTTINGHAM NG1 5JD FREE (booking essential) Duration: 2 hrs • Suitable for all

GARY CLARKE COMPANY (UK) Coal COAL is a riveting dance-theatre show which takes a nostalgic look at the hard hitting realities of life at the coal face. Strong, powerful and emotive, COAL explores the darker underbelly of the mining industry unearthing the true nature and bodywrecking demands of a working class industry now almost forgotten. Bringing together Gary’s striking physical language performed by a company of 7 high class dancers, a local community cast of women and a live colliery brass band, COAL is an emotional, moving and ever-relevant exploration of community, solidarity and survival.

MONDAY 23 & TUESDAY 24 MAY 8PM NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE, NG1 5AF Tickets: £10 - £13 Duration: 1 hr 20 mins • Suitable for 12+

NICOLA CONIBERE (UK) Do-Re-Me In Do-Re-Me, figures wrapped around each other and within swathes of black fabric negotiate a path around the gallery. Creating a mass that is both intensely familiar and strange, its fragmented limbs flail and reach for movement, continually destabilising and transforming the integrity of the body’s form. The performers’ physicallyenmeshed actions playfully provoke shifts in relation between people, material and place without resolution.

SATURDAY 4 JUNE 12PM NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY, NG1 2GB FREE

Photo: Joe Armitage

Duration: 6 hrs (audiences can come and go) • Suitable for all

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LEILA McMILLAN (UK) Family Portrait Family Portrait is a new dance work directed by choreographer Leila McMillan, inspired by the discovery of an old family portrait from the 1920s, it examines how these treasured mementos belie contradictory family histories.

GEORGE STAMOS (CAN) The Waiting Room This video installation sees Quentin Crisp’s enduring expressions in conversation with George’s nude offering of casual sexuality, revealing a dialogue between bodies outside the aesthetics of popular culture or morality.

The Waiting Room celebrates how Quentin’s power existed not only in his witty tongue and effeminate appearance but also in his patience, grace and curiosity. The Waiting Room is a tribute to Quentin Crisp, an evoking of George’s former self as a go-go boy and a dispelling of shame.

SATURDAY 4 – SUNDAY 12 JUNE 12PM BROADWAY CINEMA, GALLERY SPACE, NOTTINGHAM NG1 3AF FREE Duration: 4 hrs (audiences can come and go) Suitable for 18+ THE WAITING ROOM – IN CONVERSATION Join George Stamos in conversation with Dr Richard Hornsey, Lecturer in Modern British History at University of Nottingham, discussing ideas around how morality, homosexuality and shame have shifted over time.

FRIDAY 10 JUNE 6PM BROADWAY CINEMA, GALLERY SPACE, NOTTINGHAM NG1 3AF FREE (booking essential) Duration: 1 hr • Suitable for 18+

Developed using Flying Low and Passing Through techniques and with live music from Domenico Angarano, this work takes you through a constellation of portraits dealing with love, humour, dysfunction and harmony.

SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2PM NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY, NG1 2GB Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) Duration: 1 hr • Suitable for 6+ Photo: Manuel Vasquez

Children & Young People

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YOUNG CREATIVE AWARDS 2016 Dance4 and City Care Partnership are once again delighted to be sponsoring the Dance Category of the Young Creative Awards Nottingham. Young People aged between 13 – 24 years will be acknowledged for their dance achievements at a celebratory awards ceremony. The awards highlight those excelling in dance performance, choreography and/or leadership and those that can demonstrate that their dance work connects to the theme of this year’s awards, Goals and Dreams.

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 6.15PM NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE, NOTTINGHAM NG1 5AF Tickets: FREE (booking essential) 0115 941 9419 • www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk Duration: 2 hrs • Suitable for all

The Big Dance Pledge is a free opportunity to create a dance through a connected creative process and perform with thousands of participants across the world. As part of the UKwide Big Dance programme, this 2016 edition is created by choreographer Akram Khan, with an original music track by composer Nitin Sawhney. Teachers, artists and participants are invited to learn the original 4-minute choreography or develop their own version to suit their style, abilities and experiences of the themes of the work, which include journey, migration and overcoming of adversity.

Groups are encouraged to perform as part of the worldwide performance day on Friday 20 May 2016 at 1pm or 7pm, but are not restricted to one day and can perform their dance anywhere at anytime.

Find out more and sign up at www.bigdance.org.uk

Photo: Adam Jacobs

BIG DANCE PLEDGE 2016

Photo: Shawn Ryan

Children & Young People

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U.DANCE 2016 The National Youth Dance Festival U.Dance 2016 will bring together the best youth dance companies from across the country for two nights of inspiring dance performances by talented dancers aged 11-19, selected at regional events across England. If you’re looking for a great night out at the theatre, which will leave you feeling energised and inspired, U.Dance 2016 is for you! Visit www.onedanceuk.org for performance schedules and tickets.

U.Dance 2016 is brought to you by One Dance UK in partnership with The Lowry.

FRIDAY 8 – SUNDAY 10 JULY THE LOWRY, SALFORD M50 3AZ U.Dance 2016 is supported by Arts Council England, Harlequin Floors, Boparan Charitable Trust and the Granada Foundation.

U.Dance 2012 Photo: Brian Slater

NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE COMPANY PERFORMANCE & WORKSHOP In-Nocentes NYDC performs a new work by the critically acclaimed Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist and NYDC 2015-16 Guest Artistic Director Michael Keegan-Dolan, award-winning Founder and Artistic Director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. This commission sees Michael utilise the power and energy of 40 young dancers.

Michael’s original approach, coupled with the dancers’ raw talent, illustrates the dynamic energy that young people bring to the creation of a new work.

Find out how you can join NYDC at a workshop taking place before the performance, which includes a technique class, creative tasks and discussions on dance and careers. NYDC is a fully inclusive company and welcomes applications from disabled and dead dancers.

SUNDAY 26 JUNE 7.30PM NOTTINGHAM LAKESIDE ARTS, NG7 2RD Tickets: £12 (£6 concessions, £5 restricted view) 0115 846 7777 • www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Suitable for aged 15-18 or up to 24 for dancers with a disability.

Duration: 60 mins • Suitable for all

WORKSHOP 4PM – 6.30PM For further details and to book, visit www.nydc.org.uk/workshop

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Photo: David Severn

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DANCE4’S CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN DANCE OPEN TASTER SESSION

ANNUAL AUDITION

Dance4’s Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) in Dance is offering a FREE Open Taster session for young people aged 11-17 to take part and experience a CAT workshop before auditioning for the programme. The workshop includes contemporary technique and creative as well as an opportunity to watch current students take class.

Dance4’s Centre for Advanced Training in Dance invites young people aged 11-17 with exceptional potential in dance to audition for the scheme for a September 2016 intake.

The audition is FREE and it is an opportunity to demonstrate potential by taking part in a practical contemporary dance class and a creative workshop in front of a small selection panel.

SATURDAY 7 MAY 3.30PM DJANOGLY CITY ACADEMY, NOTTINGHAM NG7 7AR Tickets: FREE (booking essential) Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins Email cat@dance4.co.uk to book a place

SUNDAY 3 JULY 10.30AM DJANOGLY CITY ACADEMY, NOTTINGHAM NG7 7AR Tickets: FREE (booking essential) Duration: 6 hrs Email cat@dance4.co.uk to book a place

SIGNATURES Signatures, in partnership with Let’s Dance International Frontiers, is an exciting platform for emerging dancers and choreographers. Those participating have each been selected for the showcase based on the innovative strength of their concepts and the potential to create diverse, engaging work.

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Photo: Danni Spooner

in partnership with Let’s Dance International Frontiers

WEDNESDAY 4 MAY 7.30PM CURVE THEATRE, LEICESTER LE1 1SB Tickets: £10 • 0116 242 3595 • www.curveonline.co.uk Duration: 2 hrs • Suitable for all

AUTOGRAPH

CAMERON McKINNEY & RHIAN COMLEY (UK)

Autograph, in partnership with Let’s Dance International Frontiers and Attenborough Arts Centre, is an opportunity for a select number of previous participants of the Signatures programme to showcase their developed work.

De Montfort University graduate Rhian Comley will create a fascinating new work focusing on the pathway of the hands as a means to communication and New York based dancer and choreographer Cameron McKinney will explore key issues facing young black men.

FRIDAY 6 MAY 7.30PM ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LEICESTER LE1 7HA Tickets: £10 • 0116 252 2455 www.attenborougharts.com Duration: 1 hr • Suitable for 12+

Dan Daw. Photo: Graham Adey, Rasmus Vasli

DAN DAW (UK) Serendipity, Dance4 and Attenborough Arts Centre are proud to present the breathtaking UK premiere of On One Condition. Choreographed

by Graham Adey and performed by Dan Daw, On One Condition is a bare bones, stripped back look at the world we live in. In his undying attempts at perfection, one man attempts to hold the world on his shoulders in all its beauty and grotesqueness.

THURSDAY 12 MAY 7.30PM ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LEICESTER LE1 7HA Tickets: £10 / £8 / £5 0116 252 2455 • www.attenborougharts.com Duration: 2 hrs • Suitable for all

Dance Highlights in the Region & Beyond

DINIS MACHADO (PRT) Paradigm / Cyborg Sunday Photo: Joanna Cardoso Reis

Our Dance Highlights are just a small selection of performances that are happening in the Midlands and further afield. _______________________________________________________

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NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER 2 I New Then / mutual comfort / Solo / Cacti With a winning combination of fresh exuberance and astonishing athleticism, NDT2 promises to thrill and entertain, performing a vibrant mixed repertoire of work.

TUESDAY 10 MAY & WEDNESDAY 11 MAY 7.30PM THEATRE ROYAL & CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM NG1 5ND www.trch.co.uk _______________________________________________________

URBAN BUSH WOMEN (UK) Walking with ‘Trane, side A UK debut of innovative new work inspired by the influential American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, alongside a reimagining of Nora Chipaumire’s iconic choreography, dark swan.

FRIDAY 13 MAY & SATURDAY 14 MAY 7.45PM CURVE THEATRE, LEICESTER LE1 1SB www.curveonline.co.uk _______________________________________________________

ANTOINETTE GOMIS (FRA), THE RUGGEDS (NL) & IRON SKULLS (ES) Breakin’ Convention 2016 (as part of neat16 Festival) A ground-breaking festival of hip hop dance-theatre hosted by Jonzi D & Duncan Mitchell, featuring a line-up of jaw-dropping performances by companies from around the world and around the corner.

TUESDAY 17 & WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 7.30PM (pre-show activity in the foyer from 5.30pm) THEATRE ROYAL CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM NG1 5ND www.trch.co.uk

FRIDAY 20 & SATURDAY 21 MAY 8PM CHELSEA THEATRE, LONDON SW10 0DR www.chelseatheatre.org.uk WEDNESDAY 25 MAY 8PM (Paradigm only) COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE, CO1 1NF www.colchesterarts.com _______________________________________________________

RICHARD ALSTON DANCE CO. (UK) The Doodle Dance Show Grab a pen and kick off your shoes for this playful, interactive show that gets the whole family drawing, dancing, doodling and storytelling together.

SUNDAY 29 MAY 11AM & 2PM THE CORE AT CORBY CUBE, CORBY NN17 1QG MONDAY 30 MAY 11AM & 2PM ROYAL & DERNGATE, NORTHAMPTON NN1 1DP _______________________________________________________

LOST DOG (UK) Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) National Dance Award winner Ben Duke presents this re-telling of the story of the beginning of everything inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost – told through words, music and the easily misunderstood medium of dance.

THURSDAY 9 JUNE 7.30PM DÉDA, DERBY DE1 3GU www.deda.uk.com