Friday Firsts at Yorkshire Dance (autumn 2011)

YORKSHIRE DANCE

FRIDAY FIRSTS

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Friday Firsts was launched in Spring 2011 to showcase the very best new work by independent choreographers and dance companies working on the small scale. Each evening has its own distinct theme, and will often be the first chance to see performances by the most promising dance makers from Yorkshire and beyond.

Friday Firsts #3

Rough Cut Friday 2 September, 7.30pm FREE A rare glimpse into the creative process: experienced dance artists present excerpts of work in progress.

Your chance to be there at ‘the early stages of birth’ and talk to leading artists such as Simon Birch, Beth Cassani, Genevieve Say and Douglas Thorpe about their latest work in development.

Throughout the evening there will be opportunities to discuss with the artists and with the rest of the audience the ideas and processes which are shaping these works.

Genevieve Say photo © Joel Fildes / cover photo © Kevin Hickson by kind permission Douglas Thorpe

Friday Firsts #4

Bish Bash Bosh Friday 7 October, doors open 6.00pm FREE As part of Light Night Leeds, Bish Bash Bosh sees every corner of Yorkshire Dance taken over by artists with the desire to entertain, experiment and engage.

This evening is a blend of eccentric dance, theatre, music and film accompanied with a fun atmosphere and bar service.

Come expecting the unexpected because anything goes!

photo Š Gavin Joynt, by kind permission Douglas Thorpe

New dance ideas by promising artists. An evening of some of best new work produced by artists working with South East Dance (Brighton), Dance Base Edinburgh), Dance City (Newcastle), Merseyside Dance Initiative and Yorkshire Dance. Featuring Gary#5Clarke, etc, etc..

Friday Firsts

Live Bites

The performance will be followed by a post show discussion

Friday 4 November, 7.30pm with pre-show studio performances from 7.00pm

Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00

Building on the success of last year this showcase features some of best new work produced by artists working with South East Dance (Brighton), Dance Base (Edinburgh), Dance City (Newcastle), Merseyside Dance Initiative and Yorkshire Dance.

Live Bites will feature performances by Taciturn Lila Dance Anthony Lo-Giudice Rosalind Masson Gary Clarke The performance will be followed by a post show discussion.

photo © Taciturn

Friday Firsts #6

Where’s the Choreography?

Friday 2 December, 7.30pm Tickets £5.00

Some of the short films in this screening focus on people dancing and could be called ‘dance films’. Some of them do not, yet they still have a compelling sense of choreography about them. From Sergio Cruz’s Hannah to Tim Hetherington’s Diary, this collection explores how far you can push the Screendance category and proposes some less than obvious candidates for the genre.

There will be a post screening talk about the films in the bar.

With thanks to South East Dance.

Still from Hannah © Sergio Cruz

Friday Firsts 2012 Friday 3 February Friday 2 March Friday 4 May Friday 1 June Friday 6 July __________ The Collective: Yorkshire Dance Membership

Finding Yorkshire Dance Yorkshire Dance 3 St Peter’s Buildings St Peter’s Square Leeds LS9 8AH Yorkshire Dance is situated in the cultural quarter of Leeds city centre, opposite the BBC building and Leeds College of Music, next to the Wardrobe bar, two minutes’ walk from Leeds city bus station and 15 minutes’ walk from the train station.

There is limited on-street parking outside Yorkshire Dance, but there are plenty of public car parks within easy walking distance.

All weekend customers of Yorkshire Dance are entitled to a special discount in The Markets NCP. Please ask our Front of House staff for details.

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