Bodies of Thought – UK Perspectives on Experimental Dance Practice

Friday 20^th, 27^th March & 3^rd April   7 – 8.30pm

 

Friday 20^th March - Martin Hargreaves and Nicholas Quinn

Asking Questions with Dance

 

In asking what now we might also need to ask what next and what then. And maybe a range of why now, who not then, where next come up. And, where now, what not then, and why next. That’s not to say there are answers to these but perhaps there are different ways of posing the questions. Nicolas Quinn and Martin Hargreaves engage in some speculation about asking questions with dance.

 

Nicholas Quinn – Nicholas Quinn trained as a dancer at Laban, London 2004-2007, and upon completing his training he participated in danceWEB 2007.  More recently he has been working in France under the experimental educational programme ex.e.r.ce ‘08 in Montpellier. Nicholas has worked as a performer/collaborator with Liz King/DI.D, Xavier Le Roy, Superlative Arts, Helena Stenkvist and Luis Miguel-Felix amongst others.  He currently lives and works from Malmo, Sweden.

 

Friday 27^th March – Nicholas Ridout

So Much has Happened Here: On Watching Bock & Vincenzi

 

Nicholas Ridout talks about what it is like to be a spectator of the work of Bock & Vincenzi, and discusses their work in the context of other theatrical experiments in dance in Europe.

 

Nicholas Ridout – Nicholas Ridout teaches theatre and performance at Queen Mary University of London and writes widely on contemporary performance, with a particular interest in European theatre and dance, and their intersections. He is the author of Stage Fright, Animals and Other Theatrical Problems (2006) and is co-editor, with Joe Kelleher, of Contemporary Theatres in Europe (2006) and The Theatre of Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (2007).

 

Friday 3^rd April – Susan Melrose

What's in a Name? Jottings on 'Signature', in the Presence of the Artist

 

Susan Melrose – Susan Melrose is professor of performance arts at Middlesex University. Her research interests include performance analysis, performance writing, performance semiotics and performance-making expertise. She is the author of A Semiotics of the Dramatic Text (1994) and co-author with Rosemary Butcher, of Rosemary Butcher: Choreography, Collisions and Collaborations (2005).

                                 

                                                

Martin Hargreaves –Martin Hargreaves is Editor of Dance Theatre Journal and Programme Leader of the MA Dance Theatre: The Body in Performance at Laban. He has worked with various artists as a dramaturg and performer and his current research concerns are boredom and narrative.

 

 

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