Performances
Siyaya Performance
Unmissable Show this weekend
Friday 5 September 2008
Aberdeen Arts Centre
7.30 pm
Siyaya arrive straight from Edinburgh, having also performed at Glastonbury and WOMAD this summer.
“Siyaya willed a casual mid-afternoon WOMAD audience into whooping ovations through sheer musicality and energy.” The Guardian
Please see attached ticket offer
Dance Live! 2008
Performances
Gilmore Productions - THE BLANK ALBUM
Tuesday 7th October
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Lemon Tree
Cost: £10 / £8 (concs, groups, Friends of APA) - plus booking fee
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224 641122
A flamboyantly rock ‘n’ roll music and dance comedy from Natasha Gilmore, ‘The Catherine Tate of contemporary dance’,and Quee MacArthur of Shooglenifty. A hugely entertaining and cunning pastiche of pop culture that is by turn hysterical and strikingly poetic. Structured like an Album with a series of inter-related singles, the cast of five dance artists / musicians not only play their instruments but dance with them – taking the imagery of air guitar to the next level and beyond!
The evening begins with a specially created piece by Natasha Gilmore for Citymoves’s new Youth Dance Company.
Scottish Ballet
Friday 10th, Saturday 11th October
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: His Majesty's Theatre
Cost: Tickets from £12.50 to £20.50
Booking: www.hmtaberdeen.com
01224 641122
Free pre-show talk with Ashley Page on Saturday 11 Oct at 6:30pm. Please call the Box Office to reserve tickets.
A unique and exciting programme by Scotland's national dance company inspired by the music of Radiohead, film techniques and the sophisticated frivolity of the 1930s. Not to be missed!
Ride the Beast
From ground-breaking American choreographer Stephen
Petronio comes Ride the Beast - a celebration of raw energy and creativity. Set to music by rock band Radiohead and featuring designs by uber-cool New York fashion designer Benjamin Cho.
For MG: The Movie
From Petronio’s guru, Trisha Brown, comes the hauntingly poetic For MG: The Movie. Intrigued by the work of film directors who seamlessly move their characters in and out of frame, Brown reinterprets this in a fascinating piece set to a specially commissioned soundscape by maverick composer Alvin Curran.
Pennies from Heaven
Taking its cue from popular music of the 1930s, Scottish Ballet’s Artistic Director Ashley Page premieres a brand new work which borrows its title from one of the most famous songs of the period, Pennies from Heaven. The work is a playful interpretation of the atmosphere and bittersweet lyrics of the songs, with elegant designs steeped in the vintage glamour of the 1930s by award-winning designer and long term collaborator Antony McDonald.
Soundings
Saturday 18 October
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Citymoves
Cost: £6.50 / £4.50 (concs)
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224 641122
An intriguing evening of brand new performance which combines dance with live music from some of Scotland's most original emerging artists. Both companies are offering workshops to accompany their performances. Included with the ticket price is a free drink and there will be an informal after-show discussion.
Three Legs – Boots
From exuberant innocence through the mundane slow-drip violence of modernity to final transcendence, BOOTS is the perennial life cycle as dance triptych. Contemporary choreographer Charlotte Jarvis and musician David Ledden create a unique multi-sensory look at modern life through movement and sound.
Very Red - First of Ten
Very Red's characteristically spontaneous style comes together in a series of short experiments in live music and solo dance. Exploring what it is to be human (at best and worst!), the dance and music are inseparable and the performance resonates with the playfulness and individuality of the people involved. In the true spirit of collaboration, anything can happen…
Janis Claxton Dance with the Edinburgh Quartet - FALLING LIGHT
Saturday 25 October
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Cowdray Hall
Cost: £8/£6 (concessions) /£4 (student/child on the door)
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224 641122
Indulge in an evening of exquisite dance and live music from Janis Claxton Dance and the internationally acclaimed Edinburgh Quartet. Falling Light is a programme of emotionally compelling and musically defined dance, with two sublime new pieces set to works by Bach and Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.
An international cast of dancers will perform with the Edinburgh Quartet in the Scottish Premier of Songs Are Sung, Gorecki’s latest String Quartet, with soloist Michael Beeston performing Bach’s Partita No 2 in d minor, transcribed for Viola.
Citymoves is delighted to be hosting Janis Claxton Dance in residence from Tuesday 21st – Saturday 25th October.
Tabula Rasa Dance - DILLY DILLY
Monday 27 October
Times: 1.00pm & 7.00pm
Venue: Lemon Tree Studio
Cost: £5.50/£4.50 (children) plus booking fee
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224 641122
Seriously silly, poetic, playful and absurd dance theatre for the very young Dilly Dilly is a delightfully imaginative show set in an overgrown garden where an eccentric and extraordinary character grows not only flowers but colourful ideas!
‘Dilly Dilly’ is performed by dancer Tara Hodgson, with original music composed by Quee MacArthur, digital projections created by the Arts in Motion team and choreography by Claire Pençak. Expect expressive gibberish and serious gobbledygook in this richly textured, visual and imaginative performance for children 4 years and over.
The Scottish Flute Trio & Curve Foundation Dance Company - FEAT
Friday 31st October
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Lemon Tree Studio
Cost: £10 / £8 (conc, groups, Friends of APA) - plus booking fee
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224 641122
A dazzling new show bringing together The Scottish Flute Trio with percussionist Rhian Macleod and The Curve Foundation Dance Company with new writing from rising star David Fennessy and new choreography from Ross Cooper, Morgann Runacre-Temple and Hanna Ahti.
The programme includes music by Thea Musgrave, Gordon McPherson, Debussy, Isang Yun and Geir Rafnsson. These two companies are at the forefront of contemporary music and dance in Scotland, commissioning and making new work, building new repertoire and presenting it to audiences across the country. This is their first venture together and it has been made possible by support from The Scottish Arts Council and The Brunton Theatre.
East Coast Moves
Saturday 1st November
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: The Lemon Tree
Cost: £6.50 / £4.50 (conc, groups, Friends of APA) - plus booking fee
Booking: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
01224-641122
An unmissable programme of new work by choreographers based in the North East. A fascinating round-up of new dance works recently created along the east coast, with works by Tony Mills, Ani Tchakmakdjian, Steinvor Palsson, Thomas Small and others.
