Phoenix Dance Theatre returns to Blackpool's Grand Theatre on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November with a rich and evocative programme of inspiring and entertaining contemporary dance works.
Blackpool's Grand Theatre is offering dance classes across the region the exciting chance to win an exclusive workshop with the award-winning Phoenix Dance Theatre. The workshop will hold 20 students and will take place at the theatre on Friday 28th November at 2pm and will be run by Phoenix Dance's Rehearsal Director/Choreographer Ana Lujan Sanchez and Education Manager Charis Osborne. Dancers from the company will also attend.
Entry is simple… Classes from dance schools and colleges are invited to step up to the challenge and choreograph an original contemporary dance piece of no more than 10 minutes in length. Each class should then film a section of their piece (maximum 3 minutes) and upload it onto the You Tube website at www.youtube.com
Then send us the You Tube URL by Friday 31st October at 12 noon to ecomm@blackpoolgrand.co.uk and we will put all the clips on the Grand Theatre's website www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
There are no age restrictions and each dance school/college can send in more than one recording, but there must not be more than one entry/recording per class.
We will then ask people to vote by text for their favourite clips on the Grand Theatre's website from Monday 3rd November and the top 5 clips voted will be required to come into the Grand Theatre on Friday 14th November at 2pm to perform their original 10 minute pieces in front of three top judges.
The winning dance class will receive a free workshop for up to 20 lucky students with Phoenix Dance to take place on Friday 28th November at 2pm and tickets to the opening night performance on Thursday 27th November at 8pm.
One runner up will be offered discounted tickets for a performance of Phoenix Dance Theatre.
Please note – All dance schools/colleges should obtain permission from all students' parents/guardians to allow their clips to be presented on YouTube and Grand Theatre, Blackpool websites.
Phoenix Dance Theatre is one of Britain's leading contemporary dance companies which tours nationally and internationally and returns to the Grand this November with a stunning repertoire of five international dance works for the company's only North West date!
Javier De Frutos' Blue Roses is a visually beautiful and wittily choreographed work inspired by Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie. Five dancers perform to the innate musicality of the playwright's own voice creating an emotionally charged work that is both mesmerising and engrossing.
Jose Limon's Chaconne and The Moor's Pavane offer a rare opportunity to experience two hugely influential works in the development of contemporary dance. Created in the 1940s, Chaconne is a virtuoso male solo piece performed to J S Bach's profoundly moving Partita in D minor for violin. Shakespeare's Othello is the inspiration for The Moor's Pavane, often described as one of the greatest works of twentieth century modern dance. Four sumptuously costumed dancers skilfully evoke the sheer emotion and drama of the play through the unlikely vehicle of a courtly dance. Watch and be amazed.
In Jane Dudley's Harmonica Breakdown, a lone female dancer embodies the Black struggle for survival during America's Great 1920s Depression. Performed to Sonny Terry's soulful harmonica music, this short but exquisitely choreographed work is a real gem.
And cervaNtes by Ana Lujan Sanchez takes Cervantes' biography of Don Quixote as the inspiration for a duet that explores the experiences and humanity of the author. Delight in the sheer physicality of the performances.
Book your seats now and experience one of the finest dance companies currently touring the UK. -- www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
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