Taking shape over six weeks, there are 38 Resolution! performances, each evening a triple bill of three dance companies appearing under one of three headings:
"¢ First Footing - brand new companies making their Resolution! Debut
"¢ Evolution - companies returning to Resolution! with a new piece
"¢ Aerowaves - companies from other European countries performing in London for the first time
As the UK companies in Resolution! are selected through open application, the season is something of a lucky dip for audiences. Each year Resolution! produces a unique mixture of the most inventive, intriguing, infuriating and plain baffling dance, but experience has shown that within this heady brew lurk the stars of the future. Resolution! has helped launch the careers of countless prominent global dance artists, including Wayne McGregor, Javier de Frutos and Mark Baldwin, and more recently Protein Dance, Maresa von Stockert and Bawren Tavaziva.
This year sees some of the UK's most talented dancers cutting their choreographic teeth, including Hubert Essakow, Mikaela Polley, Melanie Teall, Angela Towler, Martin Joyce and Renaud Wiser of Rambert Dance Company. Yolande Yorke-Edgell, a member of Richard Alston Dance Company, and Natasha Gilmore, a member of Protein Dance, perform their first choreographed solos.
The Aerowaves strand consists of ten companies from different European countries, each selected by a panel of 30 dance experts from over 300 video submissions. The rich choice of Aerowaves applicants this year has provided for a strong selection of varied and original works from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Finland and France.
Tickets cost from £5-£15, and can be booked by calling The Place Box Office on 020 7121 1100 or online at www.theplace.org.uk . The Place believes that booking fees are a rip-off, so don't charge them on any transactions.
By www.theplace.org.uk
Posted December 30th, 2006 by ruzik_tuzik
