Archive - Dance Umbrella 2006

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RICOCHET DANCE PRODUCTIONS (UK)
ELSEWHERE (Wally Cardona) / real deal (Jan Pusch)
(London Premieres)

The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Mon 23 & Tue 24 October

Ricochet’s dance curator Karin Fisher-Potisk has commissioned a double-bill for her company from two choreographers whose work is new to the UK - Jan Pusch (Hamburg) and Wally Cardona (New York) - and invited multi-tasking musician Daniel Mudford of The Sons of Silence to play live on the night.

Wally Cardona alters the energy of urban streets, adding ‘just the right balance of commitment and cool’ (New York Times). In ELSEWHERE the dancers initiate journeys in relation to a series of tangible objects, creating dynamics which resonate both on an architectural and human scale.

Jan Pusch is one of Germany’s foremost dance-makers, building a distinct, articulate physicality around conceptual ideas. real deal explores one of the archetypal human struggles - will versus destiny - and challenges Ricochet’s five outstanding dancers, Ben Ash, Robin Dingemans, Karin Fisher-Potisk, Lizzy LeQuesne and Rahel Vonmoos to question their fate.

‘Creative risk has always been stock in trade for this edgy and compelling dancer-led company.’
Scotland on Sunday

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