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CHARLES LINEHAN COMPANY (UK)
New Quartet and Happy Days

The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Sat 5 & Sun 6 November

Initially submerged in a wall of sound, New Quartet opens up into a distilled environment of movement, music and light in which simplicity and detail are perfectly balanced and integrated. Lighting Design is by Mikki Kunttu.

Happy Days, Charles Linehan Company's latest work is inspired by the music of composer Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth), whose conceptual piece of the same name defies every conventional listening expectation. The listener is drawn under the spell of the music, in which an acoustic guitar and electronic soundscape very gradually increase in intensity. The hypnotic effect is mirrored in Linehan's choreography.

‘Impressive, intelligent, thought-provoking choreography. Submerged in ambiguity, Charles Linehan's subtle, atmospheric dance thrives on implication, on the elusive emotional undercurrents of human interaction.’
Time Out

Happy Days is commissioned by Dance Umbrella with support from The Leche Trust, Joint Adventures (Munich), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Danspace Project (New York) and DanceWorks (Toronto). New Quartet is commissioned by Dance Umbrella, Danspace Project (New York), Moving East and Laban.

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