Archive - Dance Umbrella 2007

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New Art Club (UK)
The Visible Men (London Premiere)

The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
Sat 27 & Mon 29 October

Now you see them, now you still see them.

The creators of This Is Modern and The Not Cracker bring you The Visible Men, a dance-game in which New Art Club’s collective imagination puts your imagination in a dark room, blows a whistle, pulls down its pants, kicks over a glass of red wine, forces it through a series of psycho-physical jerks, throws in a bantam cock and turns the lights on to see the results.

Developed from the original idea for their 2004 Place Prize piece The Short Still Show, New Art Club creates a world of precarious logic where meaning is tossed into the air and comes crashing down around everyone’s ears. With the ingenious use of turning the lights on and off at appropriate moments, dancing around and talking, they take your expectations and gently smack them on the cheek.

'Unique... a double act who marry stand-up comedy with choreographic minimalism and a touch of philosophy.'
THE TIMES (on Dance Umbrella's 2005 commission, Slide Show)

New Art Club Vodcasts

Tom & Pete preview, review and get all the gossip on this year's festival in a series of weekly vodcasts...Subscribe to the Dance Umbrella YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when their latest clip is available, or choose from the below dates and watch one now.

Vodcast 7: 5 November

Vodcast 6: 29 October

Vodcast 5: 22 October

Vodcast 4: 15 October

Vodcast 3: 8 October

Vodcast 2: 1 October

Preview Vodcast: 24 September

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