National Dance Company Wales tour a new life-affirming double bill this Autumn
Following sell out performances across Europe this Spring, National Dance Company Wales returns to UK stages with a double bill of dynamic dance. Frontiers will allow audiences to experience two different worlds; reflecting on of the world we live in today and looking towards the future.
‘Frontiers’ is made up of two performances that mix awe-inspiring movement and meaningful stories.
The double bill features the premieres of ‘AUGUST’ by the company’s Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson and ‘Skinners’ by Melanie Lane – an Australian choreographer of European and Javanese heritage.
Says NDCWales Artistic Director Matthew Robinson, The first half of the double bill, a 30 minute piece called AUGUST, is a collaboration between Matthew William Robinson, the company dancers, composer Torben Sylvest and designers George Hampton Wale and Emma Jones. AUGUST showcases the athletic prowess of Wales’ dancers and is set to clever music that incorporates sounds of machinery. The dancers are clothed in deconstructed suits that glow impressively under sunset inspired neon lighting.
“ ‘AUGUST’ is about the changes that fling us together and tear us apart. The work is like a poem, a series of highly physical images that evoke and invite meaning. It has been a joy to create with the dancers of the company, they will take your breath away this autumn.”
says Matthew.
The second half of the event ‘Skinners’ by Melanie Lane will transport audiences to a digital landscape that blurs the edges of reality. Electronic music and lighting will flood the stage as dramatic costumes allow the dancers to glitch between two-dimensional pixelated avatars and human beings.
“I am delighted to welcome Melanie Lane to Wales and to NDCWales. Her brand new work ‘Skinners’ tackles our evolving relationship with ourselves in a digitally augmented world. Her work is intricate and powerful, a thrill to experience.” explains Matthew
Alongside ‘Frontiers’ National Dance Company Wales will tour their popular schools and families show ’Lea Anderson’s Zoetrope’. Zoetrope is an hour-long show which is supported by
lesson plans for teachers. Zoetrope is available with audio description at all venues.
To book for Frontiers for find out more about Zoetrope audiences can visit ndcwales.co.uk
Frontiers
19-20 September 7.30pm: Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 26 September 7.30pm: The Courtyard, Hereford 3 October 7.30pm: Taliesin, Swansea 8-9 October 7.30pm: The Place, London 16 October 7.30pm: Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 26 October 7.30pm: The Hafren, Newtown 6 November 7.30pm: Pontio, Bangor 12 November 7.30pm: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield 20 November 7.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Zoetrope
21 September 2.30pm: Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 4 October 1pm: Taliesin, Swansea 17 October 1pm: Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 25 October 1pm: The Hafren, Newtown 7 November 1pm: Pontio, Bangor 13 November 1pm: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield 21 November 1pm: Aberystwyth Arts Centre
