Platforms
Our platform programme provides opportunities for both regional and national artists to present and share work in a range of settings. Each opportunity differs depending on the requirements of those taking part. Some events are site based and open to a range of disciplines, whilst others have a strong focus on movement and are aimed at supporting choreographic artists.
Sharing Platform 19 May 2008
Sandfield Theatre, Nottingham
We recently organised a second Sharing Platform (after the succcess of the first one on 31 March…) it was a private sharing of work and was again, full of shenanigans. This opportunity was for regional artists and those with a connection to Dance4 and was aimed at sharing work with fellow artists and practitioners in front of a small invited audience. The aim of this platform is to support and develop the making of dance and performance work in our region, with a focus on the development of artists work – in line with the whole of our SHIFT programme.
The line up was as follows;
Alice Tatge
Chaos Dance Company
Chris Dugrenier
Miriam Keye
Melissa Hymas
Laure Bachelot
We also invited international artist Matthias Sperling (UK) to join us in giving feedback to the artists on a one-to one basis.
‘It was a very nice experience [I felt] I was in a professional environment where people knew what to do and all had been taken care of…The strength of preparation gave me total confidence and the headspace to just focus on my part’
Chris Dugrunier
‘It was an opportunity to value the work of dance and theatre practitioners in the U.K. and promote an artistic dialogue: that is what I call food for the soul! Alice Tatge
Monday 31 March 2008
Sandfield Theatre, Nottingham
Our recent platform, a private sharing of work, went down a treat for artists and audience alike. The sharing opportunity for regional artists and those with a connection to Dance4 was aimed at sharing work with fellow artists and practitioners in front of a small invited audience.
The evening encouraged artists to show work regardless of its stage in development with the idea that the audience could support the artists with feedback that could contribute to the development of dance and performance work in our region. Audience and peer feedback was supported by professional feedback from Karine Décorne of Migrations, North Wales.
We presented 6 artists/companies throughout the evening. These included Gabriele Reuter (who has been selected for Dance4 SHIFT residency 2008) with her piece Fragile Spaces. Antje Hildebrandt presented Hybrid, which is a piece that she originally created for De Montfort University Dance Company 2007 programme Exit Strategy.
Preface Morn showed Beauty in Stone - a work in progress that they recently premiered at Camden People’s Theatre, London. Efrosini Protopapa (Lapsus Corpi) presented the solo Umm … I… and … uh… [revisited] , which was a semi-set/semi-improvised reflection on the original. This has been a long-standing collaboration between the choreographer and performer Susanna Recchia. Efrosini has also been selected for Dance4 SHIFT residency and will be in the studio with Lapsus Corpi during the summer.
Finally Annette Foster’s piece Transgressions: Passing brought a live art feel to the evening and some much needed tap dance….
Feedback from the event by both artists and audiences was positive and the number of applications we had from people who wished to present work was far more than we had capacity for. This means we will be presenting the second of this kind of platform later this year. Full details will be announced soon.
‘It was an opportunity to try something out, it offered freedom within a professional context, and it enabled me to think of my artistic identity in a more certain and confident way. The way things get presented at Dance4 I think always allows me to understand something more about what it is I’m doing or want to keep doing. This is invaluable, and I think it does have something to do not only with the kind of work you usually choose to support, but also in the way you support it, the way you organise and present events and the way you relate to the artists.‘
Platform in May: dance and performance
The May platform will be your opportunity to present work that questions the relationship between dance and performance in its many guises, amongst which live art. Further details will be announced shortly, including dates and call out criteria.
Quake 07
If you didn’t make it, you had to have been there - with a fusion of bear costumes, watering cans, clogs and a mouth full of malteasers came the end of another fantastic platform event for Dance4 and Derby Dance.
The artists, selected from across the country, gave us a real treat from one piece to the next. As well as work being performed in the theatre, there were performance installations throughout the night, with the chance to get caught up in the imaginations of others.
“Great fun and thought-provoking! Can’t wait for the next one”
For information on previous platform events click below:
Clipper - 20 & 21 February 2007
To download the Quake flyer click here
Gabi Reuter
