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 Toured in the UK and Europe from February to August 1997
world première ..... 26th February 1997 ..... Theaterhaus Gessnerallée, Zürich
UK première ..... 19th March 1997 ..... Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
run time ..... 70 minutes, no interval
C O - P R O D U C E R S
Co-produced by Springdance Festival, Théâtre de la Ville, Cambridge Arts Theatre,
the Royal Festival Hall, the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers l'Esquisse and completed in residence in Angers.
Funded by the 1996 Kaleidoscope programme.
DV8 acknowledges the support of The Britsh Council for its overseas touring.
C A S T + C R E W
directed by ... Lloyd Newson
performers ... Milli Bitterli, Jordi Cortes Molina, Ross Hounslow, Wendy Houstoun
Carol Meyer, Diana Payne-Myers, Liam Steel, Robert Tannion
set design ... Ian MacNeil
composer ... Adrian Johnston lighting design ... Jack Thompson sound design ... Mike Casey
production manager ... Steve Wald
tour manager ... Delia Barker technical stage managers ... Matthew Cole, Adrian Peacock costume supervisor ... Yvonne Milnes design assistants ... Paul Atkinson, Jo Downs costume assistant ... Tim Sykes production electrician ... Dexter Tulett research video documentation ... Jane Hodge additional assistance ... Francesca Penzani projection consultancy + publicity photography ... Thomas Gray additional photography ... Sam Garwood set construction ... Stage Surgeons Ltd drapes ... Promptside Ltd
general manager ... Leonie Gombrich for Artsadmin
project administrator ... Katie Judge UK publicity ... Judy Lipsey at Poole Edwards Ltd UK graphic design ... Jane Joyce
company teachers ... Emma Diamond (Cunningham), Deborah Saxon (modern),
Kerry Nichols (modern), Jonathan Stone (voice), Emma Gladstone (modern), Annabel Arden (movement), Matthew Hawkins (Cunningham), Amanda Britton (modern), Seán Feldman (release), Antonia Franceschi (ballet), Kate Price (modern), Renato Paroni de Castro (ballet), Kate Champion (yoga)
thanks to ....
John Anderton at White Light North, DV8's Board of Directors, Gary Carter for moral support,
Steve Baker, Cherry Barker, Kai Barker, Cath Brittan, Ian Brown, English Touring Opera, François le Mageur, Alain Cherouvrier + Chriatian Frapeau at CNDC, Tony Gordon, Andy Game, Lumière & Son, Ken Milligan, Simon Havercroft, Stephen Palmer, The Old Laundry Theatre, Bill Randall, Robert van Hall, Alison Ritchie, David Thompson, Caroline Williamson
T O U R D A T E S
HUNGARY ... 6th - 8th February 1997 ... Petõfi Csarnak, Budapest ... previews
SLOVENIA ... 12th - 14th February 1997 ... Cankarev Dom, Ljubljana ... previews CZECH REPUBLIC ... 2oth - 22nd February 1997 ... Archa Theatre, Prague ... previews SWITZERLAND ... 26th February - 1st March 1997 ... Theaterhaus Gessnerallée, Zurich GERMANY ... 6th - 8th March 1997 ... Theater im Marstall, Munich SWITZERLAND ... 12th - 13th March 1997 ... Kulturwerkstatt Kaserne, Basel UK ... 19th - 22nd March 1997 ... Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge UK ... 2nd - 3rd April 1997 ... Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe UK ... 10th - 12th April 1997 ... Tramway, Glasgow THE NETHERLANDS ... 18th - 20th April 1997 ... Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht ... Springdance Festival UK ... 25th - 26th April 1997 ... Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry GERMANY ... 1st - 4th May 1997 ... Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt SPAIN ... 9th - 10th May 1997 ... Teatro Central, Seville UK ... 16th - 17th May 1997 ... Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool UK ... 23rd - 24th May 1997 ... Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton ... Brighton Festival UK ... 30th - 31st May 1997 ... Lyceum, Sheffield FRANCE ... 4th - 8th June 1997 ... Théâtre de la Ville, Paris FRANCE ... 17th - 18th June 1997 ... Théâtre Beaurepaire, Angers FINLAND ... 27th - 28th June 1997 ... Kuopio City Theatre, Kuopio ... Kuopio Dance Festival SPAIN ... 4th - 6th July 1997 ... Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona ... Grec festival PORTUGAL ... 11th - 12th July 1997 ... Teatro Nacional San João, Oporto ... Oporto Festival POTUGAL ... 16th - 17th July 1997 ... Central Cultural de Belém, Lisbon UK ... 23rd July - 3rd August 1997 (not 28) ... Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
P R E S S R E L E A S E
written in 1997
Do we shut out those who tell the truth or smile with those who hide it?
We feel Bound To Please .... regularly silencing our own opinions and feelings in order to get along. Social etiquette defines how we should behave.
But .... "Why accept adversity? Why be mature? Why surrender with grace the follies of youth?
Why put up with the bullshit?" Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
The ability of dance to explore a wide range of emotional states has been restricted by
its limited definition of what constitutes dance and its preoccupations with physical perfection and beauty.
What effect does this have on the psyche of dancers?
In its honouring of beauty and its denial of human difference,
has dance become nothing more than the Prozac of the art forms?
"DV8 .... is a violent reaction to the commercial ideas of nicely tuned bodies
doing nice things to nice tunes" Dance Theatre Journal
DV8's latest production looks at the parallels between dance and social conformity.
Who decides what is socially acceptable behaviour? Who writes the rules? Who sets the steps?
Our fear silences us, but when does breaking the silence become an act of courage .... or just plain madness?
"The reasonable man adapts to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt
the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
Mad, or just off their heads, DV8 dance their way to oblivion.
".... work of tragic stature, terrifying and wonderful, distressing and brilliant" Daily Telegraph
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