Dance & Performance
Celebrating and championing contemporary dance, the Dance Umbrella
festival features performances, talks and film screenings with Scottish Ballet, Stephen Petronio and more.
A
weekend packed with Europe's great dance talent from 23 countries
Dance Umbrella 2008
dancEUnion
What's on this month
11 productions found
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Blue Room, Spirit Level
We (Austria)
Friday 19 September 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
Doing away with the common idea of audience participation, Amanda Pina and Daniel Zimmerman invite the audience to join in this humourous celebration of recognition, identifying with one's mirror image and the pleasure of being assigned a role.
Admission free
Spirit Level
Cognitive Debris (Denmark)
Friday 19 September 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
Dance Tina Tarpgaard performs live, interacting with the film featuring musician Pelle Skovmand.
Admission free
Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Faces (Poland)
Friday 19 September 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
Clenched mouths, rapidly moving eyeballs and frowning foreheads with trickles of sweat grace the faces of all types of dancers in the up close and personal video installation by Katarzyna Kozyra.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Les Sisyphe x 10
Friday 19 September 2008 - Saturday 20 September 2008
Working with a local group of young people, choreographer Julie Nioche challenges the body in a piece that focuses on endless movement, pushing the body to exhaustion.
Admission free
Purcell Room
dancEUnion 1
Friday 19 September 2008
New work from dance artists across Europe including the Czech Republic, Lithuania, UK, Ireland, Latvia and Portugal.
£13 full weekend price £30)
The Clore Ballroom
The Sofa/Chameleon
Saturday 20 September 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
The Sofa is a touching and humourous dance with a bright yellow sofa and a twist.
Admission free
Riverside Room
Suspended Silences in an Expresso Coffee
Saturday 20 September 2008 - Saturday 20 September 2008
A solo woman in a white dress moves about a cafe, taking the other visitors by surprise in this unique dance work.
Admission free
Purcell Room
dancEUnion 2
Saturday 20 September 2008
New work from dance artists across Europe including Sweden, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia and Cyprus.
£13 (full weekend price £30)
Riverside Room
(Dis)Appearing Acts
Sunday 21 September 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
Efrosini Protopapa and Lapsus Corpi present an unpredictable performance game during which the performers confront the audience's expectations through series of actions, role-playing and multiple costume changes.
Admission Free
Purcell Room
dancEUnion 3
Sunday 21 September 2008
New work from dance artists across Europe including Luxembourg, Romania, Finland, Estonia and Spain.
£13 (Full Weekend Price £30)
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