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Open Heart ‘God’s Garden’

When last we featured the work of Arthur Pita it was wrapped in the cloak that was Bare Bones Dance Company with the ‘5 Man Show’. This time out Mr Pita has cut loose with a full evenings work entitled ‘God’s Garden’. Based on the biblical parable ‘The Prodigal Son’ (or the ‘Lost Son’) this […]

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Tero Saarinen ‘Blue Lady’ [revisited] Feature

Something a little bit different here in the shape of Finnish dancer and choreographer Tero Saarinen with the re-staging of a work by Carolyn Carlson from the 1980’s. If you’re a dance student and you shudder at the thought of performing a solo for a few minutes in front of your teachers or your class […]

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Tero Saarinen ‘Blue Lady’

Something a little bit different here in the shape of Finnish dancer and choreographer Tero Saarinen with the re-staging of a work by Carolyn Carlson from the 1980’s. If you’re a dance student and you shudder at the thought of performing a solo for a few minutes in front of your teachers or your class […]

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Retina Dance Company ‘Antipode’

Retina Dance Company return to Article19 for the third time with their new show ‘Antipode’ . The company is also celebrating their 15th anniversary this year which is a really long time in this business that we call show (who calls it that? Ed!) ‘Antipode’ itself is performed by 5 male dancers and explores the […]

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Cristina Caprioli/ccap ‘Cicadaremix’

Article19’s second feature from the October dance festival that was Coda in Norway features dance maker Cristina Caprioli and company (ccap) with ‘Cicadaremix’, a word that is surprisingly difficult to remember how to spell! The Swedish dance company (a first on Article19) brings us a deliberate and relentless display of neo-classical shenanigans. Mixing together contemporary […]

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Panta Rei Danseteater ‘Private Rite’

It has been more than 3 years since we last featured the goings on at one of Norway’s brightest dance companies. With their latest touring efforts we have ‘Private Rite’ from Canadian dancesmith Hélène Blackburn and ‘WeFiction’ created by the company. With Panta Rei we have a company that’s all about the movement and custom […]

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José Navas/Compagnie Flak ‘S’

French Canadian dance maker José Navas comes to Article19 with a new work called ‘S’ along with his company Compagnie Flak. We caught the show at the Coda Dance Festival in Norway back in October. For those of you that like your dance making and performance pure then this is as pure as it gets. […]

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Pair Dance ‘Insideout’

Pair Dance, helmed by dancer/choreographer Harriet Macauley and soundsmith Richard Leonard, last appeared on Article19 about eighteen months ago with the superbly crafted ‘Silent Steps’ one of the highlights of the Big Mission festival. That particular work is soon to be retired but the company have two new pieces in the pipeline for future touring. […]

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ACE Dance and Music ‘Listen’

ACE Dance and Music return to Article19 with their brand new touring works ‘Switch’ created by the in house AD Gail Parmel and the company’s dancers and ‘Listen’ crafted by Douglas Thorpe of Mad Dog’s fame. What we have here is a striking mix of well crafted movement and some animated background visuals that really […]

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ACE Dance and Music ‘Switch’

ACE Dance and Music return to Article19 with their brand new touring works ‘Switch’ created by the in house AD Gail Parmel and the company’s dancers and ‘Listen’ crafted by Douglas Thorpe of Mad Dog’s fame. What we have here is a striking mix of well crafted movement and some animated background visuals that really […]