Practice as Research Showcase 2009
Admission free.
All seats must be booked in advance. Phone 01227 827567
Event poster here
We have a total of 4 performances being shown on the 24th and 25th of September as follows:
THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER
6pm - Lumley Studio
Faidra-Rock (a work in progress)
Created and performed by Maria Gaitanidi and Magdalena Tuka, Faidra-Rock is a shock of cultures, a fight between theatrical expressions.
6.45pm
Aphra Studio
The sound of m / y / our name
A performance in progress about what echoes in our heads and what we dare to say
Performed by Electa Behrens (research candidate)
Interval and Drinks Reception
8pm
Aphra Studio
The Story of Imam Hussain (Based on a Si'i Tradition)
By following the history of Iranian Ta’ziyeh, this performance aims at coming close to Si´i culture. It tries to build a bridge between storytelling and the dramatization of a historical event, utilizing religious conventions as creative elements. These have been elaborated as part of the cultural relocation of the form and within the dynamics of the group, originating a cultural frame within which we have explored our own practice.
This piece is the culmination of this years MA Par student Felipe Cervera.
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER
6pm
Lumley Studio
Butoh Bodies: A Performance Research Presentation By Frances Barbe and Yuko Kawamoto
Frances and Yuko share work-in-progress material from their recent collaborative residency, part of London Butoh Festival. Their research interrogates Butoh - a dance-theatre approach that emerged from Japan in the 1960s. A self-professed ‘anti-technique’, Butoh is often referred to as a dance of ‘pure presence’, an act of transformation, or a negotiation of inner-life and outer form and became famous for its use of stillness, slow motion and extreme or grotesque figures.
Interval and Drinks Reception
7.30pm
Aphra Studio
The Story of Imam Hussain (Based on a Si'i Tradition)
See Thursday for details