Tonight || Ballet Black

When: Wednesday 14 July 2010/ Thursday 15th July 2010
Where: Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Clash: Bilal @ Fabric, Close Up

Details as follows:
Following their exciting Bernie Grant Arts Centre debut in May, Ballet Black, recent winners of the Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Dance Company, return to Tottenham with another programme of stunning modern ballet. See distinctive works by some of the most diverse choreographers in the country, including And Thereafter... by Raymond Chai, Indigo Children by The Royal Ballet's Liam Scarlett and Ballet Black's most recent commission, the critically acclaimed Da Gamba, by Welsh-Nigerian choreographer, Henri Oguike. 

Sarah Kundin in Da Gamba choreographed by Henri Oguike. Photography by Bill Cooper




Start: 7pm// Finish
Tickets: £8

 

Tonight || Wednesday events!!! || Akilah Live

When: Wednesday 30th June 2010

Where: The Flea Pit, 49

Columbia Road, London E2 7RG

Clash: Just Jam and The Lift Off

Doors - 7pm
Show time – 8pm
Tickets: At door £5 all night

Details as follows:

Akilah Live is back this month with another night full of cross arts brought to you by some of London’s up and coming talent.

Gracing the stage this month

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COMEDY:

Josephine Lacey
Her first stand-up gig was on the 28th of October ’08 at a comedy showcase in Camden. After performing at the showcase I was given the opportunity to perform on the main stage of The Hackney Empire for the 10th anniversary of ‘The Comedy School.’ She has performed alongside established comedians such as Felix Dexter, Phil Jupitus, Nina Conti, Arthur Smith, Josie Lawrence, Shazia Mirza and Quincy. She now performs regularly on the comedy circuit. 

POETRY: 

LyricistSistah Saffron Mykels

Twenty one year old LyricistSistah Saffron Mykels - better known as Saffy - was born an raised in South East London. With her brutally honest lyrics and cool, calm and collected delivery, touching on subjects that many would wince at discussing, Saffy expresses herself through poetry and songwriting and singing. 

G.R.E.E.D.S
Performance poet, G.R.E.E.D.S (Generating Rhymes to Engage the EnlighteneD Soul) has been performing in the circuit (underground/open mic) for three years, writing from roughly 11 (now 25.) His aim is to bring some awareness of Spoken word on a much broader scale. His style combines music with poetry. Last year he ventured in completing his own album followed by a launch. Coming into this year he is still fully believes in branching out a lot more and being one of many to fly the flag of the Art form.
http://www.iamgreeds.com/
http://twitter.com/iamgreeds

Jay Bernard
Author of Your Sign is Cuckoo, Girl (2007), which was the poetry book society's pamphlet choice for summer 2008. She was recently poet in residence on allotments in London and Oxford, and at the Benenden School in Kent. She has read her work on radio shows such as The Verb, The Green Room and the Today Show; and appeared at venues from Trafalgar Square and Shakespeare's Globe, at festivals such as Vienna Lit in Austria and Latitude. brrnrrd.wordpress.com. 

MUSIC: 

Hannah Heart Shape 
A blend of bluesy tones over sparse acoustic licks, with a poetry to her songs she is hackneys answer to billie holiday
www.myspace.com/hananimusic

Sam Sally 
Her sweet mystery mix of electronica & dreamy vocal soundscapes will take you into a world unknown where cats wear hats & trees sing.
http://www.myspace.com/samsally

Becca Anne David 
Brighton based singer/song writer.

Mitchell Bruce
Currently setting the scene a blaze Mitchell brigns a subtle blend of rnb soul and rock to the stage that will leave your ears in acoustic bliss.

DANCE:
'Mein Wort ist schwarz geworden' 
It is the result of research concerning 'Bodily States in Shapelessness'.





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Dance || Van Huynh Company

When: Fri 21 and Sat 22 May

Where: RichMix


Details as follows:

Mural Studies - Premiere


The empty space becomes a canvas on which movement is spilt, flung, dripped and scraped.

The meaning cannot be imposed but results from a total immersion.

The dancer stands at the core.

For this new creation, Dam Van Huynh has collaborated with composer Jamie Hamilton, costume designer Kimie Nakano and lighting designer Antony Hateley.

Sudden Change of Event


Sudden Change of Event is a multi faceted production incorporating dance, live music and visual structures. The piece is an exploration of the fragility of the moment and the infinite potential outcomes of an individual encounter. Sudden changes may occur at any time and force the individual to adapt.

Inspired by a chance meeting which created a series of unplanned scenarios, the work explores the impact of chance encounters; whether they slip by unnoticed or leave a dramatic imprint on the individuals involved.

Van Huynh has collaborated closely with renowned contemporary music/improvisation pianist-composer Leon Michener to elaborate the score. Working with experimental vocalists Elaine and Mikhail Karikis, Michener develops a semi-improvisational style to heighten the spontaneity of the dancers’ chance encounters. Set Designer Yann Seabra’s changing structural environment intensifies the exploration of spatial boundaries while Lighting Designer Antony Hateley plays with light and shadow to add harmony and balance.

"In Sudden Change of Event, Dam Van Huynh has created a piece so intricate that the audience can do nothing but be riveted"

Catherine Hooper, Critical Dance Magazine.com



"This company is tight and sizzling with potential"

Emma Stevenson, Ballet.co Magazine



"Dam Van Huynh’s unique use of the body is striking and alarming"

Hetty Blades

Tickets: / £12 / £10 concs

book online or call our Box Office on 020 7613 7498
http://www.damvanhuynh.com/
Start: 7.30pm/ Venue 1 // Finish