"HEREAFTER" by coalesce dance theatre

Created & Performed by:
Fern Wareham, Rachel Maffei,
Callum Newman , Jemma Stein, 
Emily Davidson & Adam Hargreaves ​

Coalesce Dance presents their latest work Hereafter. This work consists of a series of short, dynamic exchanges that are accompanied by live music. The work explores how technological advancements in modern society are making human interactions increasingly stark. The use of live music incites an exploration of our escalating disenchantment with reality and the subsequent breakdown of all natural communications. As channels of communication breakdown, the line between virtual reality and what exists in front of us blurs. ​

aBOUT

Coalesce Dance Theatre are a Salford based, all female led dance theatre company, who create and explore work that is engaging, educative and accessible to all audiences. Our mission is to connect our audiences with ideas about the wider world through exciting and thought provoking performance. 
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Coalesce Dance Theatre was formed in 2016 by Fern Wareham, Rachel Maffei and Anna Papatheodorou. Coalesce are currently one of the artists in residence at The University of Salford. We were recently commissioned for a project for Turn Festival, Manchester and Innovations Platform in Chester.

"S(HE)" by SANDRO FRANCHINI

Created and Performed by:
​Sandro Franchini

​This solo dance piece is an exploration of gender roles in dance, where the male performer express physical dance qualities sometimes on bare feet, and sometimes on heels.
Are they feminine dance movements on a male body, or perhaps “just” movements?
Society believe these to be feminine, but can they be perceived differently since expressed by a man?
Do these movements objectify, since expressed in a different manner?
The performer needs the scrutiny and gaze of the audience to discovery this.
But his gaze could be perhaps the one to render the spectator the object.

About

Sandro Franchini is a Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer from Italy.
 He was born in Turin but trained professionally in Rome at the Roman Ballet School, where he specialised in Modern - Contemporary dance. He continued his training with many professional classes and workshops in Italy and around the world, including few months at the “Broadway Center” and “Steps Dance School” in New York with a different array of teachers and styles.
He started his performing career in musical productions of: “Grease”, “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Evita”.
He alternated his theatre work with different commercial dance shows and back up dancer on the main Italian channels like “Rai” and “Mediaset”He performed as a feature solo dancer in two major productions:
the big French show: “Les Dix Commandments” (The Ten Commandments) that took him to travel Japan, South Korea, Italy, France and also the big production of “Tosca - Amore Disperato” composed by famous singer Lucio Dalla.
 
Since he moved to the UK in 2006, Sandro has performed on various tv shows, theatre productions and dance companies, including“Take That: progress tour 2011”,  “Lily Allen” for “The Brit Awards”,  “Opening Act with dance/circus company “Incandescence” for “Beyonce” concert in Egypt,  “TMobile Heathrow Airport advert”,  “The Muppets movie 2014”,  “Dance Theatre of Ireland: The Block Party”, “HSBC anniversary in Dubai”,  Royal Opera House productions in Covent Garden including: “Rigoletto”, “Falstaff”, “The Magic Flute”, “Manon” and many more, “Glastonbury festival”, Holland Park Opera festival: “The Magic Flute” and “Carmen” - “South Korea arts festival in 2012”,  “Incandescence circus and dance company”,  “Punch and Judy” : ENO Young Vic London and Geneva Grand Theatre,  “The Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014” and more. In 2016 he Choreographed for the Man in Fest, a prestigious performing arts festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
In few of this jobs Sandro had a personal input as an assistant choreographer, role that made him grow a passion for teaching and choreographing. In 2015/16 Sandro was a full time Lecturer of Jazz, Commercial and Musical Theatre at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona, IAB.

"1440" by jennifer scott dance

Performers
Jennifer Scott & Clark Wallace

'1440' Tackles the theme of sleep disorders focusing on sleep deprivation and insomnia and the effects this has on the brain and body. The dancers went through weeks of deliberate sleep deprivation in order to understand how the effects felt first hand and the comparison of one person to another.

About

Jennifer is a choreographer, dancer and teacher. While studying to become a professional in dance Jennifer's choreographic work every year was chosen to be showcased at each showcase the college establishments had. After successfully completing her training and gaining her BA Honours Degree from the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance (The Space) she has been performing across the UK as well as choreographing work under the name of Jennifer Scott Dance. Her work has been performed in venues and festivals across the UK including Theatre Royal Glasgow, Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Bark Productions, Innovations Platform- Chester, Circulate and supporting company Fertile Ground, Newcastle. Jennifer also works within the community teaching children ages 2-17 as well as adults. Her most recent duet work has received funding from The Peter Darrell Trust.

"AS ONE" BY UNEARTHED DANCE COMPANY

Artistic Director:
Hannah Mason

​Performers:
Celine Martin 
Ellie Leask 
Emma Buchanan 
Delphi Doig 

'As One' is a new work by Unearthed Dance Company created by the funding and support of The Peter Darrell Trust. 'As One' is an energetic, intricate and innovative work which explores the idea of solidarity; unity within a group of individuals working together and fighting for a common cause. This work looks at solidarity and what happens to the 'pack' when one of its members steps out of line. 'As One' is filled with intricate choreography which shifts and transforms throughout the space taking the audience on a journey of angst and hope.

About

Unearthed Dance Company is an Edinburgh based contemporary dance company formed by artistic director and choreographer Hannah Mason as a vehicle to create innovative and compelling contemporary dance works which challenge audience perceptions and push the boundaries of choreographic practice. Unearthed create work with a strong focus and interest in social and cultural issues exploring within the work the adverse affects on human behaviour.  Unearthed Dance Company works with the ethos of creating pieces that take risks and is accessible to all audiences. As a company, Unearthed has received The Merchant Company Enterprise Award for Innovation and most recently received funding from The Peter Darrell Trust after a performance of 'You, Me & Them' at Go Dance 17 to create a new piece of work for the festival and return to Go Dance 18 in Glasgow. As well as Go Dance, the company has performed at many events such as FreshAYR Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Innovations Contemporary Dance Platform 2016 to name a few. ​

"two" by flash in the attic dance theatre

Artistic Director:
Oliver James Anwyl

Performers:
Alex Fairhurst
Hannah Kelly

'Two'. A duet which has been devised from creative improvisation between the two dancers who traverse through a series of moments of play, contact and directed phrases. Two provides the audience with a playful experience with an uplifting soundtrack and energy. ​

ABOUT

Flash in the Attic (FiTA) emerged in 2012, as a creative ambition between two undergraduate students at the University of Chester. Co-Founders Oliver Anwyl and Sam Potts pursued the idea of creating a company that would produce choreographically creative, dynamic and accessible dance works for audiences within the Chester region.The company's first micro-project 'Share Together' took form of an outdoor site specific work towards marking World Aids Day as part of events within the city. 

Moving forward from this project Anwyl & Potts presented work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013 receiving acclaim from fellow artists and audience members at the festival. The company has since presented its works at events, festivals and dance platforms nationwide which has included Innovations Dance Platform. 

The company strives to create dance works and events which support the local dance-ecology in developing and broadening engagement with audiences. FiTA now operating its own education and participation programme 'Off The Ground' delivering  workshops and experiences to both the education and community sectors.