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Dateline:
13th May, 2005
Cardiff Dance Festival
For the first time ever, Cardiff is to have its own dance festival
this year. From 19th May to 18th June in five venues in the city - Chapter
Arts Centre, the New Theatre, the new Diversion’s Dance House,
the Sherman Theatre and the Wales Millennium Centre - twelve dance companies
from across the world will perform for Cardiff audiences.
"I am delighted that, after many years of dreaming and planning,
Cardiff will finally get its own international dance festival this summer,"
said Roy Campbell-Moore, director of Diversions. "It will be joining
a long list of other European capitals that celebrate the art form in
similar ways"
At the launch earlier this week, Welsh Assembly Member for Cardiff
South & Penarth and a member of the Assembly's Culture Committee
Lorraine Barrett added, "In 2006 we hope to unite Cardiff, Swansea
and Wales in collaborating on an even bigger dance festival, and I am
looking forward to the cities working in step together."
The Festival
Welsh Independent Dance
Chapter Arts Centre
19-22 May and 14-18 June (Box Office 02920 304400)
Dance Bytes in which Wales-based choreographers stage
the final stage of development of their latest batch of experimental
works. WID’s touring programme Triple Exposure
features new commissions for six dancers from choreographer Charlotte
Vincent.
Northern Ballet Theatre – La Traviata
New Theatre
24-28 May (Box Office 02920 878889)
Diversions, the Dance Company of Wales
Diversions Dance House
26-28 May ( Box Office 087 0040 2000 or 02920 304400)
Alternative Routes 2005
A ‘second season’ of new work created by three emerging
and talented choreographers. With twelve Diversions’ dancers
and three designers from the Royal Welsh Collage of Music and Drama
involved, this is a chance to see some of the brightest and best new
Welsh dance talent.
17 June
Dance House Celebration
A pre-show talk, a post show ‘meet the company’ and two
productions from recent tours.
Earthfall – At Swim Two Boys
Chapter
8-11, 14-18 June
Inspired by Jamie O’Neill’s award-winning novel about the
developing love between two teenage boys. Earthfall at their most
extreme, emotionally and physically; with live music, film and breathtaking
choreography.
Goat Island – When Will the September Roses Bloom?
and Last Night Was Only a Comedy
Chapter
6+7 June
A powerful and highly disciplined performance from leading innovators
in North American and European dance. The piece considers our place
in a damaged world and our aptitude for repairing it.
Andrea Servera – Planicie Banderita
Diversions Dance House
12+13 June
A sell out at the International Festival of Buenos Aires 2003.
Toni Mira - Loft
Diversions Dance House
14+15 June
Barcelona’s leading choreographer/performer returns to Wales
with his latest solo hit show. A winner of several prestigious international
awards, Loft has been seen all across Europe, Russia and South
America.
Transitions – Contemporary Dance
The Sherman Theatre
16 June (Box Office 02920 646900)
Join ten young dancers, performing work by some of the most engaging
dance makers on the international contemporary scene, as they take
their first steps into the professional dance arena.
Sean Tuan John – The Brothers Very Grimm
Diversions Dance House
18 June
A darkly comic and emotional duet. Deadpan and damaged identical twins
recount the tales of deranged mums, of violent cities, of memory and
finding love in the most peculiar of places.
Ursula Mawson-Raffait – Like Watching Paint Dry
Chapter
23-25 June
A performance installation, a visual art environment animated by a
powerful solo dance.
The Australian Ballet – Swan Lake
Wales Millennium Centre
13-16 July (Box Office 08700 40 2000)
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