September to December at Dance City

Newcastle’s Dance City has announced its performance programme through to the end of the year, featuring work being created regionally and nationally. The season begins on 28 September at 6PM with a showcase of five new Dance City commissions and an appearance by Tin Arts, Dance Edits:

• Robert Anderson - Them
  Inspired by the movement and social patterns of carnivorous animals and fictional creatures.
• Alice Henry - Muse
  A physical exploration of the elite athlete’s physical and mental capacity, strength and weakness.
• Ella Mesma - Foreign Bodies
  Exploring what it is to be a “citizen of the world”; themes around migration, immigration, body identity, trafficking and race.
• Nicole Vivien Watson - Cold Colour
  Physically communicating the effects of colour and light on emotional and psychological responses through movement and choreography.
• Patrick Ziza - Untitled
  In Central Africa true dandyism serves as something closer to a religion; a code of living.
• George Williams - Wired
  From his bedroom George forges connections to all that is special to him: music, games, the world-wide web and more. His bedroom is the centre of a world where even everyday objects can become a playground. The line between entertainment and distraction has never been so blurred.

• 5 October at 1:30PM (relaxed performance) and 6PM
  Genius
  Anjali Dance Company

  Six dancers with learning disabilities perform Gary Clarke’s Beethoven, a humorous look at the extraordinary personal life and musical works of Ludwig van Beethoven, and Bloodsucker, Lea Anderson’s stylised, gently humorous exploration of the legend of the vampire Nosferatu and his depiction in film.

• 7 October at 7:30PM
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  Ballet Wales

  A dance version of Shakespeare’s play performed to Mendelssohn's music.

• Friday 13 October at 7:30PM
  Triple Bill
  Joss Arnott Dance

  Two new works—A Movement in 3 and RUSH—and an award-winning solo piece, V, are accompanied by live music.

• 19 October at 7:30PM
  And All The Humans Will Be Eliminated
  State of Grace

  A further development of the piece which the BTG reviewed in March 2016 at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum.

• 26 October, 1PM (relaxed performance) and 4PM
  The Magic Fish
  ATMA Dance

  A classic Indian tale retold through dance, storytelling and beatboxing for ages 5-9.

• 3 November at 7:30PM
  Charge
  Motionhouse

  Six performers use dance and acrobatics to delve deep into the human body, tracing the story of energy in our lives and interacting with digital projections.

• 11 November at 7:30PM
  The North
  Joan Clevillé Dance

  Blending elements from dance, physical theatre and puppetry, The North is a bleak yet whimsical story of a young man’s journey in search for meaning in an unpredictable environment; a place with its own sense of time and space, where being lost is the norm and letting go is the only way to survive.

• Thursday 30 November to Sunday 3 December at various times
  The Little Match Girl
  Arthur Pita Dance

  Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, this tale of an impoverished young street girl’s hopes and dreams is told through dance, song and original live music by Frank Moon.

  On an icy Christmas Eve, the Little Match Girl paces the emptying streets, shivering and desperate, trying to sell her matches. Cold, hungry and with just one final match flame to keep her warm, she sees a vision of her beloved grandmother, who guides her on a journey through the night sky to the moon, leaving her troubled life behind.

  For ages 5 – 11.