News
Double Bill 2010 HYB and DanceMakers
| 9th May |
Theatre de NWE Vorst Tilburg/Netherlands Willem IIStraat 49 @ 8.30 pm Tickets: 013-5328532, www.denwevorst.nl |
| 10th June |
Theatre in the Mill Bradord (UK Preview) University of Bradford BD7 1DP @ 7.30 pm Tickets: 01274 233200, www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/ |
| 11th & 12th June |
Yorkshire Dance Leeds (UK Premiere) 3 St Peter's Buildings LS9 8AH @ 7.30 pm Tickets: 0113 2438765, www.yorkshiredance.com |
| 6th July |
Tobacco Factory Theatre Bristol Raleigh Road, Southville BS3 1TF @ 8.00 pm Tickets: 0117 9020344, www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com |
November 2009 Body of Work at the NEU/NOW Festival
The NEU/NOW Festival provides an innovative platform for talented graduating artists - selected from Higher Arts Education
Institutions and Universities across Europe - to present themselves to wider European audiences within the frame of an online festival.
Click this link to watch MotionManual’s presentation:
http://www.neunow.eu/portfolio.html?id=366098
Body of Work Autumn Tour 2009
| 16th October |
Theatre in the Mill University of Bradford BD7 1DP @ 7.30 pm Tickets: 01274 233200, www.brad.ac.uk/theatre |
| 21st October |
Tanztendenzen Greifswald/Germany International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance TaP - Theater Vorpommern, Anklamer Str. 106 @ 8 pm Tickets: +49 3834 57 22 224 www.tanztendenzen.de |
| 31st October |
Seven Artspace Leeds 31(a) Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton LS7 3PD @ 8 pm Tickets: 0113 2626777, www.sevenleeds.co.uk |
| 24th November |
Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street WV1 1SE @ 7.30 pm Tickets: 01902 321321, www.arenatheatre.info |
| 26th November |
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts 10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG @ 8 pm Tickets: 01422 349422, www.squarechapel.co.uk |
Read an interview with the choreographer about working process, touring experience and future plans for Body of Work on:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/watch-us/artist-statements/manuela-berndt-artist-statement
Watch a clip of Body of Work on Vimeo.
New Commission in the Netherlands
In October 2009 Manuela Berndt will create new work commissioned by Theatre de NWE Vorst for Dansweek Brabant in Tilburg.
Performance Dates: 8th, 9th and 10th October
More information on: www.dansweekbrabant.nl
Workshop Residency Tour Argentina 2010
In Spring 2010 Manuela Berndt will embark on a two-month workshop tour through Argentina, delivering her new Choreographic Devising and Composition seminar and collaborating with a large range of South-American dance professionals.
Detailed information in Spanish on: www.wix.com/odamovimiento/oda
Body of Work at Tobacco Factory Theatre Bristol
Wednesday 3rd of June 2009, 8pm
Box Office: 0117 902 0344
www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com
New Lecture Performance premiered at Theater de NWE Vorst, Tilburg/Netherlands
DanceMakers - A working relationship in 10 acts.
Manuela Berndt and fellow dancer Dan Watson set out to examine, question and exchange the status of their set roles within the choreographic devising process. On their journey through audition paranoia, rehearsal scenes and private moments they experience the great interdependency, common misunderstandings and precarious seduction between the two forces that create the dance.
The work premiered at Theater de NWE Vorst, Tilburg/Netherlands in April 2009, UK and Germany performances to be announced soon.
View DanceMakers details
Body of Work - World Premiere and International Tour
| 16th and 17th of December 2008 |
Yorkshire Dance Leeds, 3 St Peters Building, St Peters Square, LS9 8AH @ 7.30 pm Tickets: 0113 243 8765, www.yorkshiredance.com |
| 7th of January 2009 |
Theater de NWE Vorst Tilburg/Netherlands Willem II Straat @ 8.30 pm Tickets: 013 5328532, www.denwevorst.nl |
| 30th and 31st of January 2009 |
Brotfabrik Berlin, Caligariplatz @ 8.00 pm Tickets: 030 4714001, www.brotfabrik-berlin.de |
| 1st of Febuary 2009 |
Semper Kleine Szene, Dresden/Germany Bautzner Str. 107 @ 8.00 pm Tickets: 0351 4911705, www.semperoper.de |
| 6th of February 2009 |
Halle 5, Werk II - Kulturfabrik Leipzig/Germany Kochstraße 132 @ 8.00 pm Tickets: 341 30 80 140, www.werk-2.de |
| 8th of February 2009 |
Schloss Güldengossa/Germany Neuer Weg @ 4.00 pm Tickets: 034297-14010, www.kuhstall-ev.de |
Body of work is performed by MotionManual's four diverse dancers investigating their physical
heritage through autobiographic and anatomic movement exploration. With strong references to the
striking imagery of Cuban-American body artist Ana Mendieta, the collective's new production creates
a stirring and unpredictable performance quality in conjunction with fascinating visual effects and
intriguing manipulation of objects and materials. The composition of eclectic movement, film
projection and a mesmerizing soundtrack creates a performance experience of strong physicality,
ambiguous body images, applied dance research and visual and acoustic interplay of all elements.
View Body of Work Details
Autumn Performances 2008: Corpus Impromptu - Concerto for Three Bodies and One Guitar
25 Sep: York College, Sim Balk Lane YO23 2BB, 7pm
27 Sep: Seven Artspace Leeds, 31 Harrogate Road LS7 3PD, 8pm
4+5 Oct: ada Studio & Bühne Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 73 / QuARTier 73, 8.30pm
New Production October 08 and International Tour 2009
MotionManual will embark on a new production this autumn, to be premiered at Yorkshire Dance Leeds, December 16 and 17. Further information and tour dates for Spring 2009 will follow soon.
This work is supported by Arts Council England, Yorkshire Dance, Kulturraum Leipziger Raum, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and Northern Ballet Theatre.
Deeply Superficial - Performance Event at Galerie Kathareze, Tilburg/Netherlands April 08
For information and images of the performance visit the 'Events' pages in the 'Works' section.
Please send your messages, opinions and requests to info@motionmanual.com