Birmingham based company ACE dance and music headed by influential Artistic Directors Gail and Ian Parmel is to debut this month (Mon 22 May 2017 and now SOLD OUT) at Walsall’s superb A3 Arena, one of the West Midlands newest contemporary dance venues, as part of Black Country Dance Hub’s ‘Experience Dance’ project, for a single performance of their acclaimed full-length epic dance production, TEN.
UPDATE – The date at Wallsall’s A3 ARENA has now SOLD OUT. If you missed out there, you may consider seeing it instead at WARWICK ARTS CENTRE on Wedneday 24 May 2017
About TEN
With Choreographyby Jose Agudo and inspired by global migration, TEN is centred around the relationship between two brothers.
TEN explores the concepts of moving away, looking at how and why people choose unimagined destinies over the lives they’d always thought they’d live.
Full of intense physical power and very human fragility.
Combining contemporary dance with an essence of Flamenco, Kathak and ACE’s inimitable Afro-fusion style, TEN is a visceral and exhilarating dance production. Music composition by Giuliano Modarelli will layer a haunting guitar melody onto these stories combined with a powerful and dynamic soundscape created in collaboration with Beautiful Noise (Vincenzo Lamagna).
Jose Agudo the Choreographer of the full length piece explains, “I am interested in exploring the concepts of moving away and leaving, of surviving in a land without a place to go. Of looking at how and why people choose previously unimagined destinies over the lives they’d always thought they’d live… and how power can reflect the fragility of the human being.”
The cast of TEN are: Clara Baldwin, Nathan Dorian Bartman, Vanessa Guevara, Tom Tindall, Sophia Priedel, Christopher Radford, Iona White, Laura Perrot
TEN, currently on tour, comes to A3 Arena in Walsall for one performance on Monday 22 May. THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT
The production in Walsall is supported and made possible by, Young Promoters from Leamore Primary School, Walsall, Streetly Academy, Forest Arts, Black Country Touring and The Black Country Dance Hub
About ACE
ACE dance and music is a national touring dance company based in Birmingham, and an internationally recognised leader in the field of Contemporary African and Caribbean Dance.
Their signature style is Afro-fusion – dance which is rooted in traditional forms yet expressed through a purely contemporary lens.
“Music and dance to elevate the soul” – The Birmingham Post
By combining African & Caribbean movement aesthetics with contemporary techniques they create high quality innovative performance – always combining dance with original music and often using new digital media and techniques from other disciplines including theatre.
About Black Country Dance Hub
The BCDH (Black Country Dance Hub) is a collective made up of 4 Black Country Arts Organisations working together to provide young people with innovative dance opportunities.
- Dudley Performing Arts (Dudley)
- Sandwell Music & Arts Service (Sandwell)
- Creative Development Team (Walsall)
- Arts & Heritage (Wolverhampton)
Their Dance Development Programme will provide opportunities for young people in Primary and Special Schools, High Scools and Academies, Youth & Community Centres and will see the creation of New Youth Dance Companies in the region.
Maggie Lewis, Director of Black Country Dance Hub feels this is the start of something big in regional dance;
“This project brings professional dance to local communities, raises the aspirations of young people and encourages friends and families as audiences to the Curtain-Raisers and Professional Shows”
You can find out more about the Black Country Dance Hub here
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