Touch Compass Triple Bill

Media Release – 28 June 2010
For Immediate Release

EXQUISITE, BREATHTAKING, PROVOCATIVE

Touch Compass presents in association with STAMP at THE EDGE

TRIPLE BILL
SLIP, SIX and Grotteschi

A trilogy of works from New Zealand’s first integrated (disabled and non-disabled) dance company Touch Compass charts a season of distinctly New Zealand dance with Triple Bill, playing from August 18th at Auckland’s Concert Chamber, THE EDGE.

Inspiring and entertaining NZ and Australian audiences with their dance works from its small beginnings 13 years ago, the company has toured nationally and to Australia and have worked alongside many of NZ leading dance practitioners. This year the company is raising the bar – to present a larger scale work with two internationally acclaimed NZ choreographers and one of the highlights of Tempo New Zealand Festival of Dance 2008.

Trained in London and having cut his teeth in New York, Jeremy Nelson’s works have been seen across the world, from the USA to Southern Europe and beyond. His latest work, SIX, is inspired by both the geometrical and mathematical qualities of the numeral; six-pack, sixth sense, six-pointed star, six degrees of separation, it’s a variety that references from the abstract. SIX’s limitations become keys in which doors are opened to undiscovered rooms. With costumes designed and partially constructed in New York by long time collaborator Luis Lara Malvacais, the composer is also New York based, Kiwi David Watson.

Carol Brown, formerly artist in residence at The Place Theatre London, has had an international presence through collaborations, commissions and teaching in the UK. In 2003 she received the Ludwig Forum international prize for innovation. She debuts her latest work SLIP; working with frequent collaborator, composer Russell Scoones, who currently works at Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre. Dancers write their greatest hits, dress up, dress down and dance out their songs and between the flying and falling, the scenes of suspension expose the intimacy of support and the possibilities of surrender.

Anchoring the trilogy of performances is the return of Suzanne Cowan’s highly acclaimed Grotteschi, which the NZ Herald cited as “the standout highlight of Tempo 08’s opening week….”. The enthralling duet, the gothic horror tells the story of a spider woman and her “feeding” habits, both using and devouring her acolyte, combining riveting movements with dramatic lighting to embrace a range of tempo and mood changes.

Challenging perceptions about who can dance, Touch Compass celebrates the creative talents that diverse artists bring to this through provoking season.

Triple Bill plays
18 – 21 August 2010, 7pm (Saturday matinee – 2pm)
Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE
Tickets: $35 - $25 (plus booking fees)
Bookings through THE EDGE® - visit www.buytickets.co.nz or call 0800 BUYTICKETS

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