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Here As If They Hadn't Been, As if They Are Not
Photograph Andrew MacGregor

	bock and vincenzi


	Dance theatre, Live art, Installation-based performance, Mixed-media

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale theatres, galleries or alternative spaces

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Simon Vincenzi
Frank Bock

Administrator
Nicky Childs (Artsadmin)

ARTISTIC POLICY
Bock and Vincenzi explore the relationship between the language of movement and the mystery of the image. They draw together collaborators from a broad range of disciplines: dancers, actors, performance artists, composers, magicians and film-makers. The work has clear conceptual origins and is developed with the idiosyncrasies and strengths of those involved. Memory, communication and disappearance are recurring themes that have developed through the physical, emotional and creative responses of the company.

REVIEW EXTRACT
'As the piece ends in a roaring darkness, it’s as if we finally join them (the performers). And you’d be amazed at just what a blast that is.' The Observer

CURRENT PRODUCTION
Invisible dances… A constantly evolving project which, over the past seven years has involved, more than fifty collaborators including both sighted and visually impaired performers, dancers and actors; artists with physical disabilities, sound and video artists, computer programmers, philosophers, photographers, poets, writers, a phenomenologist and a spirit medium. Performance and installations are specially created according to the context and commission. The last phase was a trilogy of performances presented in three acts over three years: Prelude (2004), L’Altrove (2005) and Here, As If They Hadn’t Been, As If They Are Not (2006).

invisible dances... from afar An associated publication has been published containing the text of Fiona Templeton, the medium James Brown, Rose English and Martin Hargreaves together with photographs by Henrik Knudsen. Available from Artsadmin £14.95 ISBN 0-9524337-1-0

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Here, As If They Hadn’t Been, As If They Are Not Plans for revival in 2008

Stage Fright Simon Vincenzi is developing a new theatre work, Inspired by Fritz Lang’s Dr Mabuse, exploring the nature of possession. Due to be presented in 2007–8.

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Associated workshops/talks can be built around each presentation of the invisible dances… Projects and presentations can be also built around using local artists/participants where appropriate.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Germany (Here, As If They Hadn’t Been, As If They Are Not)
2005 Italy (Here, As If They Hadn’t Been, As If They Are Not)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.