SIZE OF COMPANY Varies
SCALE OF VENUE Small- to middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF Artistic Director Rosemary Lee
Administrator Nicky Childs (Artsadmin)
ARTISTIC POLICY Rosemary Lee’s work is characterised by her desire to work in a variety of contexts, constituencies and media which range from site-specific work with mixed age casts numbering up to 250; solos for herself and other performers; short films for broadcast; installations and commissioned works for dance companies. She creates projects that venture into new contexts or settings or form new partnerships with other artists or participants, always seeking to interact with new audiences for dance and performance.
REVIEW EXTRACT 'In a sense Lee is making dances in uncharted territories, using a universal language.' Dance Theatre Journal
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Remote Dancing A video installation made in collaboration with Nic Sandiland, where the interaction of viewer and on-screen dancer becomes an intimate pas de deux. Using sensor and projected video, each visitor can become both choreographer and dancer, creating duets of endless possibilities with the six on-screen partners of varying ages. (3 on the road)
Stereo Dances An interactive sound installation made in collaboration with Nic Sandiland. Listening to a choice of four different sets of instructions played through headphones two partners can create their own private dances together. (1 on the road)
Snow Eight-minute dance film made in collaboration with David Hinton, created from fragments of black and white archive footage from the 1890's to 1960's of ordinary people moving on the snow or ice. Rosemary Lee’s other short films boy, infanta and Greenman also available for presentation.
The Suchness of... Live work with two dancers which both reveals the process of creation whilst also evolving into an hour long performance-lecture demonstration.
FUTURE PRODUCTION Weather Dances Currently researching a series of new large-scale dance projections. Located in different outside public sites the projected image will respond to and reflect changes in weather conditions.
WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY Workshops can accompany presentations of all works. These could include practical workshops with cross-generational groups, working with video or talks/discussions on the use of video/new technology with dance.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2006 France (Remote Dancing, Stereo Dances)
AVAILABILITY FOR TOURING Details on request
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