SIZE OF COMPANY 4–11 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE Small- to middle-scale venues for larger works (capacity 250–800) Small-scale venues and galleries for smaller pieces (capacity 80–200)
PERMANENT STAFF Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent
General Manager Jane Whitehead
Administration & Marketing Officer Katie Rodgers
Production Manager Jim Harrison
Finance & Administration Assistant Matthew Colley
ARTISTIC POLICY Vincent Dance Theatre produces live, filmed, digital and published work with an international outlook, challenging conventional values in dance. The company’s work addresses issues of contemporary relevance and insists on finding meaning in movement. Often text informed, productions steal from reality to create a believable universe in which a series of events reflect the personal stories, individual physicality and multi-national diversity of collaborators involved.
REVIEW EXTRACTS 'Virtuosic… audacious… strongly affecting.' The Independent (Broken Chords)
'Beautiful… visually arresting… sovereignly choreographed… great dance.' New York Times (Broken Chords)
'Vincent pulls off a powerful feat… absorbing, touching and often very funny.' The Guardian (Broken Chords)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Broken Chords A compelling portrait of breaking up and breaking down with dark humour, exquisite dancing and sublime live music. (95 mins, 8 on stage, 11 on the road)
Test Run An escalating, looping solo driven by multi-layered live violin, exposing the demands placed on one dancer to avoid meltdown. Created for Dance Umbrella 2006. (30 mins, 3 on stage, 6 on the road)
Punch Drunk An emotionally raw, darkly humorous journey into vaudeville and burlesque. (90 mins, 6 on stage, 9 on the road)
Shifting Intimacies An interactive media artwork using multi-sensory design to create an immersive experience for one participant at a time. (Multi-media installation, 2 on the road)
FUTURE PRODUCTION Stand Up New middle-scale production available for touring from 2008. (90 mins, 13 on the road)
WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY Professional development; projects in schools, colleges, universities, community groups.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2007 USA (Broken Chords) 2004 Austria (Lying in the Gutter, Looking at the Stars), Lithuania (On the House), Taiwan (9xTable) 2003 Germany (Drop Dead Gorgeous)
TOURING AVAILABILITY Broken Chords, Punch Drunk, Test Run andShifting Intimacies available from January 2007.
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