SIZE OF COMPANY
4–6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Dancer
Juraj Korec
Dancer
Elisabetta d’Aloia
Dancer
Katsura Isobe
Administration
Sarah Trist

ARTISTIC POLICY
Stephanie Schober closely collaborates with her company of dancers, and composers Matteo Fargion and John-Marc Gowans. Exploring rhythm, form, and spatial relationships, their work grows out of rigorous research into the body and movement. Embracing a sophisticated and humorous sense of theatricality, their intention is to draw the viewer into the dancers’ process of self-investigation, the exploration of group dynamics, the possibility of failure, and the accompanying feeling of trust and intimacy between them.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Gentle and funny.
Frankfurter Rundschau (Newly)
Handsomely choreographed and lighted and full of implied tension and attraction between the two women.
The New York Times (Catch)
A dance maker exploring a style that is clearly recognizable as her own.
Ballet Magazine (Between Sound & Silence)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Between Sound & Silence (The Accompanists/Newly/Catch)
Triple bill of duets exploring the dancers’ movements and sounds. Premiered 2007.
60 mins, 1 interval, 4 on stage, 5 on the road
The Accompanists
Collaboration with composer Matteo Fargion and dancers using rhythmic patterns in music and movement to investigate the dynamics of play. Premiered 2007.
20 mins, 2 on stage, 4 on the road
Newly
Two dancers follow folk music principles to establish and reinvent their relationship. Premiered 2007.
20 mins, 2 on stage, 4 on the road
Catch
Two dancers distort symmetries to catch each other’s mirror image while composer John-Marc Gowans’ sound-score manipulates their voices. Premiered 2005, reworked 2007.
20 mins, 2 on stage, 3 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
New work to premier in autumn 2009
Details available on request

WRAP-AROUND
Post performance talks and educational workshops/ residencies aimed at children, young people, adults, dance and theatre students and practitioners.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Germany: Newly

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Between Sound & Silence (The Accompanists/Newly/Catch) available for touring from January 2009. Works can be presented as triple bill (60 mins) or individually (20 mins each).
Future work available for touring from autumn 2009. More details on request