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Spring 2010 continues the barbican theatre’s ambition to champion theatre that is fresh, new and invigorating!!
This season we are delighted to welcome ‘standnotamazed’ with their extraordinary brand of illusion theatre, three outstanding contemporary dance companies - 4m2, Tavaziva Dance and Srishti with accompanying masterclasses for local artists and Madam Galina in a truly unforgettable evening of comedy and dance.
We are proud to present Symbiotic Dance Theatre and their premier performance Breath Me – new work made in Plymouth by local professional artists.
If you are 26 and under you will have the chance to see shows for free via ‘A Night Less Ordinary’, an Arts Council England scheme, supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,to get more young people into theatres across England.
Tavaziva Dance
Wild Dog captures the beauty and elegance of one of Africa’s most
endangered species. Join the dramatic dancers as their bodies pulsate and vibrate against the mind-blowing soundtrack cut and arranged by award-winning Zimbabwean-born choreographer and composer Bawren Tavaziva.
“Tavaziva’s choreography combines physical lushness with a determined ferocity”
The Guardian
Tavaziva Masterclass
Thurs 11 March 6.30-8.30pm £5 - youth dancers 14+ with experience
Supported by Plymouth Dance
Image by Irven Lewis.
presented by Barbican Theatre & Theatre Royal Plymouth
ROAR is the future of theatre. It is the power of young people as theatre makers. It is the honesty of the choices they make. It is the word of the stories they tell. Conceived, directed and performed by some of the region’s most exciting young talent, each night consists of different performances by GCSE, A-level and BTEC Performing Arts groups.
Srishti
Experience Indian classical dance and music presented in innovative ways within contemporary contexts. Srishti is a Bharatanatyam dance company led by artistic director
Nina Rajarani MBE. This tour marks 20 years of Nina’s professional dance career, and the recent award of an MBE in recognition of her services to South Asian Dance.
“Nina Rajarani’s take on classical Indian dance is invigorating.”
The Times
Srishti Masterclass
Thurs 18 March from 6.30-8.30pm £5 All abilities/ages
Supported by Plymouth Dance
Image by Chris Nash
Company 502
Theatre and Performance degree students from the University of Plymouth present their second year production project, part of their exploration into Political and Community Theatre.
Directed by Mark Laville, the Barbican’s Artistic Director, as part of a partnership with the University of Plymouth’s Department of Theatre and Performance.
emerge
An interplanetary journey with trapeze, aerial and circus.
Featuring liskeard youth circus, plymouth community circus, callington trapeze club, callington community college, hyde park school and calstock unicycle club.
Strictly Collaborative
Created by the cast of Strictly Collaborative. ‘A Place for Belonging’
highlights the needs and wants of different people. What makes you feel
all warm and fuzzy inside? Strictly Collaborative is wholly inclusive and
this performance describes the lives and loves of the members.
Iestyn Edwards
Madame Galina & Anything For A Tenor:Iraq And I.
A double bill including a dramatic monolgue and performance piece about Iestyn’s experiences performing to Her Majesty’s Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Genius. Hilariously funny, but touching. Fascinating and unique slant on
the war zones, too. And as for those pirouettes!” Audience Response
In support of Help for Heroes
