Press Release: Jefta van Dinther, As It Empties Out, Platform Theatre, 1 & 2 October 2015

[Jan McNulty]

Jefta van Dinther
As It Empties Out
UK Premiere
Thursday 1 & Friday 2 October 2015
Performances at 8.00pm
Tickets: £17
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

 

Jefta van Dinther presents the UK premiere of As It Empties Out, on 1 & 2 October 2015 at the Platform Theatre, Central St Martin’s, in King’s Cross.

Swedish choreographer and dancer Jefta van Dinther has been attracting growing attention internationally with his striking world of sensorial illusions and bodies compelled to move. His recent work, the provocative Plateau Effect for Cullberg Ballet, was presented at Sadler’s Wells as part of the Northern Light season in 2014. He returns with another ambitious project, co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells and presented in partnership with Platform Theatre at Central Saint Martins.

 

As It Empties Out plays with scale, dimension and time in order to dislodge the senses and create an uncanny, beguiling world. The dancers exude energy and emotion, repeatedly vanishing and dissolving into a space that lacks boundaries, coaxing the audience to go deeper and forget where they are.

Van Dinther creates sophisticated environments of light, sound and voice, using heavy electronic soundscapes that offer the audience powerful physical experiences. For this piece, he returns to long term collaborators: lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen, sound designer David Kiers and the set design duo SIMKA.

 

Van Dinther is a choreographer and dancer working between Stockholm and Berlin. Recent works include THIS IS CONCRETE(2012), made in collaboration with Thiago Granato, as well as GRIND (2011), in collaboration with lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen and sound designer Davis Kiers. His other works include The Way Things Go (2009) and IT'S IN THE AIR (2008) in collaboration with Mette Ingvartsen. He was appointed Senior Lecturer and Artistic Director, together with Frederic Gies, at the MA program in Choreography at DOCH (University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm) between 2012-2014.

 

 

Free post-show talk for ticket holders: Thursday 1 October

 

 

Listings information

 

Jefta van Dinther
As It Empties Out
UK Premiere
Thursday 1 & Friday 2 October 2015
Performances at 8.00pm
Tickets: £17
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

 

About Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells is a world leader in contemporary dance, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the very best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005 it has helped to bring over 90 new dance works to the stage and its international award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour the world. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 appointed world class Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and an Associate Company and nurtures the next generation of talent through hosting the National Youth Dance Company, its Summer University programme, Wild Card initiative and its New Wave Associates.

 

Located in Islington in north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells.

 

Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 9% of its revenue from Arts Council England.