Press Release:Caroline Bowditch, Falling in Love with Frida, Lilian Baylis Studio, 5 & 6 October 2015

[Jan McNulty]

Caroline Bowditch

Falling in Love with Frida
Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 October 2015
Performances at 8:00pm, Tuesday matinee at 3:30pm
Lilian Baylis Studio, EC1R
Tickets: £17 (£8.50 concessions)
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

 

"An hour of remarkable beauty and joyful humanity" The Herald

 

Following on from the success of the =dance strand, Sadler’s Wells continues its commitment to presenting dance by deaf and disabled artists, beginning with award-winning performer Caroline Bowditch’s work Falling in Love with Frida which comes to the Lilian Baylis Studio on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October 2015 as part of a national tour. The tour follows a sell-out run and a Herald Angel Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. The work was most recently performed at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe.

Falling in Love with Frida explores the life, loves and legacy of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), probably the most famous disabled female visual artist in the world. Today she is largely remembered for the iconic images she created that explicitly document her lived experience of disability, but she is rarely remembered or acknowledged as a disabled artist.

 

Falling in Love with Frida is a reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love like obsession and an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for and how much we can really control others’ memories of us. For this work, Bowditch performs alongside three other artists.

 

On making the work, Caroline Bowditch said; ‘The journey of making this piece, that I am really proud of, has been full of adventure, joy, laughter and tears. I invite you to join me around the yellow table in celebration of one of the finest women that has ever lived.’

Caroline Bowditch describes herself as a performer, maker, teacher and speaker. Born in Australia, she now lives in Glasgow. She has developed a career as a performance artist and choreographer including an Unlimited Commission to create a performance as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the London 2012. Caroline is a founder member of Weave Movement Theatre (Melbourne) and The FATHoM Project (Newcastle), is Artist in Association with Paragon Music (Glasgow) and a Visiting Professor at Coventry University. Her consultancy work in accessibility and inclusivity includes ongoing work with Skånes Dansteater, Sweden and most recently with Australian organisations Access2Arts, Arts Access and the Australia Council for the Arts.

 

Falling in Love with Frida was originally produced by Dance4, commissioned by Dance4 and SICK! Festival, supported by Creative Scotland, Made in Scotland, Arts Council England and Nottingham City Council.

 

 

Age Guidance 16+, contains themes of an adult nature

Free post-show talk (BSL interpreted) for ticket holders after each performance

All performances are BSL interpreted

Audio-described performance on Tuesday at 8:00pm

 

 

Notes to Editors:

 

Listings information

Caroline Bowditch
Falling in Love with Frida
Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 October 2015
Performances at 8:00pm, Tuesday matinee at 3:30pm
Tickets: £17 (£8.50 Concessions)
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.

 

In 2014-15 Sadler’s Wells presented =dance, a year-round programme of work which focused on the excellent and innovative work being created by deaf and disabled artists and inclusive companies.