Press Release: The Point At Which It Last Made Sense, Lilian Baylis Studio, Friday 9 October 2015

[Jan McNulty]

Robin Dingemans & Nick Bryson

The Point At Which It Last Made Sense
Friday 9 October 2015
Performance at 8pm
Lilian Baylis Studio, EC1R
Tickets: £17 (£8.50 concessions)
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

 

Following on from the success of the =dance strand, Sadler’s Wells continues its commitment to presenting dance by deaf and disabled artists with The Point At Which It Last Made Sense in the Lilian Baylis Studio on Friday 9 October 2015.

 

The Point At Which It Last Made Sense is a multi-iteration work using dance, sound and video. This collaboration between choreographers Robin Dingemans and Nick Bryson shows beauty in all its aspects, from the profound to the superficial and everything in between, thereby challenging the advertising norms we are immersed in.

 

Through a series of extraordinary images, moments of reflection and startling poses a young couple lip-sync to perfect advertising voices. The piece is an emotional study of vulnerability, compassion and the superficial nature of our marketing-overloaded lives, which invites the audience to draw conclusions about the advertising industry and its strong role in our society.  

 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the previously advertised cast for The Point At Which It Last Made Sense has changed. The show will now be performed by dancers Marlieke Burghouts and Michael Turinsky.

 

Robin Dingemans is a choreographer, performer and teacher and workshop leader who works primarily in Sweden and the UK. In 2009 he was nominated for Outstanding Male Performance by the UK Critics Circle National Dance Awards. Dingemans has performed in works by Weld Company, Fevered Sleep, Station House Opera, DV8 Physical Theatre, Protein, Theatre Rites and many more. Dingemans’ work plays freely with the boundaries of choreography, experimenting with the devising process and potential outcomes, which include dance for the stage, non-traditional performance spaces, video, social dances, publication of writing and other mediums. Originally from New Zealand, Robin has been based in Europe since 1998.

 

Nick Bryson is an Irish choreographer, performer and co-founder in 2007 of Legitimate Bodies Dance Company. His artistic career includes international collaborations with artists Damian Punch, Annika Luschin and Niamh Condron. Bryson has toured work extensively throughout Europe and America including Hanging in There, The Goldilocks Zone, Touching Distance, Second Hand Landscapes and many more. He is currently dance artist in residence in Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, County Wicklow. He has taught improvisation and somatics in US universities, Maryland, Purdue and Luther College. 

 

Michael Turinsky, academically trained as a philosopher, is currently living and working as a theorist, dancer and choreographer in Vienna. Artistic collaborations with Sonja Brown, Andreas Constantinou, Barbara Kraus, Bert Gstettner, Claire Vivianne Sobottke, Teresa Vittucci, Cornelia Voglmayr, Doris Uhlich and others. Choreographic works include Rücksicht auf Darstellbarkeit (2008), Narcissus project (2008), heteronomous male (2012/2013), Signature Series (2013), my body, your pleasure and Micro Boom (2014). .

 

Marlieke Burghouts is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and workshop leader who works primarily in Europe. In 2014, she received the Trinity Laban bursary award, allowing her to attend the M.A. Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. Her graduation performance was staged in London and Eindhoven (NL). She has created and presented work at Dansateliers Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Marlieke has danced for TNSP, the People Movers, Ekilibre Dance Company among others in New York City, and Compagnie Lumen in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is currently based in Amsterdam and leading dance workshops for semi-professional and professional dancers.  

 

A Greenwich Dance & Trinity Laban Partnership Compass Commission. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Arts Council of Ireland, Co-commissioned by Pavilion Dance South West, with further support in Ireland from The Firkin Crane, Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, and UK from South East Dance, Escalator Dance, The Place and Roehampton University. 

 

 

 

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Listings information 

Robin Dingemans & Nick Bryson
The Point At Which It Last Made Sense
Friday 9 October 2015
Performance at 8pm
Lilian Baylis Studio, EC1R
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.