Press Release: Fertile Ground presents Myths & Dreams across the North East this October

[Jan McNulty]

PRESS RELEASE

Fertile Ground presents

Myths & Dreams

North East Tour

14 - 29 October 2021

www.fertileground.org.uk/2021-22programme

 

“An entertaining and engrossing evening of dance.” British Theatre Guide 

 

This October, the North East of England’s touring dance company, Fertile Ground, presents Myths & Dreams at Dance City, Newcastle (14 Oct), The Arts Academy, Sunderland (21 October) and The Maltings, Berwick (29 Oct), with more dates in 2022 to be announced shortly. 

 

Combining dance, film and digital sculpture, this captivating programme features works by four of the most exciting and innovative choreographers working today, performed by a cast of emerging dancers from across the North East. 

 

Opening the bill is Labyrinth by Artistic Co-Director Renaud Wiser. This inter-disciplinary work is inspired by the myth of the Minotaur and sees the dancers immersed in and respond to a virtual environment created by sculptor Marie Lelouche. 

 

Also in the programme is a stage adaptation of Artistic Co-Director Malgorzata Dzierzon’s film Somnium. Created during the pandemic, Somnium looks to capture and express our dreams, memories, anxieties and desires at this time of change, in a collaboration with filmmaker Filipe Alcada and composer Oliver Oates, commissioned by Dance City.

 

Completing the programme is Plubel by rising European choreographers Fabritia D'Intino and Clémentine Vanlerberghe. A finalist in Boris Charmatz’s Danse Élargie competition and performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2019, Plubel is a hypnotic piece that finds individuality within the corps de ballet and questions how the female figure is represented in dance. 

 

Founded in 2013 Fertile Ground is dedicated to talent development and retention in the North East and North of England. It aims to nurture, challenge and inspire a new generation of dance artists and to develop and present world class dance to people across the North. The Company’s vision is to make the North East of England the place to dance. 

 

Alongside Myths & Dreams there will be an opportunity for audiences to experience the virtual sculptures featured in Labyrinth, to witness their full scale and beauty before watching the dancers interact with the digital sculptures on stage. 

 

Listings

 

Fertile Ground

Myths & Dreams 

www.fertileground.org.uk

 

Dance City, Newcastle 

Thursday 14 October 2021 at 7.30pm 

Tickets: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/performance/165299/myths-and-dreams-fertile-ground/

 

The Arts Academy, Sunderland

Thursday 21 October 2021 at 7pm 

Tickets: 

 

The Maltings, Berwick 

Friday 29 October 2021 at 7pm 

Tickets: https://www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/whats-on/fertile-ground-myths-and-dreams/

 

Social Media Handles:

 

Instagram: @fertileground.dance 

Facebook: @fertileground 

Twitter: @fertilegroundNE 

 

Notes to editors 

 

Credits:

 

Title: Labyrinth

Choreography: Renaud Wiser in collaboration with dancers 

Performed by: Esmée Halliday, Ellie Marsh, Lila Naruse, Beth Veitch

Sculptor and Designer: Marie Lelouche

Creative Technologist: Florent Berthaut

Lighting Design: Christopher Swain

 

Title: Somnium

Concept: Małgorzata Dzierżon

Choreography: Małgorzata Dzierżon in collaboration with dancers 

Performed by: Esmée Halliday, Ellie Marsh, Lila Naruse, Beth Veitch

Film director: Filipe Alcada

Music: Oliver Coates

Lighting Design: Christopher Swain

Director of Photography: Fabio Calascibetta

Editing and grading: Filipe Alcada John Antony Thadicaran

Trailer and photography: Filipe Alcada

 

Title: Plubel

Choreography: Fabritia D’Intino & Clémentine Vanlerberghe

Performed by: Esmée Halliday, Ellie Marsh, Lila Naruse, Beth Veitch

Music: Federico Scettri

Lighting Design: Violaine Burgard with Pierre Staigre

Photography: Hubert Helleu

 

Supporters credits 

Fertile Ground 2021/2022 programmes are funded by the Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, Dance City, Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, Three Monkies Trust, Scops Arts Trust, Didymus CIO, Barbour Foundation, Leche Trust and the Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust and developed with support from Dance City, Sunderland College and Newcastle College. Somnium is a Dance City 2021/22 Commission.