Press Release: Joss Arnott Dance & Dame Evelyn Glennie join forces for 2015 tour

[Jan McNulty]

Joss Arnott Dance & Dame Evelyn Glennie join forces for 2015 tour

 

 

Joss Arnott Dance and Dame Evelyn Glennie join forces for 5|0 - a birthday celebration marking the company’s 5^th and Dame Evelyn’s 50^th

 

The 9-venue autumn 2015 tour kicks-off at DanceEast, Ipswich on 16 October and concludes at Wiltshire Music Centre on 21 November.

 

Joss Arnott Dance presents a triple bill of new, powerful and heart-pounding choreography, performed by the company’s trademark all-female cast this autumn, accompanied by live performance by Dame Evelyn Glennie andJames Keane. Created by Artistic Director Joss Arnott, this new triple bill demonstrates why the company has emerged as one of the most exciting voices in British contemporary dance.

 

Joss Arnott Dance has joined forces with GRAMMY award-winning composer and percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who will co-write an original score and perform live alongside company Musical Director James Keane forWide Awakening, the climax of the triple bill, created for five dancers.

 

The triple bill also features 24, a quartet inspired by the themes and concepts within the Alexander McQueen V&A exhibition ‘Savage Beauty’ and a solo, V.

 

Full details of the work, collaborators and the tour will be announced later this summer

 

16 Oct                   DanceEast, Ipswich

22 Oct                   Riverfront, Newport

24 Oct                   The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

29 Oct                   Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth

2 Nov                    The Hawth, Crawley

3 Nov                    artsdepot, London

13-14 Nov            Dance City, Newcastle

19 Nov                  Blackpool Grand

21 Nov                  Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon

 

5|0 is a co-commission between Blackpool Grand, DanceEast, Swindon Dance, Pavilion Dance South West, South East Dance, CAST and developed with Dance City. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and PRS for Music Foundation.

 

Joss Arnott Dance is an internationally touring, cutting edge contemporary dance company based in Yorkshire; North of England led by Artistic Director Joss Arnott. The company’s productions aim to excite and inspire its audiences regardless of their dance experience and knowledge through Arnott’s dynamic choreography, originally composed music and extraordinary dancers.