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DANCE WORKS

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'Wait For The Beginning' is a charming and light-hearted piece which looks at the relationship between two women and their struggle for independence and courage. This playful dance is set in the 1950s and performed on and around a park bench. Each specific location adding a new dimension to the piece. Performed to an original score by George Baker.

In 2012 PBDT performed this work at Winchester Hat Fair and Dromos Festival, Horsham.

In November 2011 we were invited to perform at Cafe Anniversaire, Hampshire Dance's 20th anniversary celebrations. The first full performance of this work was shown at Emerge Festival in May 2011 at The Point, Eastleigh and in Winchester town centre.

'Wait For The Beginning' was first shown under the name 'At the Park Bench' at White Night festival 2010 in the Brighton Pavilion Gardens.

Wait For The Beginning (2011)

How to Host a Dinner Party (2012)

The stage is set with dining room furniture. Two women enter; they prepare for a lavish dinner party. Join them on a journey of expectations, nerves and despair as the anticipation builds. Will anyone turn up? This minimalist dance work looks at the challenges of throwing a dinner party and how to overcome them...or not!

After receiving Arts Council funding in 2012 we created this work under the mentorship of Antonia Grove. It was shown at a sharing of work-in-progress at The Nightingale Theatre in 2012 and at Brighton Fringe Festival 2013

Have I been here before....? (2015)

Through the eyes of a dream of another or the same. Two women meet...or do they... They vie for memories and for the truth.

What is my name?

What is real?

Who are you?

This work remains unfinished, but one day we will revisit it. We shared this work in progress at The Brighton Dome as part of Brighton Dance Network's Scratch Night 2015

Three friends meet for a meal. As they wait they chat and catch up, their conversations become animated as they start to see their surroundings in a new light.... Exploring this private, yet very much exposed corner, they squeeze into corners and try to touch the ceiling.