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Platform A.D. was created in August 2010 by Holly Noble, Artistic Director of A.D. Dance Company, Associate Dance Artist with English National Ballet and Artistic Director of English National Ballet's youth company. The platform aims to help and provide emerging dance companies, of all genres, the opportunity to showcase their work in the beautiful surroundings of The Actors Church in Covent Garden as well as providing a regular platform for dancers and choreographers to participate in. Along with offering choreographers a unique opportunity we also hope that the platform gives people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to come and explore and be involved with exciting new and innovative dance. A three night choreographic platform presenting dance from six dramatically different dance companies that showcases the best in new UK choreographic talent and performance. For this platform we will be presenting innovative work from James Wilton, Winner of Sadler s Wells Global Dance Contest and the Blueprint Bursary, performing the duet Falling Unknown a work commissioned by South East Dance. A striking new work ?Patriot , choreographed by James Finnemore, current dancer with Hofesh Schecter Dance Company, first premiered at Cloud Dance Festival in July 2011. The world premiere of No Tomorrow by Stewart Kennedy Dance Company, choreographed by Stewart Kennedy, Scottish choreographer and Post Graduate student of Jasmin Vardimon Company. Dead Voices a hauntingly beautiful piece by Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre, choreographed by Anthony Lo-Guidice associate artist of both Dance City and Arc Stockton. Returning for the second time to Platform A.D. is Beyond Repair Dance Company with Room, a graphic and moving piece about grief. And finally host company A.D. Dance Company performing their new work FAWN to Mozart s Requiem. Choreographed by Holly Noble, Dance Artist with Sadler s Wells. For the first time, we will be introducing workshops to run alongside the platform, which will be run by the companies performing. The workshops will be on Friday 4th November and Saturday 5th November and will be 7pound;30 including entrance to the evening s performance. The workshops will run from 9.30am-5pm and will include company class, creative session and repertoire session taught by the choreographers and company members. Platform A.D. website.

Creatives/Company

Company(s): A.D. Dance Company, Beyond Repair Dance Company, Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre, James Wilton Dance Company, Stewart Kennedy Dance Company
Choreographer: James Finnemore