Details

The Place Prize is the biggest single source of commissions for new short works in British dance. In the Semi-Finals you'll be able to vote on each of the four commissions performing each night. The piece with the highest average score goes through to the Finals. Crow in Eden - An epic journey into Eden, where ritual and constraint are everywhere, and the consequences for breaking the rules are great. A work based on Ted Hughes' anthology Crow in which dance and live music are welded together in a poetic nightmare. From the Waist Up - A solo piece performed by Darren based on the theme of censorship. He will be collaborating with writer Rick Bland and composer Russell Pay to create a work that explores freedom of speech and the freedom to move. Three Sighs to Beauty - Three Sighs to Beauty is a piece that explores and reveals intense feelings which cause us to sigh. How does a sigh out of sorrow and out of joy differ in emotional arousals and dynamic stimulation? How does breath alter our behaviour? Begin to Begin, a piece about dead ends - Begin to begin, a piece about dead ends takes the form of a nonsensical dirge. The work is a rhyme in motion, fuelled by playing the game of dying.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer(s): Conor Doyle (Crow in Eden), Darren Ellis (From the Waist Up), Vangelis Legakis (Three Sighs to Beauty), Eva Recacha (Begin to Begin - a piece about dead ends)