Scottish Dance Theatre
Scottish Dance Theatre is Scotland’s national contemporary dance company. Starting with a talk at 7.30pm for the show at 8.15pm. The Long and the Short of It choreographed by Caroline Bowditch and Tom Pritchard (3 mins) A short duet featuring SDT's Dance Agent for Change and our tallest dancer Joan Clevillé. Unpacking some big ideas, the work explores proportion. "It is a simple yet bold piece, and it sets the audience thinking about the perception of disability, proving that dance is able to address complex issues in a direct, forthright manner" The Skinny "Funny and touching, and overturning our perconceptions" The Times Drift choreographed by James Wilton (11 mins) Pushing the dancer’s to their physical limits, this powerful duet choreographed by James Wilton explores loneliness and closeness, absolute commitment and high risk trust. Sometimes the people we care about the most are the people we hurt the most. "Threads choreographed by James Wilton left the audience breathless as the couple literary threw themselves at each other in a long series of acrobatic jumps"Sunday Times, Malta on James Wilton’s Threads In the Middle of the Moment choreographed by Uri Ivgi and Johan Greben (17 mins) A duet about the physical restraints of a relationship, performed within a 3m metre square of light to hauntingly atmospheric classical music by Arvo Pärt and György Kurtág. ‘totally beguiling’ ballet.co.uk ‘A quiet and ultimately devastating portrait of isolation’ The Guardian The Life and Times of Girl A choreographed by Ben Duke (34 mins) Lost Dog’s award winning Ben Duke brings his ‘highly theatrical and subversively humorous style’ (Metro) to create a new work for SDT. A woman is trying to tell us something important about what is happening now. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she's got is a stage and some dancers. A piece about moments of crisis both emotional and financial, when all we need is to use less to say more.Date: 27/04/10
Start Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 69
Type: Performance Dance