Classes Residencies Workshops

9 September – 8 December 2017 PROFESSIONAL DANCE

classes residencies workshops dancebase.co.uk WELCOME Autumn Term 2017 Welcome to our always surprising and inspiring professional programme – full of newly embodied ideas and opportunities for the dancers and makers of the nation. This term we have a true legend coming to visit and personally the first and so possibly the most influential guru of mine: The great Lindsay Kemp will be in the house in October. Lindsay was mentor to many including Kate Bush and David Bowie – the latter even came to stay at the mad and glorious basement flat in Drummond Street here in Edinburgh whilst writing his album Hunky Dory. I was scullery maid and gin pourer but also a devoted student of Lindsay’s. His shows were like something from another fabulous, glittering, over-made-up planet. A planet I’ve been visiting regularly ever since! As well as this amazing news, we will be welcoming our new DEBS (graduate dancers) who will be mentored by Al Seed, one of our great Scottish artists of physical theatre. Add to this up to two free classes a week for professionals and countless residency showings on Fridays, and it all starts to add up to a pretty awesome Autumn. As always, I’ll remind you that our Friday afternoon showings by companies in residence are open to all and free to attend. I hope to see you there, as well as |at the Lindsay Kemp-led autumn showcase and our Youth Dance showcase at the Traverse in November.

Morag Deyes MBE, Artistic Director [email protected]

BOARD Chairman Edward ACrozier Members Paul Blair, Simon Guest, Christopher Hampson, Cllr David Key, Kirstee Macbeth, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ashley Steven

Patron: HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay KT KG Artistic Patron: Mark Morris

Dance Base gratefully acknowledges support from: Awards for All Scotland The Maple Trust Cashback for Creativity The Nancy Massey Charitable Trust D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Ponton House Trust Martin Connell Charitable Trust The Robertson Trust Edinburgh Airport Community Board The Russell Trust EIS Split Infinitive Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Wolfson Foundation Miss K.M. Harbinson's Charitable Trust WCH Trust for Children Christina Mary Hendrie Trust Dance Wear The Leverhulme Trust

Dance Base 14 –16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU 0131 225 5525 I [email protected] I dancebase.co.uk

2 dancebase.co.uk PROSERVICES Dance Base operates an open-door policy to all professional dancers. These are some of the resources available. Resources/Notice Board The Treatment Room at Dance Base An extensive library of books, magazines, publications, Treatments are undertaken by highly qualiﬁed videos and DVDs is available to view or borrow. practitioners, offered at a reduced rate. To book Reception staff will be happy to retrieve items from contact the therapist directly. Details available the archive. Details of classes, residencies, audition from reception and below. notices, jobs and calls for submissions/collaboration are on the notice board outside the green room. [email protected] Green Room Valeska Andrews Massage Therapy Chill out, access the internet and read our selection NO HANDS massage. On-Site Chair. of national and international dance publications and Deep powerful, gentle touch for all. updated DVD selection. PC and internet access via [email protected] free WiFi is available. D-mail Pro Feldenkrais with Merav Israel A fortnightly digest of news, funding information, Performer, movement/dance teacher, choreographer, job opportunities and special offers. Feldenkrais Method practitioner. Sign up at dancebase.co.uk 07821 335757 / [email protected] Dance Base Reception FASIC Fitness Assessment The well-informed and friendly reception staff are and Sports Injuries your ﬁrst port of call for any enquiries. Centre for Sport & Exercise, 0131 225 5525 / [email protected] The University of Edinburgh Pro Studio Hire Offers discounts of up to 25% when quoting Studio space is available to hire out with the regular Dance Base Professional Offer. professional programme at £9 per hour. The Dance 0131 650 2578 / sport.ed.ac.uk Base meeting room may be available for dance company board meetings for free. Bill Taylor Sports Injuries Clinic Please contact [email protected] for availability Welcomes dancers and offers a £5 discount and prices. on consultations when quoting Funding Dance Base Professional Offer. 0131 332 8698 The Creative Scotland Professional Development Fund offers assistance for individual artists working at a professional level in Scotland. Health for Life Chiropractic 0845 603 6000 / creativescotland.com Can help with spine/joint injury treatment and preventative spinal care. Dancers receive 50% off a Advice consultations – quote Dance Base Professional Offer. Dance Base staff are here to offer support, advice and 0131 477 1728 / healthforlifechiro.co.uk advocacy to the professional community. Morag Deyes, Artistic Director, directs the residency, festival and the showcase programme, and can advise on many areas of professional development and training. Morag is also happy to give feedback during the studio process if requested at least 2–3 weeks in advance. Bush Hartshorn is available to advise on professional development for dance artists and Chief Executive Jenny Langlands is available to advise on budgets and funding applications. [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected]

0131 225 5525 3 CLASSES

‘As a mature dancer, researcher and educator who has travelled nationally and internationally I have never experienced anywhere that does professional dance classes as well or as consistently as Dance Base.’ Debbie Watson, dance artist and class participant

Monday Tuesday Wednesday 11 Sep – 4 Dec 12 Sep – 5 Dec 13 Sep – 6 Dec Free Practice Space Company Class Classical Ballet Open Time for With Resident Companies With Julie Mitchell I Professional Drop-in I 09.30 – 11.00 I £4.50 Professionals Further details on style, class Emphasis on musicality and artistry, 09.30 –11.00 I FREE content and requisite experience can be found in the residency while maintaining a strong and pure These open sessions section of the brochure, or online. technique. A class with a complete are a chance for all vocabulary and joy of dance! 12 Sep 10.00 – 11.30 professional dancers to Lisa Fannen, Katsura Isobe, share ideas, or simply Jer Reid, Natasha Swingler, take advantage of some Contemporary Solène Weinachter free studio time. There With Steinvor Palsson I Adv/Pro will be no session leader, 19 Sep 10.00 – 11.30 Drop-in I 18.00 – 19.30 I £4.50 but the space is intended Emma Jayne Park Focusing on alignment, breath, to be a shared space clarity of movement and musicality, between multiple 26 Sep 10.00 – 11.30 the class moves from standing dancers and is subject Claricia Kruithof exercises for working on technique to numbers on the day. 3 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 through movement sequences and Typhaine Delaup jumps that explore space, rhythm and Virginia Scudeletti and shifting dynamics.

10 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 Julia James-Grifﬁths

24 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 Emma Jayne Park Drop-in class Tickets are sold on a ﬁrst-come, 7 & 14 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 ﬁrst-served basis. Buy tickets Roberta Jean online, in person or over the phone from one day before the 21 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 class begins. Lucy Boyes/Robbie Synge Musicians 28 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 William Mowat Thomson, Farah Saleh David Robertson and Barney Strachan 5 Dec 10.00 – 11.30 Chiara Frigo

4 dancebase.co.uk Class Levels PRO Studio Hire Newsletter Classes marked Professional are Studio space is available to Sign up to the pro suitable for professional dancers, hire outwith the regular newsletter for all graduate students and others who professional programme for the latest news, have undergone intense technical individual professional jobs, opportunities training. Other classes listed on development at £9 per hour. and performances these pages are taught at All Levels For availability and prices, from the world or Improvers and are also open to please contact of pro dance. community dancers. [email protected] dancebase.co.uk

Thursday Friday Saturday 14 Sep – 7 Dec 15 Sep – 8 Dec 9 Sep – 2 Dec Company Class Classical Ballet Contemporary With Resident Companies With Vincent Hantam With Steinvor Palsson Further details on style, class Professional Professional content and requisite experience can be found in the residency section Drop-in I 09.30–11.00 I £4.50 Drop-in I 11.15 – 12.45 I £4.50 of the brochure, or online. This is a general morning class This class focuses on placement, 14 & 21 Sep 10.00 – 11.30 for professional dancers and breath, core strength and Giulia Montalbano dancers with extensive musicality. The emphasis experience of classical ballet. throughout is on finding a strong 28 Sep 10.00 – 11.30 This class will invigorate both centre from which to explore Tamsyn Russell your body and your mind and movement with ease, efficiency 5 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 set you up for the day. and fluidity. Claricia Kruithof 12 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 Aerial Hire Lindsay Kemp and Daniela Maccari Professional Aerial Hire is available once an induction has been completed. To book an induction contact: 19 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 [email protected] Stadium Rock 26 Oct 10.00 – 11.30 Rob Heaslip & Company Company showings 2 & 9 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 Immerse yourself in our free studio showing of the week’s Martyn Garside professional resident companies at 17.00. Come and support your dance community. See the calendar on the back page for 16 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 dates. Alan Lambie 23 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 Farah Saleh Out of Class Improvisation 30 Nov 10.00 – 11.30 Programmed by Christine Devaney Lucy Boyes/Robbie Synge £5 payable in cash 7 Dec 10.00 – 11.30 Sun 24 Sep I 11.00 – 13.00 Colin Poole Sun 29 Oct I 11.00 – 13.00 14 Dec 10.00 – 11.30 Sun 19 Nov I 11.00 – 13.00 Luke Pell and Kitty Fedorec

0131 225 5525 5 6 dancebase.co.uk AUTUMN 17 SHOWCASE: PARTICIPANT CALLOUT Illuminations Residency I Mon 9 – Fri 13 Oct I 11.00 – 16.00 Showcase I Sat 14 Oct I 20.00

It is a privilege to welcome the legendary Lindsay Kemp to Dance Base. Much has been said about his influence on seminal artists such as Bowie and Bush but we also acknowledge Lindsay’s ground-breaking work over the decades. Works that have radically, glamorously and intensely changed ways of seeing theatre, dance, art, life and gender. It was in the same Grassmarket that is now home to Dance Base that the exquisite and high camp classics such as Flowers, The Maids and the Turquoise Pantomime were premiered, in the first wild manifestation of the Traverse Theatre. Morag’s life was changed as a 15 year-old dance student at the Theatre School of Dance and Drama in the West End run by William Mowat Thomson, when Lindsay flew into the studio accompanied by dancer The Incredible Orlando (aka Jack Birkett), filling it with charisma, visceral life and colour and outrageous behaviour. Morag was invited to be part of that most outrageous and innovative company, and now, several decades later, Lindsay’s homecoming is rightly here at Dance Base, and now you can spend an entire week with the man Kate Bush dedicated the song Moving to. She said of him “It was incredible, I’d never seen anything like it, I really hadn’t. And I felt if it was possible to combine that strength of movement with the voice, then maybe it would work, and that’s what I’ve tried to do.” Brian Eno – “Lindsay was, is and always has been extraordinary.” Sir Alec Guinness stated “Lindsay Kemp is a great, repeat, great artist.” Lindsay is joined in the studio by the Italian ballet dancer Daniela Maccari, who will embody some of Lindsay’s vision during the week and is essential to the process. More details of both artists can be found on the website.

To Apply Participants must have more than three years’ professional experience in physical theatre or dance. The project will take place from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 October at Dance Base, 14–16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU with a public performance of the work on Saturday 14 at 20.00. The project is FREE of charge and is part of Dance Base’s continued Professional Development Programme. Please note Dance Base cannot cover travel and/or accommodation, please take this in to consideration when applying. Interested applicants must submit a CV and personal statement about why you would like to take part in the project to [email protected] and thereafter we will send to Lindsay Kemp for the ﬁnal decision. Deadline for interest is Monday 11 September. We will get back to applicants by Monday 18 September.

0131 225 5525 7 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

Dance Base offers a programme of free dance classes for over-60s throughout October as part of Luminate: Scotland's creative ageing festival. The classes will be Contemporary Dance and Performance Art with the iconic Lindsay Kemp, Jazz with Chris Stuart-Wilson, Ballet with Matthew Hawkins and ‘let-it-all-hang-out’ Freestyle Contemporary with Morag Deyes. These classes encourage a sense of joy in movement and creativity and will be fun, open and free. Wed 4 Oct I 15.00 – 16.00 I Chris Stuart Wilson Wed 11 Oct I 15.00 – 16.00 I Lindsey Kemp with Daniela Maccari Wed 18 Oct I 15.00 – 16.00 I Morag Deyes Wed 25 Oct I 15.00 – 16.00 I Matthew Hawkins PRIME will also be performing as part of our Autumn Showcase on Saturday 14 October at 20.00 – alongside work created by Lindsey Kemp – keep an eye on our website for more details.

8 dancebase.co.uk Image: Josh Hawkins

WORKSHOP COAL Dance and Physical Theatre Master Class with Gary Clarke

Suitable for Dance/Physical Theatre Students, Graduates and Professionals Mon 11 Sep I 11.00 – 13.00 I £10 Dance Base with Gary Clarke Company are offering dance/physical theatre students, graduates and professionals the unique opportunity to take part in a master class led by award-winning dancer and choreographer Gary Clarke. Using material from his recent critically-acclaimed national dance theatre show COAL (which explores the darker underbelly of the mining industry) Gary will lead participants through repertoire from the show and creatively explore some of the themes of the work. A fun, educational and explorative master class for anyone interested in theatre and dance followed by a chance to see COAL, coaltour.co.uk. All participants will be offered a special ticket rate code to see COAL at the Traverse Theatre on either 14, 15 or 16 September (subject to availability). Bookings for the workshop can be made in-person, by calling 0131 225 5525, or online at dancebase.co.uk

0131 225 5525 9 Dance Base and Traverse Theatre present: Without a Hitch Room 2 Manoeuvre

Traverse Theatre I Fri 3 Nov I 19.30

‘Hip hop, ya don’t stop’ – but all good things must come to an end. Without a Hitch follows the downward spiral of a four-man b-boy crew as ambition, jealousy and frustration manifest in a group struggling to move in the same direction. Featuring an international cast from Finland, Sweden and the UK, expect plenty of dark comedy, powerful breakdancing and slick production from Room 2 Manoeuvre’s new hip hop dance theatre production. ‘Who knew that hip hop and urban street dance had such a sensitive side and could wow us with bravura power moves? […] a wickedly funny exposé of the internal rivalries and mighty egos behind some very tasty, tight and smoking dance’ Mary Brennan, Herald HHHH

Co-produced by JoJo Dance Centre – Finland Image: Simon Beyer-Pederesen Supported by Creative Scotland and The Brunton Book: £12 (£10.50) Weekend Ticket £19 (£16) for both shows Family Ticket (for either show) £28 for 4 0131 228 1404 I traverse.co.uk

10 dancebase.co.uk Dance Base and Traverse Theatre present: Starting Now Youth Dance Showcase

Traverse Theatre I Sat 4 Nov I 19.00

Celebrating the freshness, enthusiasm and talent of Scotland’s young dancers – Dance Base and the Traverse Theatre bring you a family-friendly evening that shows just what these young people can do. Come and enjoy styles such as Indian classical dance, hip hop, contemporary dance and more in this spectacular evening’s entertainment, designed to light up the dark November night. The show will include performances by Dance Base’s own Lothian Youth Dance Company, Edinburgh based hip hop company, Mini Jackers, and Dance Ihayami’s Spice, alongside other invited guests.

Book: Image: Viktoria Begg £12 (£10.50) Weekend Ticket £19 (£16) for both shows Family Ticket (for either show) £28 for 4 0131 228 1404 I traverse.co.uk

0131 225 5525 11 Catalyst Dance Management Dance Sector Development Workshops

A continuing series of free workshops and discussion groups for anyone working in dance, led by members of the Dance Base team, or by friends and colleagues from other parts of the sector.

Creative Scotland Open Funding Application Workshops

Dance Base Chief Executive, Jenny Langlands will lead a number of bespoke funding sessions, focusing on applying to Creative Scotland's Open Fund. These are aimed at dance artists who wish to apply for support from Creative Scotland for a specific project. This could include: research, development, creation, touring and professional development etc. These sessions will span several meetings and conversations, which will include: > An initial conversation with to discuss the project and provide advice on different funding options > A meeting to go through a draft application, where constructive feedback will be provided. As a result of these meetings, actions will be agreed by both Dance Base (including membe of the Catalyst team) and artists > A final review meeting and support in submitting the application There will be up to six slots across September to December. Sessions will be on a first come, first served basis. Bookings will open on Monday 24 July at 10.00, to book please email [email protected], with a brief outline of your project, including timelines and ideal submission deadlines, highlighting which time period would best suit you (Jul – Sep or Oct – Dec). If there is a demand, we are able to travel to different locations throughout Scotland. Please indicate your preferred location in your email.

Open Project Funding Anna Krzystek, Interdisciplinary Performance Ofﬁcer at Creative Scotland Wed 27 Sep I 10.00 – 11.30 I Free This informal session will provide an overview of Creative Scotland funding and processes. The introductory talk will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions. This session is aimed at people working in the dance sector. To book, email [email protected] by Wednesday 20 September.

12 dancebase.co.uk Tips & Tricks for Social Media Marketing Mira Knoche Thu 26 Oct I 11.00 – 12.30 I Free Dance Base Marketing & Communications Officer, Mira Knoche invites you to this skills-sharing session on how social media platforms can be used effectively to promote your work as an artist. Topics and questions we will discuss include: > brainstorming core values and messages for dance artists and companies > developing an authentic and confident voice based on own values and messages > identifying and setting up the right online platforms based on values and audiences > finding good examples/digital role models for inspiration > the power of good images > creating online video content > connecting with others (following and tagging/supporting organisations, venues/promoters, peers, potential advocates) > building an intriguing narrative online > creating a manageable social media plan > Q&A / skills sharing

The session will include a short presentation, some exercises on drafting content and an open Q&A discussion. The aim is to give participants an insight into effective social media activity from the perspective of a venue, the opportunity to ask questions, share experiences and leave the session with a small personal action plan. To book, email [email protected] by Thursday 19 October.

0131 225 5525 13 RESIDENCIES Selected by Artistic Director, Morag Deyes

Throughout the year, Dance Base offers residency opportunities to professional choreographers, companies and individual artists who want to develop their work. The selection is not highly competitive but we will choose artists who we believe will make the best use of the facilities we have built for dance and who may also have a positive impact on the professional dance community. We offer two strands of residency to support your needs. EXPLORING Exploring residencies are designed to encourage exploration, research, development and experimentation. There will be an opportunity to share ﬁndings with peers and Dance Base visitors and to invite and encourage feedback. ARRIVING This residency is offered to a choreographer, company or individual who wished to take an already-developed idea to the next stage and premiere their work in a theatre or site-speciﬁc space. Forthcoming residencies | Spring Term 2018 (January – March)

HOW TO APPLY We invite applications three times a year – we are currently programming for Autumn 2017. Deadline for applications is Monday 1 May at 17.00. Applications may be submitted by email to Helen McIntosh, Programmes Manager [email protected]. Please complete the Residency Application document on the residencies page of the website at dancebase.co.uk/professional

RESIDENCY 11 – 15 SEPTEMBER Tides Lisa Fannen, Katsura Isobe, Jer Reid, Natasha Swingler, Solène Weinachter

As a collective we’ll be researching the interplay of projected film, dance/movement, live music & sampled sound, including spoken words. We’ll be using improvisation as a vital component of explorations that involves both social and political comment about, and a meditation on/celebration of water – its beauty and power, current related environmental destruction, and violence to indigenous people’s land/water/communities. We want to develop understandings of the relationship between different elements: what is it, for example, to move with/to/against film? What is it to dance with/to/against words; responding to both the sonic affect/pulse/pitch and the actual political/emotional content? The investigation will layer these elements and variables and examine them through structured scores. Company class I Tuesday 12 September I 10.00 – 11.30 The function and movement language of the fluid systems of the body. Short scores for improvisation with live music and video projection. Company showing I Friday 15 September I 16.00

14 dancebase.co.uk Image: Martina Peluso, Illustrator RESIDENCY 11 – 22 SEPTEMBER W-hat About? Fuora Dance Project/ Giulia Montalbano

Fuora Dance Project is ready for a new adventure... W-Hat About? A brand-new children’s dance-theatre performance by the enchanting dancers of Fuora Dance Project celebrating grandparents who help us to grow up, teaching us to be brave when life is difﬁcult, helping us to ﬁght our fears and destroy the barriers between others and ourselves. The performance is an interactive celebration of the importance of intergenerational family ties enriched by a humorous take on the combination of Italian and Scottish cultures. Audiences can learn words in Italian subtly exploring the moral content of the importance of commitment as well as learning from our mistakes in order to grow.

Company class I Thursday 14 & 21 September I 10.00 – 11.30 . Giulia Montalbano will guide you to research the pure physicality and the mechanism of how the body moves in certain qualities while dancing, using and transforming physical habits in a new and fresh approach to your movement. Company showing I Friday 15 & 22 September I 17.00 Supported by: Creative Scotland

RESIDENCY 18 – 22 SEPTEMBER & Image: Cultured Mongrel 23 – 27 OCTOBER Here Before Now Cultured Mongrel

We’ve all ‘been here before’. With hindsight, it is easy to see how history has repeated itself but what happens when life throws you a curve ball of meteoric proportion? Exploring grief, change and our relationship with home, Here Before Now combines movement and text with live music from composer Nik Paget-Tomlinson. Here Before Now is the ﬁrst stage in developing Quality driven, intimate home-based performances which consider the speciﬁc needs of people who are house bound for medical reasons. Working in partnership with The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, these short works will engage with a variety of themes and art forms to offer those who cannot attend the theatre the same privilege as our visiting audiences.

Company class Tuesday 19 September & 24 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Physical, playful and open to advanced movers from all backgrounds class will explore the overlap between contemporary technique and hip hop styles. Company showing Friday 22 September & 27 October I 16.00 Commissioned by: 2Faced Dance Company & The BENCH

0131 225 5525 15 RESIDENCY 25 – 29 SEPTEMBER Image: Susan Hay Scene Stealer Tamsyn Russell

During this residency, Tamsyn and the dancers will use this time to continue the research and development for a new work Scene Stealer. Scene Stealer is an exploration into the idea of: individuals/groups of people creating different worlds/atmospheres/scenarios which continually get interrupted by a new scene. Exploring their different upbringings, values and experiences within a group setting, we will examine what it means to be individuals as part of a group. We will work to create a series of vastly different ‘mini’ scenes that fall apart, disappear, dissolve or are discarded into another scene. Company class I Thursday 28 September I 10.00 – 11.30 A release-based class devised to move the body in an organised and efﬁcient way, focusing on clarity of movement and momentum. Working from a traditional class structure from ﬂoor phrases to standing, gradually building to integrate skills in full-bodied movement phrases.

Company showing I Friday 29 September I 17.00

Supported by: Creative Scotland, Produced by Dance Base

RESIDENCY 25 SEPTEMBER – 6 OCTOBER the sky was pink Claricia Kruithof

the sky was pink is a research project based on an evolving movement score drawn from, and in dialogue with: imagery, text, music and sound. Considering the notion of the body as archive, exploring how movement language and physical memory are held and how facets of these can be unearthed through abstract actions. Claricia will continue forming an emerging solo practice through this research and further develop the sky was pink as a performance score.

Company class I Tuesday 26 September & Thusday 5 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Open to all movers and artists interested in working with movement. We will explore movement forms and improvisational scores in dialogue with music and sound. Company showing I Friday 6 October I 17.00

Claricia Kruithof is a Dance Base Associate Artist

16 dancebase.co.uk Image: Nicholas Figgis photography RESIDENCY 2 – 6 OCTOBER Live Composition and Soundpainting Typhaine Delaup and Virginia Scudeletti

Typhaine Delaup and Virginia Scudeletti will focus their research on a unique improvisation technique called Soundpainting, a multidisciplinary live composing sign language created by Walter Thompson in 1974. Drawing on their experience in improvisation and live composition techniques they will explore the Soundpainting language's potential for developing movement based performance practice, pushing the boundaries of the language itself. Company class I Tuesday 3 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Playing with live composition methods we will challenge our own practice and habits, exploring the sense of collective choice and group negotiation. A class for experienced movers. Company showing I Friday 6 October I 16.00 Image; Neal Sid Scott RESIDENCY 9 – 13 OCTOBER The Box Julia James-Grifﬁths/ JJG DANCE

Following from a previous research and development period, Julia James-Griffiths will be continuing to develop her new work The Box alongside four dancers. This work looks into the impact depression can have on an individual, and how our society responds to it. Through movement, and the playful use of text/spoken word and the physical elements found and used for depression/ mental health issues, the work will explore the idea of confinement, in its various forms, and what can be produced from it. During this residency, and as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Julia will also be offering a free workshop for those with experience of struggling with mental health issues to take part in (no dance experience necessary). Please contact her for more information. jjgdance.com Company class I Tuesday 10 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Moving in and out of the floor, and exploring the connections and movement possibilities of the body as whole through spirals and use of weight and suspension. There will also be a led improvisation using the use of imagery and the engagement of the senses as a source to inspire and explore new ways of moving and responding. Company showing I Friday 13 October I 16.00 Supported by: Think Big, Citymoves Dance Agency, St Columba’s Free Church, Creative Scotland (tbc) Arts South Australia, The Australia Council for the Arts, Creative Scotland

0131 225 5525 17 RESIDENCY 16 – 20 OCTOBER Image; Xana Marwick With Respect (Working Title) Stadium Rock

Stadium Rock will use this residency to explore and develop With Respect, a project seeded in 2014 in the form of written ‘transcriptions’ of conversations between writer Xana Marwick, her (then) two year-old son and boys in swing parks in Edinburgh. At this stage, we would like to ‘blast open’ the transcripts by offering them as a starting point for creation to dancer/choreographer Hannah Venet, musician/live artist Casey Miller and one young male performer. ‘I’m a big boy, know how? Cos I don’t cry. I don’t cry cos ... cos I’m brave.’

Company class I Thusday 19 October I 10.00 – 11.30 This class will be an opportunity to explore the Stadium Rock, multi-artform creative process. No experience necessary. Company showing I Friday 20 October I 17.00 Image; Rob Heaslip

RESIDENCY 23 – 27 OCTOBER A Glimpse of Flesh and Blood Rob Heaslip Dance A Glimpse of Flesh and Blood is where dance, vocals, music, design and a mound of confetti reinterpret folk theatre to tell tales of rituals of birth and death in Gaelic Culture. Rob Heaslip creates a collision of popular and folk culture to create a tale of collective-memory and consciousness. The performers are a collection of ever-shifting biographies gathered in a small space. They are a composer, a dramaturg, a designer, dancers, and vocalists working to reinvent time honoured traditions. Company class I Thursday 26 October I 10.00 – 11.30 An improvisation drawing upon the movement language of Rob Heaslip involving personalised movement systems. Participants articulate muscle and bone to build heat, challenge stamina and delve into a personal exploration of the body. No latecomers. Company showing I Friday 27 October I 17.00 Supported by: The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Siamsa Tíre – The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, The Work Room, The Beacon, Dance Ireland

18 dancebase.co.uk RESIDENCY 30 OCT – 10 NOVEMBER New Work Martyn Garside

This residency will support further research and development into Martyn's open practice as an emerging choreographer.

Company class Thursday 2 & 9 November I 10.00 – 11.30 A guided class through improvised movement tasks focusing on habitual patterns, intention, focus and self-awareness. Company showing I Friday 10 November I 17.00 Martyn Garside is a Dance Base Associate Artist

Image: Emli Bendixen RESIDENCY 6 – 17 NOVEMBER New Work

Roberta Jean | mysteryskin

Roberta is developing new work for both digital and live performance spaces. Across these contexts, she’s looking at both similarities and differences between the experience of the performer and the audience. She says, “In my choreographic practice, I’m trying to explore and sculpt somatic experience and the poetic body whilst also trying to be conscious of how work is received. I would like to further explore the inner process of the dancer, sensations, biomechanics, emotion, as well as the audience’s perspective, how work translates, dramaturgy, the reading/engagement experience of the audience. Overall, I’d like to be more empathetic towards both performers and audiences and look at how this understanding affects my choreographic practice.”

Company class I Tuesday 7 & 14 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Exploring mindfulness, yoga and dance, we shall heat the body and work with alignment principles, locate ease and joy in movement. Company showing I Friday 17 November I 16.00

0131 225 5525 19 RESIDENCY 13 – 17 NOVEMBER Image: Credit Ione Saizar New Work Alan Lambie

Reﬂecting on personal experience, Alan Lambie will be exploring the devastating process of love and loss, hoping to strip away the deep layers of realisation that comes with a terminal illness diagnosis. Semi-autobiographical, but open enough that anyone can relate, Alan is looking to use his dance experience to create new work for the ﬁrst time.

Company class I Thursday 16 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Yoga based warm up leading to dynamic moving sequences. Company showing I Friday 17 November I 17.00

Image: Maciej Czajka RESIDENCY 20 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER Gesturing Refugees Farah Saleh

As a Palestinian born in Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, who now lives in Scotland and considers herself a citizen of the world, choreographer Farah Saleh feels the urge to tackle the refugee crisis taking place in Europe, and most recently in the US, through unearthing recent and past latent stories of refugeehood using the body as archive. During the residency she will start a physical research with two dancer refugees and herself, intertwining archive material, testimonies and imagination to re-enact, transform and deform the gestures of refugees and their latent stories. The research will result in an interactive performance lecture to experiment innovative ways of transmitting the archived gestures and stories into the bodies of the audience. Company class I Thursday 23 & Tuesday 28 November I 10.00 – 11.30 The class "Connect to expand and express" will explore the pelvis articulations, connections and movement initiations. We will start from small somatic exercises, then move to bigger and dynamic ones, to ﬁnish with a dance phrase that integrates the learnt connections, while adding physical states to each movement. Company showing I Friday 1 December I 16.00 Supported by: Creative Scotland (pending) Farah Saleh is a Dance Base Associate Artist

20 dancebase.co.uk RESIDENCY Image: Robbie Synge 20 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER Ensemble (working title) Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge

Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge re-unite with performers Judy Adams, Damian Killeen and Christine Thynne. In this new phase, the group will be continuing to develop a series of performance actions representing or relating in some way to a rich catalogue of specific experiences and anecdotes from the past, and to aspirations or predictions for the future. With several years of working together as a tight group, this project reflects both an important shared time together, and strong individuality. Working time will principally involve developing already existing choreography, generating new material and exploring opportunities for performative approaches that allow a heightened liveness of encounter for the viewer. Company class I Tuesday 21 & Thursday 30 November I 10.00 – 11.30 With a focus on fluidity, function and ease of movement. Exercises and sequencing from company class will lead into improvisational movement scores, guided by themes of the work. Company showing I Friday 1 December I 17.00 Robbie Synge is Dance Base Associate Artist

Image: Daniela Rettore RESIDENCY 4 – 8 DECEMBER Himalaya C.ia Chiara Frigo

Himalaya is a solo work that stands for my comeback onstage after a long while. It is like coming back home, coming back to movement research and at the same time it is a way to explore new practices. I would like to investigate the concept of mountain as a fact, with its opposites: the airy top and the earthly base. Himalaya is inspired by the ‘Mountain’ as a universal archetype of what is sacred. Ever since the most ancient shamanic traditions, it has been the axis that sets directions in the organised space and connects the three worlds: divine, human, and the underworld. The climb to the top is the heart of every undertaking, and the connection between the base and the top is like closing the loop. This work will investigate how a choreography can turn into a ritual, using music scores by composers of the 20th century. Company class I Tuesday 5 December I 10.00 – 11.30 After a short warm-up session and the transfer of choreographic excerpts from the piece, the participants will be guided into their individual creative journey, setting off from the themes of the solo piece. The class is open to everyone who is experienced with movement work. Company showing I Friday 8 December I 16.00 Supported by: Zebra Cultural Zoo, A.C. Scenario Pubblico Compagnia Zappalà Danza, Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza (Catania) / CSC Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Bassano del Grappa

0131 225 5525 21 RESIDENCY 4 – 8 DECEMBER Image: Mark Alesky Untitled Colin Poole

This residency is led by choreographer Colin Poole in collaboration with dance artist Charlie Morrissey. Together we are exploring ideas around identity and trauma. This research comes at a time of political uncertainty, Brexit, Trump, the refugee crisis and fears with regard to the 'Other'. Situated within this context we will explore how dance making sits within these concerns. We will investigate the nature of our responsibilities as artists and whether art has something unique to contribute to the wider conversation.

Company class I Thursday 7 December I 10.00 – 11.30 This company class is open to all levels of experience and draws on the Feldenkrais Method and contact improvisation to explore ways of moving into the unfamiliar and unknown. Company showing I Friday 8 December I 17.00 Supported by: The Place Choreodrome, Dance South East

Image: Luke Pell and Kitty Fedorec RESIDENCY 11 – 14 DECEMBER Associate Artist Research Luke Pell and Kitty Fedorec

Selkie Was a Sea Witch (or another dance from a white cis male, why bother?) Selkie was a Sea Witch. His ﬂeece was white as snow. A couple of queers getting themselves in a fankle with sticky, slippery questions about going solo, oppression, authorship, autonomy, autism, ableism and choreography. From tall tales to tool use and tall tool users Luke Pell and long term collaborator Kitty Fedorec are at the beginning of something yet to take its shape. In a shame shed use of alliteration, nursery rhyme and nonsense poetry, myths and magics, folklore and science ﬁctions, enchantment and entanglements, hybridity and hydrologic they will spend a small spell of daze, breaking binaries, teetering into transformations, skin steeling, soft lovings, the casual and causality. Muse the rider – rather than the ridden – and their poet writhe about with messy bodies and the wet stuff that lets us know we are alive.

Company class I Thursday 14 December I 10.00 – 11.30 Join us in an open playful space for a series of morning exercises that prepare us to listen, touch, move. Company showing I Thursday 14 December I 17.00 Luke Pell is Dance Base Associate Artist

22 dancebase.co.uk Dream Time Residency Image: Paul Michael Henry RESIDENCY 6 – 10 NOVEMBER

Stained and Staining Paul Michael Henry and Penny Chivas

A dance on film exploratory residency by Paul Michael Henry and Penny Chivas. This residency follows an initial film project by Paul and Penny entitled The Distance between my Eyes and the Back of My Head, made in 2016 and recently selected for Perth Dance Festival (Screen Awards). This was a collaboration between Paul, Penny, their bodies, the environment on location at a disused farmhouse, and film technology. We were excited by what we started to discover during it (even though it was done over one day and improvised on minimum budget), and we’re using the Dream Time residency to properly research the possibilities for collaboration into dance on film. Company class I Thursday 9 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Paul and Penny will draw upon and blend their somatic, yoga and Noguchi Taiso knowledge to offer a class that allows us to drop deeply into our body, awaken the senses and become aware of our movement possibilities for the day before opening out into some (hopefully outdoor) movement explorations taking our centred approach with us. Company showing I Friday 10 November I 16.00

Image; Andy Catlin Dream Time Residency RESIDENCY 20 – 24 NOVEMBER

New Work Al Seed

Al will use this residency to build a physical character which will then form the foundation for a future, full-length work of dance-theatre. Al's inroad into this character is the ﬁgure of the outcast-giant, a ﬁgure common to mythology and fairytales as well as popular culture. Al will explore how motifs of gigantism and being ‘out of scale/place’ play out in reference to his own physicality and movement vocabularies, and in relation to a variety of source materials. Company class I Thursday 23 November I 10.00 – 11.30 In keeping with the nature of the work Al will be conducting for his Dream Time residency, this class will blur the distinctions between dance and movement technique, devising skills, and improvisation. The class has two aims: to be fun; and to provide participants of all levels and backgrounds with a clear and simple set of tools with which to devise physical performance of all kinds. Key areas of focus will include: ‘listening’ as a fundamental performance tool, performance as game, spatial dynamics, and the physical mechanics of group movement. Company showing I Friday 24 November I 17.00

0131 225 5525 23 For further information or to book contact us on 0131 225 5525 or Day Planner e-mail [email protected]

Company showings Immerse yourself in free studio showings of the week’s professional resident companies at 16.00 and 17.00 Afterwards join the companies, meet, discuss, network and wind down into the weekend. See below for date listings.

September Tue 12 10.00 – 11.30 Lisa Fannen, Katsura Isobe, Jer Reid, Natasha Swingler, Solène Weinachter Company class p14 Thu 14 10.00 – 11.30 Fuora Dance Project/Giulia Montalbano Company class p15 Fri 15 16.00 Lisa Fannen, Katsura Isobe, Jer Reid, Natasha Swingler, Solène Weinachter Company showing p14 Tue 19 10.00 – 11.30 Cultured Mongrel Company class p15 Thu 21 10.00 – 11.30 Fuora Dance Project/Giulia Montalbano Company class p15 Fri 22 16.00 Cultured Mongrel Company showing p15 Fri 22 17.00 Fuora Dance Project/Giulia Montalbano Company showing p15 Tue 26 10.00 – 11.30 Claricia Kruithof Company class p16 Thu 28 10.00 – 11.30 Tamsyn Russell Company class p16 Fri 29 17.00 Tamsyn Russell Company showing p16 October Tue 3 10.00 – 11.30 Typhaine Delaup and Virginia Scudeletti Company class p17 Thu 5 10.00 – 11.30 Claricia Kruithof Company class p16 Fri 6 16.00 Typhaine Delaup and Virginia Scudeletti Company showing p17 Fri 6 17.00 Claricia Kruithof Company showing p16 Tue 10 10.00 – 11.30 Julia James-Grifﬁths/JJG DANCE Company class p17 Thu 12 10.00 – 11.30 Lindsay Kemp and Daniela Maccari Company class p7 Fri 13 16.00 Julia James-Grifﬁths/JJG DANCE Company class p17 Sat 14 20.00 Illuminations Autumn showcase p7 Thu 19 10.00 – 11.30 Stadium Rock Company class p18 Fri 20 17.00 Stadium Rock Company showing p18 Tue 24 10.00 – 11.30 Cultured Mongrel Company class p15 Thu 26 10.00 – 11.30 Rob Heaslip Dance Company class p18 Fri 27 16.00 Cultured Mongrel Company showing p15 Fri 27 17.00 Rob Heaslip Dance Company showing p18 November Thu 2 10.00 – 11.30 Martyn Garside Company class p19 Tue 7 10.00 – 11.30 Roberta Jean | mysteryskin Company class p19 Thu 9 10.00 – 11.30 Martyn Garside Company class p19 Fri 10 17.00 Martyn Garside Company showing p19 Tue 14 10.00 – 11.30 Roberta Jean | mysteryskin Company class p19 Thu 16 10.00 – 11.30 Alan Lambie Company class p20 Fri 17 16.00 Roberta Jean | mysteryskin Company showing p19 Fri 17 17.00 Alan Lambie Company showing p20 Tue 21 10.00 – 11.30 Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge Company class p21 Thu 23 10.00 – 11.30 Farah Saleh Company class p20 Tue 28 10.00 – 11.30 Farah Saleh Company class p20 Thu 30 10.00 – 11.30 Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge Company class p21 December Fri 1 16.00 Farah Saleh Company showing p20 Fri 1 17.00 Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge Company showing p21 Tue 5 10.00 – 11.30 C.ia Chiara Frigo Company class p21 Thu 7 10.00 – 11.30 Colin Poole Company class p22 Fri 8 16.00 C.ia Chiara Frigo Company showing p21 Fri 8 17.00 Colin Poole Company showing p22 Thu 14 10.00 – 11.30 Luke Pell and Kitty Fedorec Company class p22 Thu 14 17.00 Luke Pell and Kitty Fedorec Company showing p22

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