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Political Mother Unplugged POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED MARKETING PACK Company Shechter esh Hof Image: Image: CONTENTS COMPANY INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 3 MARKETING ASSETS ................................................................................................................................ 4 BROCHURE COPY ..................................................................................................................................... 5 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE .......................................................................................................................... 6 PRESS QUOTES ........................................................................................................................................ 7 KEY AUDIENCES, MESSAGES, FRONT OF HOUSE AND BOX OFFICE GUIDANCE FOR POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED ............................................................................................................................................ 8 BOX OFFICE BRIEFING NOTES ............................................................................................................... 10 CREDITS ................................................................................................................................................. 11 FOR HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY ...................................................................................................... 12 ABOUT THE COMPANY .......................................................................................................................... 13 BIOGRAPHIES ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2 COMPANY INFORMATION Address: Hofesh Shechter Company, Somerset House, New Wing, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA Telephone: +44 (0) 20 37017490 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hofesh.co.uk Twitter: www.twitter.co.uk/hofeshco @HofeshCo Facebook: www.facebook.com/hofeshco Instagram: www.instagram.com/hofeshco Youtube: www.youtube.com/hofeshshechterco Hashtag: #PMU Registered Company no. 6737326 VAT no. 946132427 Hofesh Shechter Company is a registered charity in England and Wales. Registered no. 1130255 COMPANY APPROVAL The Company must sign-off on all marketing materials created. This includes print (brochures, posters, flyers, programmes etc), venue websites and video. PRESS CALLS & INTERVIEWS, FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY Please note that all press calls and press interviews must be agreed with the company. Filming and photography of any rehearsals, technical work or performances is not allowed without prior written agreement from the company. POST-SHOW TALKS & PARTICIPATION WORK Post-show talks and workshops with the company’s dancers can be arranged by contacting [email protected] COMPANY MERCHANDISE We have hand printed Hofesh t-shirts and the Political Mother album available for purchase from our Ebay store: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/hofeshco UK Press Contact International Press Marketing Clióna Roberts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] T: +44 (0) 20 7704 6224 3 MARKETING ASSETS Production Images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c801w81c1yoygy6/AADc2fKSL_2MNS4lcBYYDJi_a?dl=0 Photo Credits are contained within the Dropbox. Rehearsal Images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wa68tfcciy3wwti/AACW-ih_VmQ-NVmUxhNQQKpia?dl=0 Photo Credits are contained within the Dropbox. Animation Stills: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ewqao5v5gun2k87/AABb7LGEPnKTI98XYfu9KWPLa?dl=0 Photo Credits are contained within the Dropbox. Production trailer: https://vimeo.com/413047418 Headshots of Hofesh Shechter: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sg1rdik5k7q8vw1/AAC2_yL-FGQjYzbn16oQCgmqa?dl=0 Photo Credits are contained within the Dropbox. HSC logos and branding guide: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hik9u5qo79rs1os/AACWmdqW9W4HqUUoPPSOg5G2a?dl=0 For full programme information please contact: [email protected] Tour Dates 2021 Tour dates to be announced Agathe Poupeney Agathe Image: Image: 4 BROCHURE COPY HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY PRESENTS POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED CHOREOGRAPHY & MUSIC BY HOFESH SHECHTER PERFORMED BY SHECHTER II In 2020, Hofesh Shechter celebrated the 10th anniversary of his iconic masterpiece Political Mother with a powerful new version for Shechter II. POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED will invoke the ferocity and spirit of the original in a new era and for a new generation of dancers, selected from the most inspiring young artists across the globe. POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED will draw you into a world of raw emotion and intense sensations, driven by Shechter’s contagious tribal movement, a new landscape of digital, animated projections and the dancers’ extraordinary skill and honesty. Danced to a bespoke, new recording of Shechter’s music this will be a dance experience like no other. ★★★★★ ‘... as ambitious and as heads-down, hair-prickingly exhilarating as modern dance gets …’ (Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, on Political Mother, 2010) Choreography and Music Hofesh Shechter Original Lighting Design Lee Curran Original Costume Design Merle Hensel Video Projection Designer Shay Hamias Musical Collaborators Nell Catchpole, Yaron Engler Percussion Arrangements by Hofesh Shechter, Yaron Engler Additional Music: J.S. Bach, Cliff Martinez, Joni Mitchell, Giuseppe Verdi On soundtrack: Christopher Allan (cello), Rebekah Allan (viola), Laura Anstee (cello), Nell Catchpole (viola), Tim Harries (double bass), Andrew Maddick (viola), Kai West (double bass), Yaron Engler (drums), Dom Goundar (drums), Joseph Ashwin (guitar), Joel Harries (guitar) Please note our co-commissioner credits must be included in venue brochures and on venue websites: POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and co-commissioned by Théâtre de la Ville Paris, HOME Manchester, düsseldorf festival! with production support from Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia and a production residency at DanceEast, Ipswich. Hofesh Shechter Company gratefully receives support towards the delivery of Shechter II 2020, which includes project funding from The Foyle Foundation, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation and the International Music and Art Foundation, and core funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation. Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects. Political Mother premiered on 20 May 2010, at the Brighton Festival, UK. 5 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED Hofesh Shechter’s acclaimed production celebrates its 10th anniversary Choreography and Music Hofesh Shechter Original Lighting Design Lee Curran Original Costume Design Merle Hensel Video Projection Designer Shay Hamias Musical Collaborators Nell Catchpole, Yaron Engler Percussion Arrangements by Hofesh Shechter, Yaron Engler 2020 marked the 10th anniversary of the universally acclaimed classic Political Mother. To celebrate this iconic masterpiece, Hofesh Shechter Company created POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED, a potent new version performed by Shechter II, their renowned apprentice company. Danced to a bespoke, new recording of Shechter’s music and accompanied by a landscape of designed, digital animated projections, POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED will invoke the ferocity and spirit of the original for a new era. The Shechter II programme continues to build on the company’s commitment to developing young artists. Few up-and-coming dancers have the chance to perform in different spaces to different audiences supported by an experienced creative and technical team. Shechter II provides the next generation of world-class dancers the opportunity to create new work; be mentored by long- standing HSC members and perform at world-renowned venues - providing a springboard into the world of professional dance. POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and co-commissioned by Théâtre de la Ville Paris, HOME Manchester, düsseldorf festival! with production support from Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia and a production residency at DanceEast, Ipswich. Hofesh Shechter Company gratefully receives support towards the delivery of Shechter II 2020, which includes project funding from The Foyle Foundation, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation and the International Music and Art Foundation, and core funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation. 6 PRESS QUOTES ABOUT HOFESH SHECHTER ‘The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities.’ – The Times ‘One of the British dance scene’s hottest properties, the creator of works that are full of raw, visceral energy, set to blasting percussive scores that he composes himself.’ – New York Times “There is no sitting in thoughtful contemplation at a Shechter gig. For pure, heart-pounding excitement, there is simply no one to touch him.” – Daily Express ABOUT POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED ‘The choreographer could have added Reloaded because he has cut and reassembled the show, and added a superb set design by introducing black and white video projections, that are often abstract but occasionally figurative, superbly produced by Shay Hamias.’ ‘Political Mother has not aged a bit. It even finds a new modernity with these young performers, who are all excellent.’ – Jean-Frédéric Saumont, Danses avec la plume ‘Getting goose bumps is the very least you can expect
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