A new festival of making, learning, sharing and performance
18 July - 16 September 2011
Artists and enthusiasts of all ages and abilities will come together to form a community sharing in the dance created and performed at The Place in a new season of events called Summer House.
Participants will be able to join in different activities, including courses and classes, professional seminars, research projects, discussions and sharing moments. Summer House also features an international dance season programmed in the Robin Howard Dance Theatre.
Summer Intensives (Mon 1 - Fri 19 Aug) is three weeks of exhilarating dance courses for anyone aged 16 and over, from beginner to advanced level. At the centre of each week's programme is a residency from three of the UK's foremost dance companies: Akram Khan Company (1 - 5 August), Phoenix Dance Theatre (8 - 12 August) and Richard Alston Dance Company (15 - 19 August).
Dozens of professional artists have been invited to explore ideas and develop new work in Choreodrome, The Place's biennial summer research and developmental project, which also includes workshops led by international artists Guy Cools, Lin Snelling, Rui Horta and Eleanor Bauer.
Some of the work in progress created during Choreodrome will be seen in Touch Wood (Thu 4 Aug - Fri 8 Sept), a season of performances presented each Thursday and Friday evening in Studios 1 and 2. Participating artists will be announced weekly, and each night's programme will be prepared in consideration of the works produced in Choreodrome.
The focal point of Summer House will be performances of acclaimed works by groundbreaking international companies and performers, on Thursdays and Fridays after Touch Wood, in The Place's Robin Howard Dance Theatre (Thu 4 Aug - Fri 16 Sept). The programme features works by companies from Portugal (Rui Horta, Thu 4 Aug), Hungary (BLOOM!, Fri 5 Aug), Greece (RootlessRoot Company, Thu 11 and Fri 12 Aug), USA (Eleanor Bauer, Thu 18 and Fri 19 Aug), Israel (Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre, Thu 1 and Fri 2 Sept), The Netherlands and Germany (Itamar Serussi Sahar and Public in Private, both on Thu 8 and Fri 9 Sept); and Norway (Alan Lucien Øyen's Winter Guests, Thu 15 and Fri 16 Sept).
There will also be a series of talks, seminars and social events where everyone involved in Summer House is invited to meet and join-in.
Contacts
For further information, use of images, interviews:
The Place Communication Office
Marta Bogna, Press and Media Manager
020 7121 1025/