Dance From Wales

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as a newcomer to Wales some five and half years ago I was almost oblivious to the wealth of dance practice I would subsequently find in this small, but culturally aware nation. I was soon engaged in long and intense conversations with Welsh arts practitioners about how culture defines the Welsh nation, especially post-devolution. What has struck me most is how the landscape, language and traditions of Wales have forged such a forceful and forward-thinking arts sector in a country with just 3 million people.

Wales may indisputably be known as the land of song, but I soon discovered it to also be a nation with an ever increasingly vibrant dance scene, at a participative, community and professional level. The fourteen individuals and eight companies profiled here represent the dynamic extremes of current dance practice. I have been particularly impressed with the strength of independent choreographers and solo artists, whose often collaborative approach to creating new work is based upon the latest performance research and practice, tugging at the edges of the artform to create newer, bolder shapes. Wales also has a wealth of small and midscale companies, who are actively creating their own new work as well as working with renowned international choreographers.

at Wales millennium centre we are proud to have presented many of the artists featured here and remain committed to supporting emerging choreographers and artists as they develop their practice, as well as providing a performance platform for small and midscale companies. I hope that you discover, as I did when I arrived in Wales, the wealth of talent, the sheer energy and buzz that is the Welsh dance scene. Be inspired to learn more, to meet some of the artists, and above all, to see them for your self.

fiona allanartistic Director, Wales millennium centre

foreworDPan gyrhaeddais i Gymru pum mlynedd a hanner yn ôl, ychydig iawn o amgyffred oedd gen i o’r cyfoeth o ddawns sydd i’w gael yn y genedl fechan, ond hynod ddiwylliedig yma. cyn pen dim, roeddwn i ynghanol sgyrsiau maith a dwys gydag ymarferwyr celfyddydol cymru am sut mae diwylliant yn diffinio’r genedl Gymreig, yn enwedig ers y datganoli. yr hyn sydd wedi fy nharo i yw’r ffordd mae tir, iaith a thraddodiad cymru wedi llunio sector celfyddydau mor rymus a blaengar – a hynny mewn gwlad o 3 miliwn o bobl.

cymru, Gwlad y Gân yw’r dywediad enwog, ond buan y dysgais fod hon hefyd yn wlad gyda byd dawns bywiog, ar lefel gymunedol, proffesiynol a chyfranogol. mae’r wyth cwmni a’r pedwar unigolyn ar ddeg sy’n cael sylw yma yn cynrychioli eithafion deinamig y byd dawns heddiw. mae cryfder coreograffwyr annibynnol ac artistiaid unigol wedi cael argraff arbennig arnaf i; mae eu hagwedd o weithio ar y cyd yn aml i greu gwaith newydd yn seiliedig ar yr arfer a’r ymchwil diweddaraf i berfformiadau, gan ddefnyddio seiliau’r gelfyddyd i greu siapiau newydd, cryfach. mae gan Gymru gyfoeth o gwmnïau bychain a chanolig eu maint hefyd, sy’n weithgar wrth greu eu gwaith newydd eu hunain yn ogystal â gweithio gyda choreograffwyr rhyngwladol adnabyddus.

rydyn ni’n hynod o falch yma yng nghanolfan mileniwm cymru ein bod wedi cyflwyno nifer o’r artistiaid sy’n cael sylw yma, ac rydyn ni wedi ymroi o hyd i gefnogi coreograffwyr ac artistiaid addawol wrth iddyn nhw ddatblygu’u harfer, a chynnig llwyfan i gwmnïau bychain a chanolig berfformio. Gobeithio y gwnewch chithau ddarganfod gwir egni a bwrlwm y byd dawns yng nghymru, yn union fel y gwnes i ar ôl i mi gyrraedd cymru. Gafaelwch yn yr ysbrydoliaeth ac ewch ati i ddysgu mwy, i gyfarfod rhai o’r artistiaid ac, yn bennaf oll, i’w gweld drosoch eich hunan.

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02 DaWns o Gymru: arfer annIBynnol 03 Dance from Wales: InDePenDenT PracTIce

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mae’n amhosibl diffinio’r clarkiaid. maent yn defnyddio cymysgfa o ddelweddaeth finiog a chryno sy’n ystumio’r meddwl trwy gyfrwng dawns, theatr, celfyddyd gweledol, cerddoriaeth a chaneuon, i fynegi teimladau sy’n amrywio o hiwmor i aflonyddwch, “… fel rhyw ymosodiad guerilla tywyll-swrealaidd, cosmig gwallgof…” David Adams

mae mr a mrs clark yn cynhyrchu gwaith y gellir ei godi a’i osod unrhyw le.

llun gan / Image by simon Humphriesllun gan / Image by simon Humphries

mranDmrsclark

T +44 (0)1633 893458

[email protected] [email protected] www.mrandmrsclark.co.uk

The clarks are impossible to define. They use a blend of short, sharp, mind bending imagery through the medium of dance, theatre, visual art, music and song to emote feelings ranging from hilarity to disturbance.

Their performances have been likened to carnivalesque, dada cabaret, “…like some crazed darkly surrealistic cosmic guerrilla attack…” David Adams

mr and mrs clark produce work that can be picked up and placed anywhere.


sioneDhuws

[email protected] www.sionedhuws.com

“movement is my passion and choreography is my understanding of this, including stillness, without stillness there would be no motion and vice versa. I am touched by the beauty, fragility and incertitude of our everyday life, a performer is a reflection of the viewer and provokes a certain curiosity about our existence, in its complexity and simplicity we share emotions” sioned Huws has collaborated with media artist massimiliano simbula since 2002, continuing to research and create pieces that question the association between dance and media, an elucidation of human movement through digital technologies.

“symudiad yw fy niléit a choreograffi yw fy nirnadaeth o hyn, gan gynnwys llonyddwch. Heb lonyddwch, nid oes symudiad ac fel arall. rwyf yn cael fy nghyffwrdd gan harddwch, breuder ac ansicrwydd ein bywydau beunyddiol. adlewyrchiad o’r gwyliwr yw perfformiwr gan ysgogi rhyw chwilfrydedd arbennig ynglyn â’n bodolaeth, yn ei holl gymhlethdod a’i symlrwydd, byddwn yn rhannu emosiynau” mae sioned Huws yn cydweithredu â’r artist cyfryngau massimiliano simbula ers 2002, gan barhau i ymchwilio a chreu darnau sy’n cwestiynu’r cysylltiad rhwng dawns a’r cyfryngau, yn eglurhad o symudiad dynol trwy technolegau digidol.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of sioned Huws Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of sioned Huws


sean TuanJohn

Sarah Trist Dance Management Agency Ltd

T +44 (0) 2085 415399

[email protected] www.seantuanjohn.com www.stda.com

sean Tuan John creates movement-based performance work that explores contemporary urban culture and experience through idiosyncratic dance, evocative video and excessive ‘acting’. special interests include solo work, site-specific performances and collaborative work, focussing on themes of social commentary, the trash aesthetics of pop culture, psychology and in depth investigation into character based dance exploration. sean Tuan John has a strong history of work for the conventional stage, site-specific events, film and television.

“Sean Tuan John may yet be to choreography what Dylan Thomas is to poetry.” The Guardian

mae sean Tuan John yn creu gwaith perfformiadol sydd wedi ei seilio ar symudiad ac sy’n archwilio diwylliant a phrofiad trefol cyfoes trwy gyfrwng dawns, fideo atgofus ac ‘actio’ eithafol. mae ei ddiddordebau arbennig yn cynnwys gwaith unigol, perfformiadau penodol i safle a gwaith cydweithrediadol, gan ganolbwyntio ar themâu sylwebaeth gymdeithasol, estheteg ddiwerth y diwylliant pop, seicoleg ac astudiaeth drylwyr o archwiliad dawns sydd wedi ei seilio ar gymeriad. mae gan sean Tuan John gefndir cryf o gyd-gynyrchiadau a chydweithrediadau ewropeaidd er mwyn creu gwaith ar gyfer y llwyfan confensiynol, digwyddiadau penodol i safle, ffilm a theledu.

“Gall Sean Tuan John fod eto i goreograffeg yr hyn yw Dylan Thomas i farddoniaeth.” The Guardian

llun gan / Image by roy campbell-moore llun gan / Image by roy campbell-moore


eDDielaDD

T: +44 (0)7974 314415

[email protected] www.eddieladd.com

eddie ladd was born and brought up in Wales and makes performances which feature dance, bilingual text, music and new media technologies. she has made site-specific work in opera houses, fields, farmyards and tonnes of corn as well as more regular theatre pieces. subjects range from creative biographies of maria callas and leni riefenstahl, through to remakes of Hollywood films in the wrong place and wrong language. all the shows make use of newer and older technologies and over the last three years she has collaborated on projects performed on the web.

Ganed a maged eddie ladd yng nghymru ac mae hi’n creu perfformiadau sy’n cynnwys dawns, testun dwyieithog a thechnolegau cyfryngau newydd. mae wedi gwneud gwaith saflebenodol ‘mewn tai opera, caeau, buarthau fferm a thunelli o ŷd yn ogystal â darnau theatr mwy arferol. mae ei thestunau’n amrywio o fywgraffiadau creadigol o maria callas a leni riefenstahl, drwodd i ail-wneud ffilmiau Hollywood yn y lle anghywir ac yn yr iaith anghywir. mae’r holl sioeau’n defnyddio technolegau hen a newydd a thros y tair blynedd diwethaf mae hi wedi cydweithio ar brosiectau sydd wedi’u perfformio ar y we.

Image by / llun gan cara Brostromllun gan / Image by Keith morris llun


DeborahliGhT

M +44 (0)7963 539092

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Deborah reveals the multiplicity of individual identity and continuously reinvents herself exposing fears, fragility, dreams and desires to create realms where the real collides with the imaginary.

originally from leeds, Deborah graduated from laban centre london in 2001. she has since worked as an independent performer/choreographer, nationally and internationally and made cardiff her artistic base in 2005. since 2006 Deborah has focused on the development of her choreographic practice as a solo performer. In 2009 she received a creative Wales award to support her artist development.

Deborah creates movement based work with strong visual imagery site specifically and for theatre spaces and initiates collaborative processes with other artists working across performance based art, design and lens based practice.

“Intense, mesmerising, unafraid to shed the polite side of herself and give in to the unknown coal black night” Sally Marie writing for The Place 2009

mae Deborah yn datgelu lluosogrwydd hunaniaeth unigol gan ailddyfeisio ei hun, gan fynegi ofnau, breuder, breuddwydion a dymuniadau i greu teyrnasoedd lle y bydd yr hyn sy’n real yn gwrthdaro â’r dychmygol.

yn wreiddiol o leeds, graddiodd Deborah o ganolfan laban, llundain yn 2001. ers hynny, mae hi wedi gweithio fel perfforwraig/coreograffydd annibynnol, yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol, gan ymsefydlu yng nghaerdydd fel ei chartref artistig yn 2005. ers 2006, mae Deborah wedi canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu ei hymarfer coreograffi fel perfformwraig ar ei phen ei hun. yn 2009 derbyniodd ddyfarniad cymru Greadigol i gynorthwyo ei datblygiad fel artist.

mae Deborah yn creu gwaith sy’n seiliedig ar symudiad gyda delweddaeth weledol gref, yn safle benodol ac i theatrau, gan fynd ati i gychwyn prosesau cydweithredol ag artistiaid eraill sy’n gweithio ym maes celfyddyd sy’n seiliedig ar berfformio ac ymarfer sy’n seiliedig ar ddylunio a’r lens.

“Yn ddwys, yn hypnotig, heb ofni diosg ei hochr foesgar ac ildio i fagddu anhysbys y nos” Sally Marie yn ysgrifennu i The Place 2009

llun gan / Image by John Dbinillun gan / Image by John Dbini


chloelofTus

[email protected] www.chloeloftus.co.uk

since emigrating from new Zealand in 1996 chloe loftus completed training at middlesex university and now works as an independent dancer, choreographer and lecturer. she has toured nationally and internationally with numerous companies and choreographers. chloe formed her company, 28 Degrees Dance company, in 2006 and creates vibrant, highly physical and often humorous work. she has toured several new works throughout the uK, winning Welsh Independent Dance’s ‘Dance Bytes’ and receiving arts council of Wales funding. Her work draws inspiration from human interactions, strong individual performance and collaborations with other artists. “Loftus displays an enchanting grace and beauty as well as a touch of humour and a faultless athleticism that makes us gasp, gently…She does all that with an even deeper understanding, a remarkable strength and a sensuality from which that touch of humour is never very far away… she is magnificent to watch.” Michael Kelligan, 2009

ers ymfudo o seland newydd ym 1996, mae chloe loftus wedi cwblhau hyfforddiant ym mhrifysgol middlesex ac erbyn hyn mae hi’n gweithio fel dawnswraig, coreograffydd a darlithydd annibynnol. mae hi wedi teithio’n genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol gyda chwmnïau a choreograffwyr niferus ffurfiodd chloe ei chwmni dawns 28 Degrees yn 2006 a bydd yn creu gwaith sy’n fywiog, yn hynod gorfforol ac yn aml yn ddoniol. mae hi wedi mynd â sawl un o’i pherfformiadau ar daith ledled y Du, gan ennill Dance Bytes Dawns annibynnol cymru (WID) ac mae wedi derbyn cyllid gan Gyngor celfyddydau cymru. Daw’r ysbrydoliaeth ar gyfer ei gwaith o ryngweithio dynol, perfformio unigol cryf a chyweithiau ag artistiaid eraill. “Mae Loftus yn dangos gosgeiddigrwydd a harddwch cyfareddol yn ogystal â thwtsh o hiwmor ynghyd ag athletiaeth berffaith sy’n cipio anadl rhywun...Mae’n gwneud hyn i gyd gyda dirnadaeth sydd hyd yn oed yn ddyfnach, cryfder nodedig a synwyrusrwydd a’r hen hiwmor ‘na heb fod ymhell i ffwrdd bob amser. Mae ei gwylio’n brofiad bendigedig.” Michael Kelligan, 2009

llun gan / Image by roy campbell-moorellun gan / Image by Dbini Industries


tanja råman + dbini industries

[email protected] www.tanjaraman.com

Tanja råman and John collingswood first started collaborating in 2005 and produce work that integrates abstract yet expressive movement with innovative staging, using video, light and sound to create and explore complex systems of interaction between performers.

‘’By far the finest example of interdisciplinary dance theatre to have played locally for some time… mesmeric, moving and utterly magical…A truly innovative piece...’’ Graham Williams, South Wales Evening Post (traces)

Dechreuodd Tanja råman a John collingswood gydweithio am y tro cyntaf yn 2005 gan gynhyrchu gwaith sy’n cyfuno symudiad haniaethol ond mynegus â llwyfannu arloesol, gan ddefnyddio fideo, golau a sain i greu ac archwilio systemau rhyngweithio cymhleth rhwng perfformwyr. “Yr enghraifft orau o bell ffordd o theatr dawns rhyngddisgyblaethol i’w pherfformio’n lleol ers tro byd, yn fesmerig, yn gynhyrfus ac yn hollol hudolus. Darn sy’n wir arloesol...’’ Graham Williams, South Wales Evening Post (traces)

llun gan / Image by John collingswoodllun gan / Image by John collingswood


marcrees

T: +44 (0)29 20575562 M: +44 (0)7779 794044

[email protected] www.r-i-p-e.co.uk

marc rees is an interdisciplinary artist with a track record for delivering ground breaking, provocative and risk taking projects and a reputation as an accomplished artist and visionary site responsive curator.

most recently, this has led him to develop a number of more architecture-driven artworks, the last being ‘ en residencia’ which was commissioned by and located at Teatro laboral in asturias, northern spain. rees recently won the Wales bid for the cultural olympiad flagship project ‘artist taking the lead’ for which he will transport the fuselage of a Dc-9 aeroplane across Wales as a mobile art space, social sculpture and travelling time capsule. He has also been commissioned by national Theatre Wales to create a location responsive work in Barmouth, north Wales for June 2010 entitled ‘for mountain, sand & sea’. “Each room, each corridor holds dreamlike yet disturbing scenes that seem to have come straight out of a Buñuel film.” El Pais (En Residencia)

artist rhyngddisgyblaethol yw marc rees sydd â hanes cyflawni prosiectau pryfoclyd, mentrus sy’n torri tir newydd ynghyd â bod ag enw da fel artist medrus a churadur â gweledigaeth sy’n ymateb yn dda i bob safle.

yn fwy diweddar, mae hyn wedi’i arwain at ddatblygu sawl gwaith celf sydd wedi’u sbarduno’n fwy gan bensaernïaeth. comisiynwyd a lleolwyd y diweddaraf o’r rhain, en residencia gan Teatro laborai yn asturias, gogledd sbaen. yn ddiweddar, enillodd rees gais cymru ar gyfer prosiect blaenllaw yr olympiad Diwylliannol ‘artist taking the lead’. ar gyfer y prosiect hwn, bydd marc yn mynd â chorff awyren Dc-9 ar draws cymru fel lle celf symudol, cerflun cymdeithasol a chapsiwl amser teithiol. mae hefyd wedi’i gomisiynu gan national Theatre Wales i greu gwaith o’r enw ‘I fynyddoedd, Tywod a’r môr’ sy’n ymateb i safle yn y Bermo yng ngwynedd ar gyfer mis mehefin 2010. “Mae Earth Room. Earth Corridor yn cynnwys golygfeydd breuddwydiol sydd eto’n aflonyddu ac sydd fel pe baent wedi dod yn syth o un o ffilmiau Buñuel.” El Pais (En Residencia)

llun gan / Image by Warren orchardllun gan / Image by Warren orchard


carolinesabin

[email protected] caroline sabin’s creative interest is divided between dance and the visual arts having trained and worked extensively in both these areas. Her practice includes pieces made for theatre whilst others are intended for gallery spaces. she has produced several short films which continue to be shown in Wales and internationally, one of which – ‘Tune for a Woodland creature’ – has a permanent home in the national library’s film archive.

The power of the performer’s body to transmit the otherwise untranslatable internal human experience is a key factor in her work – as is humour, optimism and beautiful visual imagery. Whilst never shying away from the pains of personal existence, she always hopes to leave an audience inspired with possibility.

“A performer who’s always impressed….Caroline Sabin’s solo was the most sophisticated work of the evening. If I tell you the soundtrack included birthing noises, Arvo Part and Nine Inch Nails you’ll appreciate the emotional range on offer”David Adams for the Western Mail.

mae diddordeb creadigol caroline sabin yn ymrannu’n weddol gyfartal rhwng dawns a’r celfyddydau gweledol ac mae hi wedi teithio a gweithio’n helaeth yn y ddau faes hyn. mae ei hymarfer yn cynnwys gwaith ar gyfer y theatr ac eraill wedi’u bwriadu ar gyfer orielau. mae cynhyrchu sawl ffilm fer sy’n dal i gael eu dangos yng nghymru ac yn rhyngwladol. mae un ohonynt, Tune for a Woodland creature, wedi cael cartref parhaol yn archif sgrin a sain y llyfrgell Genedlaethol.

mae grym corff y berfformwraig i gyfleu’r profiad dynol mewnol nad oes modd fel arall ei drosi, yn ffactor allweddol yn ei gwaith – fel y mae hiwmor, optimistiaeth a delweddaeth weledol brydferth. er na fydd byth yn osgoi poen bodolaeth bersonol, bydd bob amser yn gobeithio gadael ei chynulleidfa wedi’i hysbrydoli gan y posibiliadau.

“Dyma berfformwraig sydd bob amser wedi creu argraff… Unawd Caroline Sabin oedd gwaith mwyaf soffistigedig y noson. Os bydda i’n dweud wrthych fod y trac sain yn cynnwys synau geni, Arvo Part a Nine Inch Nails, byddwch yn gwerthfawrogi’r ystod emosiynol a oedd ar gynnig.” David Adams i’r Western Mail.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of caroline sabinTrwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of caroline sabin


JoshaplanD

[email protected] www.mantroi.com

T: +44 (0)7813 199 136

Jo shapland has over twenty years professional dance and performance devising experience.

cultivating (and responding through) a sense of creative listening, she seeks to give space for the material or medium to speak, often leaving objects to be altered by natural processes. choreography arises from creative dialogues with these materials, mediums and the performance space.

as Man Troi, she has a track record of bringing together experienced artists to work collaboratively and site-sensitively in interesting places to incorporate live physical performance, music, sonic and visual art installation and video. rooted in landscape, performances and installations are developed and presented in spaces ranging from ruined farm-buildings to traditional proscenium theatres, from natural wilderness to urban architectural interiors.

mae gan Jo shapland dros 20 mlynedd o brofiad ym maes dawns greadigol a dyfeisio perfformiadau.

Gan ymdrin (ac ymateb drwy) ag ymdeimlad â gwrando creadigol, mae’n ceisio rhoi gofod i’r deunydd neu’r cyfrwng siarad, gan adael gwrthrychau’n aml i gael eu newid trwy brosesau naturiol. mae coreograffi’n deillio o ddeialogau creadigol rhwng yr artist a’r deunyddiau hyn, y cyfryngau ynghyd â’r gofod perfformio.

fel Man Troi mae ganddi record cyson o ddwyn at ei gilydd artistiaid profiadol i gydweithredu a hynny’n sensitif i safleoedd mewn mannau diddorol gan gynnwys perfformio corfforol byw, cerddoriaeth, gosodwaith celf weledol a sain a fideo. Wedi’u gwreiddio yn y dirwedd, bydd y perfformio a’r gosodwaith yn cael eu datblygu a’u cyflwyno mewn mannau sy’n amrywio o hen adfeilion fferm i theatrau prosceniwm traddodiadol, o fannau naturiol diffaith i bensaernïaeth drefol fewnol.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Jo shaplandTrwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Jo shapland


caiTomos

[email protected] www.caitomos.com

cai Tomos is an independent artist born in north Wales. His solo work combines dark humor, honest physicality and both his languages of Welsh and english. He is interested in sourcing autobiographical material. His work is often based on recounting,re-enacting, and recalling memory. His themes revolve around human nature. The mind, the heart, and what it is to be human: celebrating the ordinary, the mundane and extraordinary journey of being human.

His current work is an ongoing project entitled ‘calon’ meaning heart in Welsh. This new work is a combination of the personal and the scientific, looking in detail at the heart, weaving personnel stories with fact based science. using dance, moving image, text, sound and objects, it traces a journey of the heart from the beginning to the very last moment.

artist annibynnol a aned yng ngogledd cymru yw cai Tomos. mae ei waith unigol yn cyfuno hiwmor tywyll, corfforoldeb gonest a’i ddwy iaith, y Gymraeg a’r saesneg. mae’n ymddiddori mewn ffynonellau deunydd hunangofiannol. yn aml mae ei waith yn seiliedig ar ailadrodd, ail-lunio atgofion. mae ei themâu’n troi o gwmpas y natur ddynol – y meddwl, y galon a’r hyn y mae’n ei olygu i fod yn ddynol: gan ddathlu taith gyffredin ac anghyffredin bod yn ddynol.

ei waith diweddaraf yw gwaith parhaus o’r enw ‘calon’. mae’r gwaith newydd hwn yn cyfuno’r personol a’r gwyddonol ag edrych yn fanwl ar y galon, gan blethu storïau personol â ffeithiau sy’n seiliedig ar wyddoniaeth. Gan ddefnyddio dawns, delweddau symudol, testun, sain, gwrthrychau, mae’n olrhain taith y galon o’r dechrau i’r eiliad olaf un.

llun gan / Image by ludovicollun gan / Image by Phil stead


JemTreays

[email protected] Jem Treays performs small scale solo and duet dance works that work with a blend of highly crafted choreography, clowning, technology and improvisation.

He also works extensively as a movement director for theatre, engages in collaborative projects (most recently with national Dance company Wales on ssh!) and is now developing sophisticated dance theatre work for children in collaboration with Theatr Iolo.

mae Jem Treays yn perfformio gwaith undyn a deuddyn ar raddfa fechan sy’n gweithio trwy gymysgu coreograffi crefftus iawn, clownio, technoleg a’r byrfyfyr.

mae hefyd yn gwneud llawer o waith fel cyfarwyddwr symudiad i’r theatr, gan ymwneud â phrosiectau cywaith (yn fwyaf diweddar â chwmni Dawns cenedlaethol cymru ar ssh!) ac erbyn hyn mae’n datblygu gwaith theatr dawns soffistigedig i blant ar y cyd â Theatr Iolo.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Jem Treays Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Jem Treays


simonwhiTeheaD

[email protected] www.untitledstates.net www.ointment.org.uk

as a movement artist, simon’s work has involved a transition from the formal presentation context to the theatre and studio space to a primary physical engagement with land and the qualities of season, people and place. His work interfaces directly with lived and sensory experience, usually involving a process of walking and journeying, through which an audience may participate or become witness.

movement continues to be central to the work he makes. The body’s ecological paradigm and relation to its environment are the basis from which he mediates and realises a series of enquiries and experiences shared directly or indirectly with an audience.

simon is a founder member of the itinerant artist group ointment, based in rural west Wales.

fel artist symudiad, mae gwaith simon wedi cynnwys trawsnewid o gyd-destun y cyflwyniad ffurfiol i’r theatr a’r stiwdio ac i ymgysylltiad corfforol uniongyrchol â’r tir a phriodweddau’r tymhorau, pobl a lle. mae ei waith yn dod wyneb yn wyneb â phrofiad synhwyraidd ac sydd wedi’i fyw, a hynny fel arfer yn cynnwys cerdded a theithio, proses y gall y gynulleidfa gyfranogi ynddi neu ddod yn dystion iddi.

mae symudiad yn parhau i fod yn ganolog i’r gwaith y mae’n ei wneud. mae patrwm ecolegol y corff a’i berthynas â’i amgylchedd yn gynsail i fyfyrio a sylweddoli cyfres o ymholiadau a phrofiadau sy’n cael eu rhannu’n uniongyrchol neu’n anuniongyrchol â’r gynulleidfa.

aelod sefydlu’r grwp artistiaid crwydrol ointment yw simon a leolir yng nghefn gwlad gorllewin cymru.

llun gan /Image by Jonty WildeTrwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of simon Whitehead


anushiyeyarnell

M +44 (0)779 4390336

[email protected] www.anushiyeyarnell.com

anushie yarnell is an enigmatic, idiosyncratic and visionary performance artist.

she positions her self, her identity, her place in the world and her sexuality at the centre of her work and creates performances which blend the everyday with extraordinary flights of invention.

Her works reveal an alternate territory for the audience and performer to co-inhabit. she unfolds a dimension synergising fantasy and reality, reconstructing fragments from the realm of everyday life into existential, functional daydreaming. The frictional romance between choreographed and improvisational movement generates a process of transformation and accidental self-deconstruction. Her works draw on personal experience, past and future mythologies, notions of paradise and civilisation, dreams and cultural diversity.

yarnell performs her work in traditional performance spaces and both specific outdoor and indoor sites. she has toured her work in Peru, Japan and france.

mae anushie yarnell yn artist perfformio enigmatig, unigryw a gweledigaethol

mae hi’n ei gosod ei hun, ei hunaniaeth, ei lle yn y byd a’i rhywioldeb wrth graidd ei gwaith, gan greu perfformiadau sy’n cymysgu’r beunyddiol a dyfeisgarwch dychmygus.

mae ei gwaith yn datgelu tiriogaeth amgen i’r gynulleidfa ac i’r perfformiwr fyw ynddi â’i gilydd. Bydd yn datblygu dimensiwn sy’n cyfuno ffantasi a realiti, gan ailadeiladu deilchion o deyrnas bywyd beunyddiol i greu synfyfyrio diriaethol, ymarferol. mae’r rhamant ffrithiannol sydd rhwng symudiad coreograffedig a byrfyfyr yn cynhyrchu proses drawsffurfiol a dadadeiladu damweiniol. mae ei gwaith yn tynnu ar brofiad personol, mytholeg y gorffennol a’r dyfodol, syniadau ynglyn â pharadwys a gwareiddiad, breuddwydio ac amrywiaeth diwylliannol. Bydd yarnell yn perfformio’i gwaith mewn lleoedd perfformio traddodiadol yn ogystal a safleoedd penodol dan do ac yn yr awyr agored. mae wedi teithio ei gwaith i Beriw, Japan a ffrainc.

llun gan /Image bycathy Boycellun gan /Image bymat Wigley


beyonD repair Dance

Matthew Howells

T: +44 (0)7799 305264

[email protected]

www.beyondrepairdance.com

Beyond repair Dance (BrD) was created in 2006 under the co-artistic direction of matthew Howells and Jane coulston. BrD create highly technical, movement based work which appeals to both a dance and non dance audience. Their work explores manipulation and challenging of the body, exploring and pushing the dancers technique to extremes. The work is very much focused around the interaction between beautiful sustained movement, and highly energised abstract unison work.

crëwyd Beyond repair Dance (BrD) yn 2006 o dan gyd-gyfarwyddyd artistig matthew Howells a Jane coulston. mae BrD yn creu gwaith hynod dechnegol sy’n seiliedig ar symudiad sy’n apelio at gynulleidfaoedd dawns ac eraill. mae eu gwaith yn edrych yn fanwl ar drafod a herio’r corff gan archwilio a gwthio’r dechneg ddawns i’r eithaf. mae’r gwaith wedi’i ganolbwyntio’n helaeth iawn o gwmpas rhyngweithio rhwng symudiad cynaledig hardd a gwaith haniaethol cynaledig, cyfunedig a hynod egniol.

llun gan / Image by John collingswoodllun gan / Image by Jethro firth


bombasTic Bombastic Ltd, 102 Cornerswell Rd, Penarth, CF64 2WB

T: +44 ()79481 733323

[email protected]

Bombastic is a live arts company specialising in dance theatre and new media productions for young people. under artistic Director sean Tuan John, Bombastic has a growing reputation for creating magical performances for young audiences that tap into their imaginative powers and transport them to fantastical worlds. Bombastic offers tailor made residencies combining workshops in schools with performances in theatres backed up by resource material for teachers. Bombastic also offer family performances in theatre venues.

cwmni celfyddydau byw yw Bombastic sy’n arbenigo mewn theatr dawns a chynyrchiadau cyfryngau newydd i bobl ifainc. o dan y cyfarwyddwr artistig sean Tuan John, mae Bombastic yn prysur ennill enw wrth greu perfformiadau hudolus ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd ifainc sy’n cysylltu â phwerau eu dychymyg gan eu cludo i fydoedd fantasïaidd. mae Bombastic yn cynnig preswyliadau sydd wedi’u teilwra ac sy’n cyfuno gweithdai mewn ysgolion â pherfformiadau mewn theatrau gyda deunydd ymchwil ategol i athrawon. mae Bombastic hefyd yn cynnig perfformiadau teuluol mewn canolfannau theatr.

llun gan / Image by suzie Doreyllun gan / Image by roy campbell-moore


earThfall Stephan Stockton, General Manager

Earthfall, Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff, UK, CF5 1QE

T: 029 2022 1314

[email protected] www.earthfall.org.uk

earthfall takes pride in successfully forging radical choreography with live music and strong visual imagery. founding artistic Directors, Jim ennis and Jessica cohen have established the company as an outstanding exponent of pioneering dance theatre which, over the last 20 years, has created twenty six productions. With themes as diverse as solitary confinement; love in war; the Blodeuwedd legend; the culture of boxing; terrorism, and, most recently, the tragi-comic world of a band ‘on the road’, earthfall’s issue based work is concerned with seeking a personal honesty, passion and economy in physical performance.

Based on the subterranean underground arts scene in ‘60’s new york, ‘The silver factory’ will premiere in autumn 2010. In an exploration of icons and identity, earthfall will look at the explosion of creativity, dynamism, hedonism and protest that marked the decade.

“Earthfall are a 21st Century phenomenon” The Guardian

mae earthfall yn ymfalchïo mewn asio’n llwyddiannus goreograffi â cherddoriaeth fyw a delweddaeth weledol gref. mae’r cyfarwyddwyr artistig sefydlu, Jim ennis a Jessica cohen wedi sefydlu’r cwmni fel ymarferwyr rhagorol ym maes dawns arloesol sydd, dros yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf, wedi creu chwech ar hugain o gynyrchiadau. Gan ddefnyddio themâu mor wahanol â daliad anhygyrch; cariad mewn rhyfel; chwedl Blodeuwedd; y diwylliant paffio; terfysgaeth. ac yn fwy diweddar, byd trasi-gomig band ‘ar y ffordd’. mae gwaith earthfall sy’n seiliedig ar wahanol faterion yn chwilio am onestrwydd personol, angerdd ac economi mewn perfformiad corfforol.

yn seiliedig ar y sin gelfyddydau danddaearol yn efrog newydd yn y 60au, bydd perfformiad cyntaf ‘The silver factory’ yn hydref 2010. Trwy archwilio eiconau a hunaniaeth, bydd earthfall yn edrych ar y ffrwydrad o ran creadigrwydd, dynamiaeth, hedonistiaeth a phrotest a nodweddodd y degawd.

“Ffenomenon o’r unfed ganrif ar hugain yw Earthfall” The Guardian

llun gan / Image by Hugo Glendinningllun gan / Image by Hugo Glendinning


gaijin-san Kylie Ann Smith a Ricky White

28 Patchway Cresent, Rhymni, Caerdydd, CF3 4AH

T: +44 (0)7974 997669

[email protected] www.mrforeigner.com

gaijin-san company are a dance/physical theatre company based in cardiff who devise their own work using text, movement and projection interaction. The co-directors Kylie ann smith and ricky White officially formed the company in 2006 but have been producing work under this name since 2004.

They were selected by chapter arts centre and the British council to represent Wales in the Ifea (International festival of emerging artists) where they shared their working practise with other artist around the globe and set up collaboration with south africa for their arts council of Wales funded project – ‘mr.foreigner’.

Kylie is also an associate artist with candoco for a 3 year development programme and has received further funding to produce work through Danceshorts! and Theatr Iolo’s emergent artist project ‘reality Bytes’ which was a site-responsive development of a past production of ‘animangamon’ where gaijin-san received funding from Welsh Independent Dance for their DanceBytes tour.

cwmni theatr dawns gorfforol yw gaijin-san a leolir yng nghaerdydd sy’n dyfeisio eu gwaith eu hunain gan ddefnyddio testun, symudiad a thaflunio rhyngweithiol. ffurfiwyd y cwmni yn swyddogol gan y cyd-gyfarwyddwyr, Kylie ann smith a ricky White yn 2006 ond maent yn cynhyrchu gwaith o dan yr enw hwn er 2004.

fe’u dewiswyd gan Ganolfan Gelfyddydau chapter a’r cyngor Prydeinig i gynrychioli cymru yng ngŷyl Ifea (yr ŷyl ryngwladol i artistiaid newydd), lle y buont yn rhannu eu hymarfer ag artistiaid eraill ledled y byd gan sefydlu cywaith â De affrica ar gyfer prosiect a ariannwyd gan Gyngor celfyddydau cymru – ‘mr foreigner’.

mae Kyle hefyd yn artist cyswllt â Gandoco ar gyfer rhaglen ddatblygu 3-blynedd, ac mae wedi derbyn cyllid pellach i gynhyrchu gwaith trwy brosiect artist newydd Danceshorts! a Theatr Iolo, reality Bytes, sef datblygiad o gynhyrchiad blaenorol o animangamo a oedd yn ymateb i safle, lle’r oedd gaijin-san wedi derbyn cyllid gan Ddawns annibynol cymru i fynd â DanceBytes ar daith.

llun gan / Image by John collingswood – Dbini Industriesllun gan / Image by gaijin-san company


harnish-lacey Dance TheaTre

www.harnischlacey.com [email protected]

following the success of ‘more Than Just a Jelly Baby’ and ‘final cut’ which toured across Wales, europe and canada, cardiff based Harnisch-lacey Dance Theatre (HlDT) is known for integrating and combining cross genre dance, music, theatre and film. Harnisch-lacey Dance Theatre’s most recent work ‘eXIT&ouT’ is a crossover between contemporary and hip hop dance culture, fusing contemporary dance with street dance and popping and breaking styles. Their recent uK tour received a fantastic response from audiences and programmers alike. The company also has a wide-ranging education and outreach programme catering for educational institutions, community organisations and professional artists. Preparations are currently on their way for a new production fusing contemporary dance with break dance, hip hop and parcour. This new double bill will be available for touring in spring 2011.

yn dilyn llwyddiant more Than Just a Jelly Baby a final cut a fu ar daith ar draws cymru, ewrop a chanada, mae Theatr Dawns Harnisch-lacey o Gaerdydd yn adnabyddus am integreiddio a chyfuno cerdd, theatr, ffilm a dawns draws-genre.

Gwaith diweddaraf Theatr Dawns Harnisch-lacey, eXIT&ouT yw croesiad rhwng diwylliant dawns a hip-hop cyfoes, lle mae dawns gyfoes yn ymdoddi â dawns y stryd a dulliau popio a brêcio. cafwyd ymateb anhygoel i’w gwaith diweddaraf gan gynulleidfaoedd a rhaglenwyr fel ei gilydd. Hefyd mae gan y cwmni raglen addysg ac allgymorth eang sy’n darparu ar gyfer sefydliadau addysgol ac artistiaid proffesiynol. mae paratoadau ar y gweill ar hyd o bryd ar gyfer cynhyrchiad newydd sy’n asio dawns gyfoes â dawns frêcio, hip-hop a pharcour. Bydd y sioe ddwbwl hon ar gael i’w theithio yng ngwanwyn 2011.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Harnish-lacey Dance TheatreTrwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Harnish-lacey Dance Theatre


balleT annibynnol cymru

inDepenDenT balleT wales

T: +44 (0)1633 253985

www.welshballet.co.uk [email protected]

Independent Ballet Wales are a young, vital group of dancers who are using the classical ballet technique to push back barriers in dance.

using powerful and timeless stories the company challenges its dancers to interpret some of the finest characters in literature. recent productions like ‘under milk Wood’ and ‘How Green Was my Valley’ have developed ongoing collaborations with video artists, photographers, designers, composers and musicians.

under the artistic Direction of Darius James the company continues to develop its relationship with audiences through award winning educational workshops and exceptional, stylish performances.

Grwp o ddawnswyr bywiog ac ifanc yw Bale annibynnol cymru sy’n defnyddio’r dechneg fale glasurol i wthio rhwystrau o’r ffordd ym myd y ddawns.

Gan ddefnyddio straeon pwerus ac oesol, mae’r cwmni’n herio’i ddawnswyr i ddehongli rhai o gymeriadau gorau’r byd llenyddol. mae cynyrchiadau fel under milk Wood a How Green was my Valley wedi datblygu cydweithrediad parhaus ag artistiaid fideo, ffotograffwyr, dylunwyr cyfansoddwyr a cherddorion.

o dan gyfarwyddyd artistig Darius James, mae’r cwmni’n parhau i ddatblygu ei berthynas â chynulleidfaoedd trwy weithdai addysgol arobryn a pherfformio coeth ac eithriadol.

Trwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Independent Ballet WalesTrwy garedigrwydd / courtesy of Independent Ballet Wales


Dawns inDia cymru

Unit 7, Douglas Buildings, Royal Stuart Lane, Cardiff, UK, CF10 5EL

T: +44 ()7738 152129

[email protected] www.indiadancewales.com

India Dance Wales is Wales’ premier professional Indian Dance company and has been enchanting audiences with the art of classical Indian Dance since 1983. The company has made its mark as the driving force for creating and establishing an interest in Indian Dance in Wales with its regular class schedule across south Wales and the West, and its numerous workshops, community work and productions.

India Dance Wales specialises in the classical dance form of Bharata natyam, one of the most dynamic and internationally popular styles of Indian Dance. This ancient art form is based around Hindu mythology and originated in Hindu temples as a form of worship to the Gods. Its emphasis is on physical dance movements as well as expressional dance (storytelling through mime, using hand gestures and facial expression) to create this dynamic art form.

Prif gwmni dawns Indiaidd cymru yw Dawns India cymru ac mae’n cyfareddu cynulleidfaoedd gyda chelfyddyd dawns glasurol India er 1983. mae’r cwmni wedi gwneud ei farc fel y prif sbardun ar gyfer creu a sefydlu diddordeb mewn Dawns Indiaidd yng nghymru gyda’i ddosbarthiadau rheolaidd ar draws de cymru a’r Gorllewin a’i weithdai niferus, gwaith cymunedol a chynyrchiadau.

mae Dawns India cymru’n arbenigo yn ffurf ddawns glasurol Bharata natyam, un o’r arddulliau dawns Indiaidd mwyaf dynamig a phoblogaidd ar draws y byd. mae’r gelfyddyd hynafol hon yn seiliedig ar fytholeg Hindŷaidd a tharddodd o demlau Hindŷaidd fel ffurf ar addoli’r duwiau. mae’i phwyslais ar symudiadau dawns corfforol yn ogystal â dawns fynegiannol (adrodd straeon trwy feimio, gan ddefnyddio symudiadau â’r ddwylo a mynegiant yr wyneb) i greu’r ffurf ddynamig hon ar gelfyddyd.

llun gan / Image by India Dance Walesllun gan / Image by India Dance Wales


cwmni Dawns ceneDlaeThol cymru

naTional Dance company wales

David Wilson, Deputy Director

T: +44 (0) 29 2065 5610

[email protected] www.ndcwales.co.uk

national Dance company Wales, formerly Diversions, presents work from prestigious international choreographers in a versatile and exciting repertoire of dance. The company tours all over Wales, the uK and internationally, most recently to spain, Italy, Greece and china with creations by choreographers including stephen Petronio, stijn celis, andonis foniadakis and Itzik Galili. from its prestigious home – the Dance House at Wales millennium centre, cardiff - the company creates inventive, inspiring and elegant dance, putting quality and creativity at the top of the agenda.

“On the dance stage, as on the rugby field, never underestimate the Welsh” The Observer

“Impressively adventurous” The Guardian

“They had the audience spellbound from start to finish”

mae cwmni Dawns cenedlaethol cymru, Diversions gynt, yn perfformio gwaith gan goreograffwyr rhyngwladol, arbennig mewn repetoire dawns cyffrous ac amryddawn. Bydd y cwmni’n teithio ledled cymru, y Du a thramor, yn fwyaf diweddar buont yn sbaen, yr eidal, Gwlad Groeg a Tsieina gyda gwaith wedi’i greu gan goreograffwyr gan gynnwys stephen Petronio, stijn celis, andonis foniadakis ac Itzik Galili. o’i gartref nodedig – y Ty Dawns yng nghanolfan y mileniwm yng nghaerdydd, mae’r cwmni’n creu dawns ddyfeisgar, ysbrydoledig a gosgeiddig, gan roi ansawdd a chreadigrwydd ar ben ei agenda.

“Ar y llwyfan dawns, fel ag ar y cae rygbi, peidiwch byth â diystyru’r Cymry” The Observer

“Yn wirioneddol anturus” The Guardian

“Roeddent wedi swyno’r gynulleidfa o’r dechrau i’r diwedd”

llun gan / Image by roy campbell-moorellun gan / Image by roy campbell-moore


Dawnsannibynnolcymru

welshinDepenDenTDance

Chapter Heol y Farchnad / Market Rd Caerdydd / Cardiff CF5 1QE

T +44 (0)29 2038 7314

[email protected] www.welshindance.co.uk

Dawns annibynnol cymru (WID) yw’r sefydliad ambarél cenedlaethol a arweinir gan artistiaid i artistiaid dawns proffesiynol sy’n gweithio’n annibynnol yng nghymru. Trwy’i raglenni a gwasanaethau amrywiol, mae Dawns annibynnol cymru’n annog artistiaid i ddatblygu eu crefft gan ddatblygu eu gyrfaoedd mewn amgylchedd cefnogol a gofalgar sy’n ymroddedig i ddatblygu sector dawns cryf, bywiog ac amrywiol i Gymru.

Welsh Independent Dance (WID) is the national artist led umbrella organisation for professional dance artists working independently in Wales. Through its varied programmes and services, WID encourages artists to develop their craft and support their career development within a supportive and nurtured environment that is committed to developing a strong, vibrant and diverse dance sector for Wales.

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celfyDDyDau rhynGwlaDol cymru

wales arTsinTernaTional

Plas Bute / Bute Place, Caerdydd / Cardiff, CF10 5AL

T: +44 (0)29 2044 1367 F: +44 (0)29 2044 1400

www.wai.org.uk [email protected]

mae celfyddydau rhyngwladol cymru’n cefnogi hyrwyddo a datblygu ymarfer cyfoes, proffesiynol ar draws yr holl ffurfiau ar gelfyddyd, trwy annog deialog ryngwladol trwy weithio’n gydweithredol ac mewn partneriaeth. mae celfyddydau rhyngwladol cymru’n bartneriaeth rhwng cyngor celfyddydau cymru a’r cyngor Prydeinig.

Wales arts International supports the promotion and development of contemporary professional practice across all art-forms, by encouraging international dialogue through collaboration and partnership working. Wales arts International is a partnership between the arts council of Wales and the British council.


cynGorpryDeiniG

briTish council

10 Spring Gardens, Llundain / London, SW1A 2BN

T: + 44(0) 20 7930 8466 F: +44(0) 20 7389 6347

www.britishcouncil.org

mae cyngor celfyddydau cymru’n gyfrifol am ariannu a datblygu’r celfyddydau yng nghymru. mae’r cyngor yn derbyn ei gyllid gan ddwy ffynhonnell wahanol: llywodraeth cynulliad cymru, fel corff cyhoeddus a noddir gan y cynulliad a chan adran Diwylliant, cyfryngau a chwaraeon llywodraeth y Du fel dosbarthwr y loteri.

The arts council of Wales is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales. The council receives its funding from two different sources: the Welsh assembly Government as an assembly sponsored Public Body and from the uK Government’s Department for culture, media and sport as a lottery distributor.

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cynGor celfyDDyDau cymru

arTs council of wales

Plas Bute / Bute Place, Caerdydd / Cardiff, CF10 5AL

T: +44 (0)845 8734 900 F: +44 (0)29 2044 1400

www.celfcymru.org.uk www.artswales.org.uk [email protected]

y cyngor Prydeinig yw prif asiantaeth llywodraeth y Du ar gyfer cysylltiadau diwylliannol tramor. nod y cyngor Prydeinig yw meithrin perthynas sy’n gymaint lles i’r ddwy ochr rhwng pobl yn y Du a gwledydd eraill ac i gynyddu’r gwerthfawrogiad ynglŷn â syniadau a chyflawniadau creadigol y Du.

The British council is the uK Government’s principal agency for cultural relations overseas. The British council aims to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the uK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the uK’s creative ideas and achievements.

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