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BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is an intriguing trail in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of Londons most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The colourful body sculptures offer a new and imaginative perspective on well-known spaces and architecture, as well as displaying astounding physical prowess. Photos copyright Hugo Glendinning, Tony Shepherd & Emma Swan....

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CABANE (Cabin) continues Paul-Andre Fortiers exploration of unusual performance sites, this time using several, surprisingly different indoor locations. Each will create a distinctive ambience and audiences are encouraged to see Cabane in more than one venue. Fortier and visual artist/musician, Rober Racine, are reminiscent of characters from a Beckett play as they skillfully draw the audience in to their eccentric world using movement, audio-visual effects and props as their playthings. The ...

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Informed by notions of shared experience, COMMON DANCE is a large-scale work by one of Britains leading choreographers, Rosemary Lee. This bold production involves 50 professional and non-professional dancers aged 8 to 80, a choir of 70 young people from Finchley Childrens Music Group and a specially commissioned score by Terry Mann. Created specifically for Greenwichs historic and striking Borough Hall, the space will be used as a symbolic common ground, bringing together performers from ...

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As part of Dance Umbrella 2009, BODIES IN URBAN SPACES was an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of Londons most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The colourful body sculptures offer a new and imaginative perspective on well-known spaces and architecture, as well as displaying astounding physical prowess. Film by Scott Murden and Rocky ...

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BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London's most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

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BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London's most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

Tags: dance umbrella festival bodies in urban spaces willi dorner contemporary london michael clark mark morris stephen petronio

BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London's most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

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BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London's most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

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BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of London's most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

Tags: dance umbrella festival bodies in urban spaces willi dorner contemporary london michael clark mark morris stephen petronio

BODIES IN URBAN SPACES is a free outdoor London event that is part of Dance Umbrella 2009 from 16 - 18 October. It is an intriguing trail, in which 20 performers lead the audience through some of Londons most atmospheric public spaces. Live body sculptures are set up quickly and exist fleetingly before the acrobatic performers disengage themselves and move on. The route is revealed as the work progresses, leaving it to the audience to follow the performers and discover the next installation ...

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