DanceLive 2012 in Aberdeen

11 Sep 2012 in Aberdeen City & Shire, Dance & Drama

DanceLive 2012 is bringing high quality dance to the Aberdeen for the 7th year, with a host of new work featuring some of the finest contemporary dancers performing today.

Festival Producer Jennifer Phillips said: “This is an exciting and vibrant event that the North East can be proud off. We have put together a varied, sometimes challenging, sometimes thought provoking, but always entertaining, high quality programme of dance.

“We are inviting many new companies to the city and the programme features a number new works. Aberdeen has always been at the forefront of contemporary dance and Dancelive brings exciting quality dance direct to your door.”

The festival opens with the premiere of a new production, 12 Dancers/Deliberance, this is the festival’s first large scale production and the first time they have collaborated with Aberdeen Performing arts to produce a new work. 12 Dancers/Deliberance features 12 of the leading male dancer from Scotland and is the first time they have all appeared on stage together.

Many of the companies in the extensive programme are coming to Aberdeen for the first time, including Jasmin Vardimon Company, Company Chameleon, Ffin Dance, Marc Brew Company and Stumble Dance Circus.

The festival will be showcasing the work if individual artists including Liz Aggiss and Matthew Hawkins and emerging young choreographers, including a showcase of work new work from North East based choreographers and dancers.

There will be special events for families and younger audiences, a Hallowe’een themed day at Haddo House, and new work for young audiences commissioned by Citymoves Dance Agency by Ruth Kent.

For more information on workshops, films, studio performances and special events keep up to date at www.dancelive.org.uk

Source: Dancelive