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Switch premiered at The Northern School of Contempory Dance in Leeds, September 2009

 

Switch is about change, choice, breaking the mould, embodying new rituals and living again. It draws inspiration from ancient practices and their relevance to the contemporary sphere within which we exist, flipping on its head the notion of tradition and the notion of the ancient.

Set in a black and white space, this is an exciting collaborative work by ACE’s directors Gail and Ian Parmel with choreographers Douglas Thorpe (Phoenix Dance Company) and Andile Sotiya. An exciting blend of sophisticated dance, music and visuals, accompanied by a robust and agile cast of six international and UK based dancers, a live musician and a world class composer.

Six agile dancers push themselves to their physical limits in a sophisticated mix of dance, music and awe inspiring visuals.

Dancers: Sade Alleyne // Sara Enrich Bertran // Grace Hann // Nick Keegan // Nick Peak // Lisa Rowley // Laura Vanhulle

 

The Double Bill

'Switch' Choreographed by Artistic Director Gail Parmel and dancers // Movement collaboration by Andile Sotiya

A highly technical, pure movement piece.  Dancers portray a circuit board; charging from a power source and transferring energy between each another.

'Listen' Choreographed by Douglas Thorpe with Artistic collaboration by Gail Parmel

An unsettling portrayal of modern day war, with impressive fast and precise phrases and eastern style ultra-controlled movement and mime. ‘Listen’ explores post-traumatic stress, flashbacks and power struggles within military and home relationships

Click here to watch the Switch trailer

Click here to watch audience vox pops

Click here for video feature on Article 19

Click here to read the review on Londondance.com

Click here to read review on the West Midlands Dance blog

Information for venues and promoters

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"The show was great - such fantastic dancers and the performance quality was excellent.  We loved the film work and the variety of musical influences.  A really enjoyable evening - especially for the young people from Salisbury Youth Dance Company - several of whom are going on to study dance further once they leave school." Wiltshire Dancing

"...Switch is brilliant - a dance number that  boundlessly reflects our lives as we  wake up each day enslaved by our need for electrical power,  a stream of raw energy and unfathomable rushes of digi-info." Click here for the full review by Richard Lutz

"Full of energy, creativity and promise." WestMidlandsDance.com

"Highly-stylised contemporary movement with borrowed timing and execution from Hip Hop... the production quality and the dancers' technique was second to none." LondonDance.com

"What a fantastic start to our season, 'Switch' provided. Energetic, thought provoking and visually stunning, the thrilling experience had by all was confirmed by a well-earned rapturous applause and a great atmosphere in the foyer afterwards. Sales exceeded all expectations with a near sell-out show. ACE dance and music were a pleasure to work with and all of us at NSCD look forward to welcoming them back again in the future." The Northern School of Contemporary Dance


"Mesmerising, powerful, moving contemporary dance. I'm still buzzing after seeing Switch in Dorchester. It's simply one of the best shows of its type I've seen for a long time. Stunning dance, amazing visuals and powerful music all come together in an extraordinary multimedia performance. This a show to savour - don't miss it!" Audience Member

 

  

 

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