Programme

Big Dance Bubble: Portavilion

Portavilion launch with Siobhan Davies Dance and Sadler’s Wells

The Big Dance Bubble, an interactive piece of art-architecture by Raumloborberlin, launched its tour of London with an event by Siobhan Davies Dance, UP Projects, Southwark Council and Sadler’s Wells.

The Bounce by Fevered Sleep – New performance for children and adults

Fevered Sleep makes dance, theatre and visual art for children and for adults, and is internationally acclaimed for its performance work for children. The Bounce is a brand new performance specially created for the Big Dance Bubble, which has been inspired by the architecture of the space, and is a playful exploration of the pavilion, with movement, live music, and a lot of bouncing balls.

Choreographed by the company with direction by David Harradine
Performed by Zoë Bywater, Laura Cubitt, David Leahy and Petra Söör
Produced by Fevered Sleep
Commissioned by Siobhan Davies Dance and Sadler’s Wells
Fevered Sleep’s work is produced in association with Fuel

Create – A Big Dance Bubble Choreographic Challenge

Create was an exciting choreographic workshop that challenged dance practitioners to make work that responded to The Big Dance Bubble.

Create was led by Susanne Thomas, Artistic Director of Seven Sisters group, who is a highly acclaimed choreographer specialising in making cross disciplinary work for site specific performance. She introduced choreographic approaches which allowed participants to explore the architectural structure, textures, geometries as well as the location and placement of the Bubble in a public park. This was an excellent opportunity for choreographers, teachers and dance practitioners working with both professionals and community groups to develop their skills in choreography for unusual spaces.

Participants also heard David Harradine of Fevered Sleep talk about the process and concept behind the new work and saw a performance. The workshop culminated in a performance of the finished work by the participants in the Big Dance Bubble.

Susanne Thomas formed Seven Sisters Group in 1994 with a team of independent artists whose disciplines include dance, theatre design, fine art, music and video. Her highly acclaimed projects are often site-specific and combine contemporary dance, installation, video and spoken word. Seven Sisters Group’s work has been described as leading in the field of dance and site-specific performance; their risk taking and highly visual projects have been presented in both outdoor and indoor sites in the UK and Europe.