Recruitment Opportunity: Company Manager,

February 11th, 2013

Freelance part-time position

Closing Date: 25^th February 2013, 5pm

Interview Date: 4^th March 2013, 4pm onwards (Interviews to be held in London)

 

Company Chameleon is looking to recruit a Company Manager to assist the Artistic Directors in refining their vision for the future of Company Chameleon and support them in leading the Company through the next stage in its development.

Company Chameleon believes in Dance Theatre as a vital method for social change.  Through the performance of their work, and through educational programmes, the Company hope to support social cohesion and artistic understanding through the propagation of expression, creativity and physicality. For further information about Company Chameleon please visit www.companychameleon.com.

If you are interested in applying for the above position and wish to find out more about the role please contact info@companychameleon.com

Company Chameleon

Z-arts,

335 Stretford Road

Hulme

Manchester M15 5ZA

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England

 

DANCE CUTS 2013 – Opportunity to present new & innovative work,

January 22nd, 2013

DANCE CUTS 2013, 1st and 2nd March
Dance Cuts is a platform for North West dancers, dance-makers and choreographers, co-produced by Ludus Dance and Live at LICA with guest company Candoco.
Take the opportunity to present new and innovative work alongside a range of workshops, performances and panel-led discussions in the Nuffield Theatre and LICA building, Live at LICA, Lancaster, on 1st and 2nd March 2013.
Please submit proposals for live dance performance, dance for film, sited work, collaborative performance and integrated performance.  Collaboration across art forms is strongly encouraged.
Submission deadline: 5pm on 31st January 2013.
Find out more here: https://www.liveatlica.org/artist-support/live-at-lica–ludus-dance-cuts-2013 and get your application pack here:
www.ludusdance.org/dance-development/dance-cuts-2013

 

Join us for Company Class during January & February 2013,

January 21st, 2013

Whilst in the final few weeks of creation for Pictures We Make Company Chameleon will be based at The Lowry and offering the opportunity for dance professionals and graduates to engage in Company Class on the following dates:

The Lowry, Salford Quays  -  Studio 3
Mon 21st Jan, 10-11.30am
Tues 22nd Jan, 10-11.30am
Wed 23rd Jan, 10-11.30am
Thurs 24th Jan, 10-11.30am

Mon 28th Jan, 10-11.30am
Tues 29th Jan, 10-11.30am
Wed 30th Jan, 10-11.30am
Thurs 31st Jan, 10-11.30am
Fri 1st Feb, 10-11.30am

Mon 4th Feb, 10-11.30am
Tues 5th Feb, 10-11.30am
Wed 6th Feb, 10-11.30am
Thurs 7th Feb, 10-11.30am
Fri 8th Feb, 10-11.30am

Intermediate-Advanced level
The workshops will focus upon body conditioning, contemporary technique and floor-based movement systems.

Classes are free, but we do ask if you can please book your place by emailing Jen: info@companychameleon.com.

 

Join us for Company Class in November,

November 5th, 2012

Whilst in creation for Pictures We Make in the North West Company Chameleon will be offering the opportunity for dance professionals and graduates to engage in Company Class as follows:

The Lowry, Salford Quays
Mon 5th Nov, 10-11.30am
Mon 12th Nov, 10-11.30am
Tues 13th Nov, 10-11.30am
Thurs 15th Nov, 10-11.30am

Pyramid & Parr Hall, Warrington
Tues 6th Nov, 10-11.30am
Wed 7th Nov, 10-11.30am
Thurs 8th Nov, 10-11.30am
Fri 9th Nov, 10-11.30am
Wed 14th Nov, 10-11.30am

Intermediate-Advanced level
The workshops will focus upon body conditioning, contemporary technique and floor-based movement systems.

 

Residencies in Barcelona & Edinburgh,

November 5th, 2012

To help support the creation of the new work, Chameleon will be spending time over the next month at Centre Civic, Barceloneta (19th-24th November) and DanceBase, Edinburgh (26th-30th November).

During these two residencies, Anthony & Kevin will be exploring and developing ideas for the first work of the double-bill and whilst in residence at DanceBase the Company will be delivering Free Company Class and sharing the work-in-progress, please join us if you are in the area:

DanceBase, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Free Company Class: Thu 29 Nov, 10.00 – 11.30
FREEDAY PREVIEW studio showing: Fri 30 Nov, 17.00

Whilst at Centre Civic in Barceloneta, Chameleon will be delivering a workshop to local artists on the following date:

Centre Civic, Barceloneta
Workshop:  Sat 24th Nov

Huge thanks to Centre Civic and DanceBase for very kindly providing the opportunity for us to use their rehearsal spaces during this creation period, we are really looking forward to visting them both soon!

 

Creation of Double-Bill Quartet ‘Pictures We Make’,

November 5th, 2012

Over the last month the Chameleon team have been conducting research into our next project and today we are in the studio starting the creation process for our new work, which we will be developing from November 2012 through to February 2013 – when it will premiere at The Lowry in Salford Quays.

Pictures We Make is the title of a double-bill evening of work, with the first piece to be choreographed by Anthony Missen & Kevin Edward Turner – also titled Pictures We Make – and we are extremely excited to be welcoming Goddard/Nixon on board who will be choreographing the second piece Eden.

Goddard/Nixon
Founded in 2009 as a choreographic collaboration between acclaimed artists Jonathan Goddard and Gemma Nixon, Goddard Nixon has grown to steady acclaim. Creating dance for both live events film and TV, work has recently been shown nationally and internationally at the Royal Opera House, the Royal Court, the Victoria and Albert Museum, in India and throughout Spain.

 

For the first time Company Chameleon will be expanding from duet to quartet for both of these works in the double-bill. Alongside Anthony & Kevin, we are delighted to be working with two exceptional female dance artists, Gemma Nixon & Elena Thomas.

Gemma Nixon
After training at the Arts Educational School (Tring), Gemma joined the National Youth Dance Company under the direction of John Chesworth before moving to New York to undertake a work/study programme. On returning to the UK she joined Scottish Dance Theatre, under the direction of Janet Smith, where she created new works with choreographers including Rui Horta, Didi Veldman and Liv Lorent.

As an actor Gemma played the role Sandy in Monkey, a collaboration between Dundee Rep Ensemble and SDT. Gemma joined Rambert in 2006 where she danced and created several main roles with various choreographers including the Mother in Christopher Bruce’s Hush and Blanche Dubois in Javier De Frutos’s Elysian Fields. She recently performed in Afterlight choreographed by Russell Maliphant.

Gemma is also a founder member of New Movement Collective. A new generation of choreographers with a long collaborative history, New Movement aims to challenge the notions of traditional performance.

Elena Thomas
Elena received her training in France at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Danse de Marseille under the Artistic Direction of Marie-Claude Pietragalla, and later attended the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon under the Artistic Direction of Jean-Claude Ciappara.

Straight from her training, Elena started performing with Jeune Ballet Conservatoire National Superieur de Lyon and appeared in several works including Davy Brun’s Pointless Monkey, under the direction of J.C Ciaparra.

In 2007 Elena performed with Europa Danse for 5 months, before joining Ballet National du Rhin, where she danced in Bertrand d’AT’s Romeo and Juliet, Jo Stromgren’s Coppelia, William Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, and August Bournonville’s La Sylphide.

Most recently Elena has been working with Company La Mov in Zaragoza, performing in several works by Artistic Director Victor Jimenez and a number of visiting choreographers including Company Chameleon.  Elena worked with Anthony & Kevin earlier this year, performing in a work choreographed by Company Chameleon for La Mov called Unspoken Words which premiered on 10th May 2012.

Photo:  Mickael Marso Riviere

Pictures We Make
The work asks questions of our relationship with ourselves and with other people. As we plunge from I to we, how do we navigate the space between our experience and expectations? 
Our insecurities and perceptions about how things should be are tested and reflected back by those with whom we share relationships. 
  Sourced from stories and experiences from the long shared history of the performers, this new creation by Missen and Turner, brings together four exceptional performers, with an original score by Spanish musician and composer Miguel Marin.

For the second part of this double bill, acclaimed choreographic duo Goddard/ Nixon (2012 Place Prize Semi-Finalists) create a newly commissioned work for four dancers, a potent and poetic exploration of an internal world where space is compressed and intense obsessions are revealed as enduring relationships signal hope.

World Premiere Pictures We Make
Thu 14 February 2013, 8pm
The Lowry, Salford Quays
www.thelowry.com /  0843 208 6000

Further tour dates to be released shortly via Company Chameleon’s social media.

A Lowry commission supported by Z-arts

 

Company Class at Z-arts in October & December 2012,

October 5th, 2012

For a couple of dates in October and throughout December, Company Chameleon will be working in the dance studio at Z-arts, and will be offering the opportunity for dance professionals and graduates to engage in Company Class on the following dates:

15th October, 10-11.30am
16th October, 10-11.30am

3rd December, 10-11.30am
4th December, 10-11.30am

5th December, 9-10.30am
6th December, 10-11.30am

10th December, 10-11.30am
11th December, 10-11.30am
12th December, 9-10.30am
13th December, 10-11.30am
14th December, 10-11.30am

17th December, 10-11.30am
18th December, 10-11.30am
19th December, 9-10.30am
20th December, 10-11.30am
21st December, 10-11.30am

Intermediate-Advanced level
The workshops will focus upon body conditioning, contemporary technique and floor-based movement systems.

Please note these sessions are FREE, but to attend any of the above classes you must book your place by contacting Jen Bailey info@companychameleon.com

 

Photo-shoot for new work,

September 29th, 2012

During September Company Chameleon have been conducting research into our next project, with the photo-shoot for this new work taking place just a few days ago.

With more information to follow next month, have a look at a couple of images to give you a taster of what is to come…

Photos:  Mickael Marso Riviere

 

Company Classes in September,

September 5th, 2012

In September Company Chameleon’s Co-Artistic Directors Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner will be working in the studios at The Lowry and will be offering the opportunity for dance professionals and graduates to engage in Company Class on the following dates:
read more…

 

North Wales Dance Collective – ‘Moving Pathways’ Premiere…,

September 5th, 2012

Following our recent work with North Wales Dance Collective, providing choreographic mentoring for their new piece Moving Pathways, we are pleased to announce that the work is due to premiere in September 2012.

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