On Friday 15 November, join us in our studio for a triple bill of new commissions, from some of the North West’s most exciting Dance Makers.
The dance programme includes three new works in progress made by this year’s UPLIFT artists, who have been in residence at Company Chameleon over Autumn, creating, adapting and developing dance works with the support of Chameleon’s Creative team.
The forthcoming performance is a chance to see what they’ve been developing in the studio and to share your thoughts and feedback on the work so far.
The programme includes performance by the following artists.
UMAMI! : A new collaboration from Lily Antonia (She/They) and Maisha Kungu (they/them)
Lily is a dance artist, performer, teacher, and choreographer. Her work centres around storytelling and human relationships, using dance as a form to share inner and outer worlds. As a neurodivergent queer artist, Lily says “I’m here to celebrate individually and empower others to express themselves.”
Maisha is a neurodivergent queer artist, choreographer, performer, and movement director, whose vibrant, kind-hearted, educational, and actively anti-racist work uses structured improvisation to harness authentic groove within body and soul.
On Instagram: @umami_movement
Jen Malarkey (she/her)
Jen is Artistic Director of Encounter, making work across dance, theatre and screen. She has toured and collaborated with organisations including Northern Stage, Soho Theatre, The Yard, The Lowry, The Place, The Albany, Live Theatre, Lancaster Arts, Z Arts, Traverse Theatre and Fuel Theatre. Alongside creating shows with Encounter, she freelances as a movement director and teaches actor movement in Higher Education with a special interest in access and inclusion.
As part of her residency, Jen will work with Carl Harrison, an award-winning performer from Manchester, who has worked with Punchdrunk Theatre, Protein Dance, Encounter and Thick & Tight. Carl recently directed the cabaret in Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City, and he is currently making a solo show called Apocalypse Wow!
On Instagram: @jennifermalarkey
Max Lee (he/him)
Max is a choreographer, dancer, actor, movement coach and video designer. He is currently Art Director of creative platform, Room 9 Dance Theatre. After graduating from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and London Contemporary Dance School, he studied contemporary dance at The Place in London.Max has choreographed for the Hong Kong Arts Festival, performed at the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games and created a short dance film, Fish, which was commissioned by Jumping Frames as part of the Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival.
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Info & booking
Chameleon presents: UPLIFT
Date: Friday 15 November
Times: 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm for drinks and there is one interval)
Venue: Company Chameleon, 6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1PU
Tickets: Free, £5 or £10 – you choose, pay what you feel.
PLEASE READ: IMPORTANT UPDATE –
Please note, due to injury, UPLIFT artist Jen Malarkey’s work will not be featured in the evening’s programme. Instead, we’re excited to share an excerpt choreographed by Alice Bonazzi for a new production we’re creating with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), which premieres in January.
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Thank you to everyone who comes to watch us perform and for your comments and feedback!