January 2015
Belfast Dance Company Heads to London. Maiden Voyage Dance - Quartet for 15 Chairs
7th – 27th February 2015
“It was amazing! Visually exciting, fast music to keep pace with the dancing and comedy! Children laughed out loud and were captivated...”
Audience Member, Belfast Children’s Festival
"An ingeniously executed piece" Belfast Telegraph****
Maiden Voyage bring you Quartet for 15 Chairs a riotous game of musical movement for all the family full of music, dance and laughter that was the highlight from the 2014 Belfast Children’s Festival
The mischievous musical chairs are back! Let imaginations run wild and experience exactly how much mischief four dancers and 15 blue chairs can get up to onstage. Quartet for 15 Chairs is choreographed by Enrique Cabrera (Aracaldanza, Spain), a choreographer internationally renowned for his surreal and playful dance productions and is performed to an original score from Belfast Music Laurete Brian Irvine. This captivating comedic adventure will have you tapping your toes and wanting to join in.
Maiden Voyage have been invited to perform at the prestigous Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. Audiences at home can catch performances in Belfast, Armagh, Lisburn, Downpatrick, and Limerick
Nicola Curry from Maiden Voyage Dance says,
“We are thrilled to have been invited to perform at South Bank Centre London and to perform Quartet for 15 Chairs for family audiences across Northern Ireland. It is fun, frantic, precise and mysterious and a wonderful way to introduce an audience of any age to the wonder of dance performance”
Gilly Campbell, Arts Officer for Drama and Dance, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, says,
“We wish Maiden Voyage all the very best as they prepare to take Quartet for 15 Chairs to London. This fun and engaging performance will showcase one of Northern Ireland’s most exciting dance companies, alongside music from Belfast’s inaugural music laureate, in one of the Europe’s leading arts venues.”
Maiden Voyage are hosting “Stay and Play” sessions at selected venues in which children can stay behind following the show to play, recreate their favourite moments, and learn some choreography from the company dancers.
The company also offers the provision of audio described performances and touch tours for those who are blind or have visual impairments, providing unique access to this most visual of art-forms, as one previous user describes:
“I found the audio description really brilliant. I could understand all you were describing. It was just lovely to laugh, cheer and just feel part of the audience and I felt I was really engaged in what was happening too. I loved the whole thing.”
Choreography: Enrique Cabrera
Music: Bach, Brian Irvine
Lighting Design: Ciaran Bagnall
Costume Design: Llinos Griffiths
Dancers: Carmen Fuentes Guaza, Ryan O’Neill, David Ogle, Vasiliki Stasinaki
Photos: Luca Truffarelli
Maiden Voyage Dance would like to acknowledge the support of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council.
PERFORMANCE AND TICKET DETAILS:
Upstairs at the MAC, Belfast Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Feb Southbank Centre London
11am, 12pm, 3pm Sat 14 Feb @ 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm
Tickets £6, Family £20 Sun 15 Feb @ 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 4pm
www.themaclive.com Adults £6, Children £3
028 9023 5053 www.southbankcentre.com.uk
0844 875 0073
Market Place Theatre, Armagh Dance Limerick
Wed 11 Feb @ 11am Fri 20 Feb @ 11:30am, 2:30pm
Tickets £5 Tickets €12/€10
www.marketplacearmagh.com www.dancelimerick.ie
028 3752 1821 +353 (0)61 467 813
Down Arts Centre ISLAND Arts Centre, Lisburn
Tues 24 Feb @ 10am, 12pm Fri 27 Feb @ 10am, 11:30am, 7pm
Tickets £5/£4 Tickets £5
www.downartscentre.com www.islandartscentre.com
028 4461 0747 028 9250 9254
Maiden Voyage Dance is Northern Ireland’s leading commissioning company for contemporary dance. This Belfast based company, founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Nicola Curry, works with a carefully curated range of national and international choreographers, composers and collaborators. The company have built a highly respected and flexible repertoire for theatre, site specific installation and public space performance and are based in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
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FOR FURTHER MEDIA INFORMATION:
Eibhlin de Barra, Maiden Voyage Dance
Email: info@maidenvoyagedance.com
Tel: 028 9033 0925
Mob: 07702 619548
