"Performing Arts Between Tradition and Contemporaneity" is the annual international multidisciplinary conference exploring the bridge between the "traditional" and "contemporary" in performing arts.
The IUGTE Conference is a gathering of performing artists, academics, teachers, managers, producers and designers from a wide variety of creative fields, including theatre, dance, music, visual and multimedia art, arts administration, performing arts training, stage design and theatre technology.
Funny, bizarre, (mostly) true cabaret-style guide to surviving the unbelievably mad life in Canada’s frozen north
Following almost two years of Covid induced postponements, Jennifer Irons’ riotous one-woman show Yukon Ho!, detailing her upbringing, life and ultimate escape from Canada’s frozen north is finally set to tour the UK. It comes to Bath Theatre Royal on 19 February and Exeter Phoenix on 20 February.
Yukon Territory, Northern Canada is where North America’s coldest temperature ever (-63 degrees Celsius) was recorded. It’s where there are more caribou than people...
This autumn, critically acclaimed choreographer Richard Chappell premieres his most ambitious work to date, Infinite Ways Home, opening at Exeter Northcott on 24 & 25 September and Cardiff’s immersive CULTVR on 2 October.
Chappell’s first full-length production for a mid-scale stage, Infinite Ways Home sees six performers explore their perceptions of reality through other-worldly experiences, connecting ideas of Celtic traditions of ritual with modern day experiences of rave culture.
Combining Chappell’s diverse choreographic language of ballet, contemporary dance...
Interdisciplinary dance artist Lewys Holt's double-bill show Phrases & Footnotes will be streaming all day on Saturday 15th May with a Q&A with Lewys at 8pm, as part of Exeter Phoenix's Bloom: Online Festival of Mental Health Awareness. The show is touring digitally this spring with several venues across the UK.
Both shows approach miscommunication and confusion in our use of language by instead exploring them through movement; Phrases plays with our interpretations of everyday sayings, whilst Footnotes parodies academic-speak, taking audiences on long, humorous...
You are invited to participate in a co-creation session for Exeter dancer Daisy Harrison's upcoming duet ‘Flying/Falling.’
In this session, watch short extracts of work-in-progress, contribute ideas, and set challenges for three dancers.
Perhaps you want to see from another viewpoint? Perhaps you want them to change their speed? Perhaps you have a bright idea about how you’d like them to use their space, or lighting or sound? Have your say and direct the dancers from afar to enhance your experience.
This testing process is a valuable element of our research and...
In this workshop take part in a short class, guided improvisations and learn some of the movement content from Exeter-based dance artist Daisy Harrison's upcoming duet ‘Flying/Falling’.
Experience soaring and tumbling first hand in your home or studio. Together we will explore themes from the upcoming duet; an immersive performance, exploring the delicate tipping point between the positive and negative experiences of falling out of balance.
This opportunity is aimed at professional dancers, graduates and students. The movement will be physically challenging, but...
In this workshop run by Exeter dance artist Daisy Harrison, take part in a short class, guided improvisations and learn some of the movement content from the upcoming duet ‘Flying/Falling’.
Experience soaring and tumbling first hand in your home or studio. Together we will explore themes from the upcoming duet; an immersive performance, exploring the delicate tipping point between the positive and negative experiences of falling out of balance.
This opportunity is aimed at professional dancers, graduates and students. The movement will be physically challenging, but...
This outstanding company make their last visit to Exeter, celebrating 25 years with a terrific programme, packed with new work.
Brand new is Alston’s Shine On, to the song cycle by Britten and Auden On This Island (singer Katherine McIndoe, pianist Jason Ridgway); the recent Voices and Light Footsteps is inspired by the glorious Madrigals and Sinfonias of Monteverdi; A Far Cry by Martin Lawrance to an impassioned piece by Edward Elgar and the hugely popular Brahms Hungarian is back again.
The company are excited to be back – and don’t miss them because once they’re gone,...
Local colleagues at Tesco in Exeter will be inviting customers to don their dancing shoes and show off their moves as part of a UK-wide fundraiser this weekend for the supermarket’s three national health charity partners - Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.
Visitors to the Exeter Vale Extra store this weekend will be treated to some epic dance performances, or they can show everyone their own moves on a specially created dance floor, providing plenty of selfie opportunities! Customers will also be able to join Tesco colleagues and charity...
