April - Jobs, Refurbs and Previews!
Dear All,
Lots of lovely sunny news for you this fine April afternoon. This newsletter covers a lot... here is a taster so you can whiz through to see what interests!
1) Job Vacancies!
2) Joseph Mercier Preview Performance 7/5/10
3) London Dance International Workshops
4) Paradise Gardens Festival
5) Refurbishment!
Happy reading, see you soon, enjoy the sun!
Bryony and the Team x
1) Job Vacancies!
Chisenhale Dance Space is seeking to fill 2 posts: Projects Assistant and Education Assistant.
The funding for this post comes directly from a Department of Works and Pensions scheme that aims to prevent people becoming long-term unemployed and is therefore only available to people aged 18-24 that have been on Jobseekers Allowance for 6 months or more. They would suit dance/performance/live art graduates looking to get their first job in an arts organisation. Both posts are 25 hours a week and hold a huge amount of development, training and mentoring potential to ensure the beginning of long term arts careers!
If you suit the strict criteria then please contact Bryony Kimmings on bryony@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk or 0208 981 6617 for more information on how to apply.
Deadline for both applications: 21st May
(Both posts are 6 month fixed contract)
2) Joseph Mercier Preview Performance 7/5/10
Chisenhale has co-produced Joseph Mercier's new piece "Giselle or I'm Too Horny to be a Prince". This work will preview at Chis on the 7th of May 2010 7:30pm. Tickets are priced at £5 and can be booked in the office: 0208 981 6617
Giselle, or I'm too horny to be a Prince is a contemporary remaining of the classical ballet in two distinct, but interrelated parts:
In Act One: Calgary, Giselle imprisons himself in his native Canadian city where, through imagery and submission, he relives his final attempt at classical form, his distaste for tights and 11 months without sex.
In Act Two: The Forest, Giselle is introduced to a gay prince with whom he dances a pas de deux. The duet turns sour when Giselle fails the Prince's lessons on masculinity, and the Prince is forced to resort to more drastic measures.
Set to the original score, Giselle, or I'm too horny to be a Prince draws a movement vocabulary from classical ballet, contemporary styles and sadomasochism, and straddles the line between dance and live art.
3) London Dance International Workshops
Here Come the Women!
This Year's London Dance International programme for July is about to Launch! Brochures are being printed as we speak...BUT Chisenhale can sneakily reveal that the artist that will be holding the weeklong workshop here at the space is Ivana Muller! How amazing is that!
We will be updating the website next week with the full brochure and the GDA box office will then open to the usual mad scramble of professional artists wanting to spend a week with some truly inspiring people... this years programme is made up of some amazing female artists that seek to blur the boundaries between Dance, Performance and Live Art!
So keep you eyes peeled!
4) Paradise Gardens Festival
Chisenhale Dance Space and East London Dance have been asked by Tower Hamlets council to curate the dance activity at the amazing Paradise Gardens Festival in Victoria Park this year.
Chisenhale’s curated slot will include work from:
- Tempered Body
- Hunt and Darton
- Rhiannon Faith Jones
- Sparklemotion
- AND even one of the Srishti boys!
We will be in the Electro Ballroom Tent from 1-5pm on Sunday 20th June. This festival is free so if you’re local you have no excuse BUT to come down!
5) Refurbishment!
Amazing News! Chisenhale was granted some money from the Foyle Foundation to refurbish the studios. The work has already begun and includes:
Painting the studios from head to toe, a new kitchen, new toilets, under floor heating, new lighting and heating systems and a water filter machine for thirsty dancers! The work will be complete Autumn 2010.
June's newsletter will launch some exciting new Artist Support projects and some amazing partnerships with Artsadmin, The BBC and the V&A... all very exciting!
Xx
