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2FACED DANCE COMPANY presents
‘RUN’ 2016 TOUR
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- An evening of dance by three female choreographers
Three new works by company’s artistic director Tamsin Fitzgerald, Prague-based Lenka Vagnerová
and first The BENCH commission recipient Rebecca Evans
- The triple bill includes original music by Angus MacRae and Tomáš Vychytil
- Lighting Design by James Mackenzie
Media release: Tuesday 14 June 2016:
The international award-winning 2Faced Dance
Company, headed by artistic director and
choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald and known for its
physically adventurous performances, announces
their next tour RUN, a triple bill of new works by
three female choreographers, in theatres from 7
October to 30 November 2016 (schedule included).
The evening of dance features three brand-new
commissions and will see choreographers Tamsin
Fitzgerald, Lenka Vagnerová and Rebecca Evans
explore human choice and our decision to fight or take flight from the darker side of humanity. With groundbreaking movement and theatre, designs and original musical composition, RUN promises to be an
exhilarating evening of contemporary dance theatre from 2Faced Dance Company.
The RUN tour succeeds two high profile events for the Hereford-based company this year. In January,
2Faced Dance ventured to India for the second research phase of Outlands during a British Council cultural
exchange programme to raise the profile of female choreographers and promote gender equality
internationally. In May, the company’s brainchild and inaugural The BENCH event (as part of International
Dance Festival Birmingham 2016) discussed the issue of gender disparity for female choreographers
working in the UK’s contemporary dance sector.
Speaking about RUN as part of an already exciting year for the company, Tamsin Fitzgerald, artistic
director of 2Faced Dance, said: “RUN marks a pivotal point for the company within both our touring
history and the important work that we are leading on within gender equality. Having launched The BENCH
and following our recent visit to India, we are really starting to see a spark of change surrounding the
barriers faced by female choreographers working within the dance sector.
With a new company of dancers and an exceptional choreographic, design and musical team working on
the creation of the work, RUN will mark one of the most exciting periods within the company’s history and
demonstrates a real commitment to supporting women as artists. Not because we have to but because
they are talented, produce great work and this needs to be shared with people across the globe.”
Lenka Vagnerová, whose work explores the physical capabilities and boundaries of man’s body,
said: "I am very pleased that Tamsin Fitzgerald has asked me to be part of the company’s next triple bill.
As a female choreographer I look forward to working with the company’s all-male group - I think it will be
challenging and rewarding for both parties. I am curious to see how audiences react to an all-female
choreographed bill, and if the choice of topics, movement qualities and theatrical situations are gender
influenced. I have chosen to work on the theme of fallen angels, cast out from heaven for sin and rebellion.
My intention is to find different layers and connections in mythological fallen angels and human beings in
order to explore the choice of good and evil in our lives and life path. Our society is full of fallen angels..."
Rebecca Evans, The BENCH Fellow and in May 2016 awarded the ground-breaking initiative’s first
commission to produce work as part of RUN, said: “I am thrilled to receive this commission to work with
2Faced Dance. It is an honour to have my work shown alongside Tamsin and Lenka, two established
choreographers. This opportunity to further develop my ideas would not have been possible without The
BENCH, a programme of support for female choreographers of which I was one of the first Fellows. I can’t
wait to get into the studio and create the first The BENCH commission!”
For the RUN tour, five outstanding dancers will bring the choreographers’ works to life. Familiar to 2Faced
Dance audiences are Jack Humphrey, Jason Boyle and Ed Warner. They are joined by company
newcomers Louis Parker-Evans and Kai Tomioka.
Lighting design for RUN is by James Mackenzie (credits include Out of His Skin, In The Dust and Dreaming
In Code – 2Faced Dance Company, Cut It Out – Young Vic and Steam – Royal Festival Hall) and original
music scores will be composed by Angus MacRae (credits include Lucid Grounds, Dreaming In Code –
2Faced Dance Company) and Tomáš Vychytil.
2Faced Dance Company offers an extensive programme of education and outreach work tailored to suit all
their touring activity. The company will work with schools, colleges and dance companies all over the UK on
a range of workshops and performances to complement the RUN tour.
2Faced Dance is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and RUN is supported by Arts
Council England, PRS for Music Foundation, DanceEast, Theatr Brycheiniog and The Courtyard, Hereford.
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2Faced Dance – RUN – autumn tour dates 2016
Fri 7 & Sat 8 Oct at 7.30pm (please note: national press night is Saturday 8 October)
DanceEast, IPSWICH
Tickets: www.danceeast.co.uk 01473 295230
Tue 11 Oct at TBC
Northcott Theatre, EXETER
Tickets: www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 01392 726363
Thurs 13 & Fri 14 Oct at 8pm
DanceXchange, BIRMINGHAM
Tickets: www.dancexchange.org.uk 0121 667 6730
Wed 19 Oct at 7.45pm
Corn Exchange, NEWBURY
Tickets: www.cornexchangenew.com 0845 5218 218
Tue 1 Nov at 7.30pm
Roses Theatre, TEWKSBURY
Tickets: www.rosestheatre.org 01684 295074
Thurs 3 Nov at TBC
York Theatre Royal, YORK
Tickets: www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk 01904 623568
Thurs 10 Nov at TBC
Theatr Brycheiniog, BRECON
Tickets: www.brycheiniog.co.uk 01874 611622
Thurs 17 Nov at 7.30pm
Pavilion Dance, BOURNEMOUTH
Tickets: www.pdsw.org.uk 01202 203630
Wed 23 Nov at TBC
Jersey Arts Centre, JERSEY
Tickets: www.artscentre.je 01534 700444
Wed 30 Nov at TBC
Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet, LEEDS
Tickets: www.theatreleeds.com 0113 220 8008
2Faced Dance Company is based in the stunning rural town of Hereford. Under the helm of artistic director
and choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald, the award winning, international dance company produces innovative,
accomplished and aspirational artistic performances alongside an ambitious participation programme and
captivating community dance initiatives that truly reflect the landscape in which they are based. This allows
the company to tell new and original stories, generating distinctive new work, whilst striving to stay relevant
to their audiences. 2Faced Dance tours extensively across the UK and internationally and aims to work with
cutting edge and culturally diverse designers, venues, organisations and individuals. The company supports
and mentors local artists whilst advocating on behalf of the wider dance industry by challenging and inspiring
different sectors of society. 2Faced Dance is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
www.2faceddance.co.uk
Tamsin Fitzgerald trained at Northern School of Contemporary Dance and founded 2Faced Dance
Company in 1999. As Artistic Director of 2Faced Dance, Tamsin has been creating and touring works
nationally and internationally to much critical acclaim, including State of Matter, Still Breathing, Third, 7.0, In
the Dust, Out of His Skin, Two Old Men, Lucid Grounds as part of Dreaming in Code and KAPOW.
Commissions for Tamsin include: Soap The Show (world tour) for Chameleon Berlin, MTV Awards, Watch
This Space with Hofesch Shechter for IDFB (2008), Wings of Desire with Circa for IDFB (2012), GLOW
Festival, The Rock for MOKO Dance, Shipley Festival and the critically-acclaimed and audience favourite
CUBES for Birmingham Weekender 2015 and IDFB 2016.
Tamsin is a Rayne Choreographic Fellow, which led to her working with Australian Dance Theatre, The Ballet
Boyz and St.Giles Trust, a homeless charity. Tamsin was awarded the Jerwood Choreographic Research
Prize for a new immersive, outdoor dance and circus experience, The Pod, due to premier in 2017. Tamsin
has choreographed and taught at The Place, NSCD, The Centre for Advanced Training in Birmingham
(DanceXchange) and led major educational initiatives internationally in Norway, Bulgaria and Brazil.
Lenka Vagnerová is a leading European female choreographer based in Prague, Czech Republic. Known
for her creations with her Lenka Vagnerová Company, she has created works and toured internationally with
her sculptured choreography that explore the physical capabilities and boundaries of man’s body. Awards
and nominations include: Herald Angel Award- Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014; Total Theatre Award
Nomination Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014; Dance Piece of the Year and Dancer of the Year 2014 – Festival
Czech Dance Platform.
Rebecca Evans is happy to be among the insane and enjoys the
blissful insanity that dancing brings!
Rebecca has worked with Marc Brew Company, Ffin Dance and IJAD Dance Company. She was part of
Wayne McGregor's DanceLines 2011, and in 2012 spent time in Korea teaching, learning and working with
Korean National Contemporary Dance Company. In 2013, Rebecca created Pell Ensemble, an ever changing
cast of artistic individuals coming together to create, explore and experiment with dance, art and technology.
Photo credit: 2Faced Dance Company – RUN – Dancer: Louis Parker-Evans, photo by Chris Nash.