New Territories 2006
New home, the same outstanding talent!
2006 sees the triumphant return of new territories, Scotland’s international festival of live arts. With a new home for the National Review of Live Art at Tramway and British premieres from superb international artists like Marie Chouinard, Rui Horta, Sol Pico and Paulo Riberio, together with the return of Scotland’s own Michael Clark bringing his universally acclaimed new work to the festival, new territories 2006 promises to be as brilliant as ever.
Brought to you by New Moves International (NMI), new territories is now in its fifth year and will be taking place in Glasgow between 8 February and 11 March 2006, including five weeks of Winter School activities. The Winter School has proven to be an extremely important component of the work undertaken by NMI and next year’s courses are already fully booked. The exception being an unusual week undertaken by the inimitable La Ribot who will be working with 40 non-professionals over the age of 40 for five days before they unleash what they have learned onto Tramway’s main stage.
The joy of dance is very much the theme of new territories 2006, with the true iconoclast Michael Clark set to delight audiences with his scintillating piece 'O'. When Clark first made the attempt with 'O', it seemed a streak of inspired boldness. Today his re-statement of that 1994 piece displays the courage of a mature choreographer. Before 'O', we have an appetiser called 'OO' - here dancers wheel through a blast of fierce cutting dance to the deafening throb of Iggy Pop and Wire. As many critics have stated 'O' is undoubtedly special - an affirmation of faith in the power of dance and is definitely not to be missed.
The Festival is also excited about introducing a more Mediterranean feel to its dance programme next year, starting with Rui Horta. His first visit to the festival, he is one of Europe’s best-known choreographers whose work was recently staged by Scottish Dance Theatre. His new work 'SetUp' takes the audience to the heart of the theatrical experience and will leave a mark on those lucky enough to view the piece for a long time to come. It is a fun and surprising piece.
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Another critically acclaimed Portuguese choreographer and one of the Festival’s favourites, Paulo Ribeiro, will be making a welcome return to Glasgow. He will be presenting Memories of a Saturday with Blue Whispers, which commemorates his company’s 10th year anniversary. |
Destined to be one of the many highlights of new territories 2006, it is a fine ensemble work with great live music.
Senza Tempo from Barcelona, and creators of one of the most innovative and poetic languages to be found on the current dance scene, along with Mal Pelo with their unique brand of stunning theatricality and Sol Pico, who gives the Spanish dance scene a huge dose of dynamic vitality, will be performing as part of a very special week celebrating Catalonian dance. All three companies originally performed at the festival as young choreographers when the festival was know as New Moves back in the 80s and early 90s. They are all now well established artists, both internationally and back home in Catalunya. For the audience who remembers the earlier days they will be astonished to see how far these artists have come.
Marie Chouinard, another Festival favourite, is currently touring worldwide to sell-out houses with work that is undeniably world-class and the Paragon Ensemble with Tartan Chameleon make their first ever appearance at the Festival, continuing our fascination with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. With this fantastic roster of talent performing at Tramway next year, it is clear to see why new territories has a reputation for a programme of cutting edge and exciting work that remains unparalleled.
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