Company Chordelia - Red Shoes
Red Shoes is an extraordinary and funny work of dynamic dance theatre, performed by Kally Lloyd-Jones and directed by Michael Popper. It is based around themes from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, and the Powell-Pressburger film, both of which share the title The Red Shoes
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Red Shoes is a one-woman show about three dancers at different stages in their careers, from a young girl just starting out, to a bad-tempered old woman who has devoted her life to dance. |
With several costume changes, voices and aerial work, the characters are brought to life, and the show is full of humour as well as darker moments.
Red Shoes has just finished a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, but will be performed during October at Eastwood Park Theatre, Platform at Easterhouse and Aros Hall in Skye.
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'Full of teasing, pleasing promise' - The Herald
'Fast, fresh and very contemporary' - Scotland on Sunday
'Company Chordelia are not scared to make dance funny' - Scotland on Sunday |
Kally Lloyd Jones (choreographer/dancer)
Born and raised in Scotland, Kally Lloyd-Jones trained at the Theatre Arts Ballet School and Central School of Ballet in London.
Kally has worked extensively as a choreographer, dancer, teacher and choreologist in Scotland as well as London, Stockholm and Toronto with many organisations, including the The Royal Ballet School, Benesh Institute, Royal Swedish Ballet, Scottish Opera, RSAMD, Ontario School of Ballet, Dance House, Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust, Telford College and various independent choreographers.
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Company Chordelia, her own dance company, has been awarded Projects and Touring grants from the Scottish Arts Council since 2003, and she has choreographed Blood, Sweat and Shopping, Saturday Night Divas, Play On! and Cinderella Pilot Error! She has also been doing aerial work since 2002. |
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Michael Popper has a multifaceted career, creating and performing works in the worlds of theatre, music and dance. His theatre-dance works create and occupy a space somewhere between circus, cabaret and cartoon, and have been produced for companies including Scottish Dance Theatre, The Icelandic Ballet, Tanz Forum (Germany), MDT (Turkey), and Gateway To Freedom (UK). His collaborative work includes theatre and opera productions for The Royal National Theatre, The Lyceum Edinburgh, Welsh National Opera, De Vlaamse Opera, Visible Fictions (UK), and The Lindsay Kemp Company.
In addition to frequent solo and guest appearances, Popper has appeared as an opera singer, actor and dancer with companies including The Purcell Quartet (UK/Japan), Opera Holland Park (UK), La Compagnie Renaud-Barrault (France), and Ballet Rambert (UK).
Current projects include Fandango: an integrated work in development, and The Other Side of Tender: a dance-cabaret in 21 Acts, presented by the Popper Collective (premier as part of the Tel Aviv International Dance Festival 2007).
Jonothan Campbell (aerial technician)
Jonothan studied at Fool Time, the National Centre for Circus Skills and the Performing Arts and trained at L'ecole de Trapeze Volant Jean Palacy.
He is the Artistic Director of Aye! Productions which premiered its first show The Ballad in the spring of 2005. He was a founder member of Shiftwork Physical Theatre Company and Scaramouch New Circus. He was Aerial Designer for V.amp Productions' Burning Bright at Tramway in Glasgow and Communicado/Sounds in Progress' Brave at the Fruit Market, where he also performed.
He was stunt co-ordinator for Grid Iron's Edinburgh Fringe First winning, Decky Does a Bronco and directed Elbow Room Dance Company's Metchen. He performed in The National Theatre's production of Jumpers which transferred to The Piccadilly Theatre in the West End. While in London he found time to direct Leo Kay and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a homage to Charles Chaplin.
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Future performances of Red Shoes:
12 October 2007 - Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire
18 October 2007 - Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow
27 October 2007 - Aros Hall, Skye |
Red Shoes received funding from the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. |