It is a very good sign when, at the end of a dance piece, as the audience applauds, you assume only twenty minutes has passed and are surprised to discover it is more like forty. This was my pleasant experience at the end of Two old instruments, a simple, elegant and charming piece, presented by Ballet In Small Spaces, which brings to the fore the fundamental interplay between dancer and musician; an interplay so essentially at the heart of dance as a performance art. (more…)
May 16, 2014
Two old instruments: Visible Music at The North Wall 29th April 2014 – Emily Romain reviews
Posted by susiecrow under reviews | Tags: ballet, Ballet in Small Spaces, Carl Friedrich Abel, Jonathan Rees, Susie Crow, The North Wall Arts Centre, Two old instruments, viola da gamba, Visible Music |1 Comment
March 31, 2014
Visible Music at The North Wall and other venues April 25th, 27th, 29th
Posted by susiecrow under What's happening | Tags: Bristol Music Club, Carl Friedrich Abel, Chiara Vinci, Claude Debussy, Dances Oracles Mysteries, Francesco Mangiacasale, Jenny Miller, Jonathan Rees, Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown, Khamma, St Leonard's Shoreditch, Susie Crow, The North Wall Arts Centre, Two old instruments, Visible Music |Leave a Comment
Visible Music; playing the past, dancing the present brings together top performers from Ballet in Small Spaces and Barefoot Opera, in performances in Bristol, London, and at Oxford’s The North Wall on 25th, 27th and 29th April. This intimate and pleasurable evening of dance and music in collaboration conjures forgotten pasts into present life through danced realisations of unusual repertoire. The salon pieces of 18th century composer and viola da gamba virtuoso Carl Friedrich Abel range in character from exuberant and playful to wistful and melancholic. They are the inspiration for Two old instruments in which Jonathan Rees and Susie Crow of Ballet in Small Spaces reflect on history and memory. Dances, Oracles, Mysteries features pianists Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown, singer Jenny Miller and dancers Chiara Vinci and Francesco Mangiacasale in evocative response to Debussy piano pieces, songs, and the composer’s little-known ballet Khamma, blurring the boundaries between performing disciplines to create a subtle but exhilarating narrative.
July 12, 2013
Work in progress at URC 20th July and OFS 26th July 2013
Posted by susiecrow under What's happening | Tags: Anuradha Chaturvedi, Carl Friedrich Abel, Jenny Parrott, Jonathan Rees, Leslie Tomkins, Old Fire Station, Oxford Dance Forum, Paulette Mae, Segolene Tarte, Susie Crow, United Reformed Church Hall Banbury Road Oxford, viola da gamba |Leave a Comment
Two opportunities to see what Oxford dance makers are up to before the summer holidays; Susie Crow of Ballet in Small Spaces in collaboration with viola da gamba player Jonathan Rees at URC on Saturday 20th July, and Oxford Dance Forum’s Work-In-Progress Sharing event featuring work by Paulette Mae, Ségolène Tarte and Anuradha Chaturvedi, Jenny Parrott and Leslie Tomkins at the Old Fire Station on Friday 26th July. More details… (more…)