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THE BLANK ALBUM ON TOUR Summer / Autumn 08, Spring 09
Live Music, comedy and dance that literally rocks - The Blank Album. Dancers who sing standing on their heads, cellos that dance, and sketch-show guitars, hysterical yet strikingly poetic.
View PDF of Tour Dates "Packed with catchy tunes and quirky choreography" THE SCOTSMAN
"ALL-SINGING, all dancing - and flamboyantly rock'n'roll with it - The Blank Album is like a mini-music-fest without the mud...but with the kind of swaggering hi-octane choreography that Jagger in his heyday would have lept at." THE HERALD
See Productions for more information.
Natasha Gilmore’s band of rock star dancers continues touring The Blank Album with a string of Festival dates this Summer:
18 & 20 July, Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk, www.latitudefestival.co.uk
8 August, Belladrum Festival, Tartan Heart, Inverness, www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
10-18 August, Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh (Fringe), 0131 623 3030, www.assemblyfestival.com
Then they will be touring the UK in the Autumn 2008:
26th September, Arts Depot Barnet, London, 020 8369 5454, www.artsdepot.co.uk
27th September, PREMA, Gloucestershire, 01453 860703, www.prema.demon.co.uk
2nd October, Hextabledance, Kent, 01322 618618, hextabledance.com
7th October, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 01224 641122, www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
8th October, The Byre, St. Andrews, 01334 475000, www.byretheatre.com
9th October, Eastgate, Peebles, Edinburgh and Lothians, 01721 725 777, www.eastgate.com
16th October, AnLanntair, Isle of Lewis, 01851 703 307, www.lanntair.com
17th October, Caol Centre, Nr. Fort William
BBC Blast
Gilmore Productions were given the opportunity to work with young people at artsdepot, London. The new work created was showcased in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 6 July in front of thousands of people at part of Big Dance 2008. BBC Blast, the BBC’s youth creativity service, offered free professional dance residencies to six youth dance groups nationwide, and approached artsdepot to be one of the six organisations taking part. The dancers aged 15-18, worked with Natasha Gilmore and Jade Adamson to create a piece of dance theatre that took inspiration from The Blank Album. The event was hosted by Erin Boag from Strictly Come Dancing.
Refugee Week – Songs of Home Songs of Hope
During National Refugee Week Gilmore Productions premièred a new work with Maryhill Integration Network – 'Songs of Home Songs of Hope', their third collaboration. Professional dance artist, musicians and poets along with an international cast, including asylum seekers and refugees and primary school children from Maryhill, used songs, poems and dance to explore the joys and sorrows of a life in exile. The work was performed alongside The Blank Album at Gilmorehill G12, and also at the launch of refugee week at the Tron.
New Manager/ Producer
Gilmore Productions are delighted to announce the appointment of Lorna Duguid as their Manager/ Producer. With her years of experience at The Citizens Theatre and Dundee Rep, Gilmore Productions are really excited to be working with her.
New Dance Artist / Musician
Gilmore Productions would like to welcome Simon Jaymes to the company – he will be taking over from Gavin Fitzpatrick in the role of Paul in The Blank Album starting in July.
The company would like to wish Gavin all the very best in his new role as a ballet teacher.
The Blank Album on Tour in Scotland
Dance literally rocks in The Blank Album! Performed live with guitars, fiddle, cello, percussion and voice, choreographer Natasha Gilmore (Protein Dance, ex Dance Artist in Residence, Dance House), composer Quee MacArthur (Shooglenifty), and a cast of dance artists/musicians, have created a comic Dance Theatre piece – The Blank Album. The work embraces the surreal and the fast pace of popular culture, via an emotionally charged intimacy that invites the audience into the characters' inner worlds.
Pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance, The Blank Album combines rock music and pop imagery in a high energy performance which, ‘…deftly blends comedy and dance’ Scotland on Sunday. The performers create a live sound score and will not only play their instruments but will dance with them – taking the imagery of air guitars to the next level and beyond.
The Blank Album is suitable for young people aged 14 years and upwards.
Current Tour:
4 March St Bride’s (Edinburgh) - Preview
13 March Paisley Arts Centre - Première
18 -20 March The Arches (Glasgow)
4 April Cumbernauld Theatre
12 April Platform (Easterhouse, Glasgow)
Mother, May I? - Maryhill Integration Network
St Bride's (Edinburgh)
4th March, 8.00pm, £7/ £4 (Unwaged – Free)
0131 346 1405.
(Part of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace www.mesp.org.uk)
Gilmore Productions and Maryhill Integration Network present Mother May I?. Professional dance artists and musicians, together with an international cast including asylum seekers and refugees, perform using dance, drama, music and song to relive childhood memories. Mother, May I? refers to a children’s game and raises issues of safety, parental permission and freedom.
The many voices of this international and inter-generational cast find a shared language through games, songs and dance.
Choreographed by: Natasha Gilmore
Guitarist: Anne Chaurand
Producer: Remzije Sherifi
In My Day – Inter-generational Project
PLATFORM (The Bridge, Easterhouse)
T: 0141 276 9696 (opt 1)
Wednesday 26th March
Gilmore Productions have been commissioned to create a Dance Theatre piece working with two generations - young and old – to break down barriers currently limiting older people’s participation in dance.
This is part of Glasgow's Cultural Pathfinder project for older people that looks at widening access to the arts. Natasha Gilmore is working with children from Balornock Primary and a group of women aged 60 plus from Germiston Community Centre.
Happy Together – Protein Dance Company
Brighton Festival, May 2008
Natasha Gilmore will be rejoining Protein Dance Company as assistant choreographer and performer for Happy Together, a piece based on Stage and Hen parties in Brighton.
Luca Silvestrini, Director of Protein Dance, has been commissioned to create this new piece for the Brighton Festival with a cast of ten dance artists alongside dancers from the community.
The Blank Album - Touring Autumn 2008 – Spring 2009
Gilmore Productions are currently taking bookings for future tours of The Blank Album. See Promoter’s section for further information.
The Blank Album – Creative Development, Glasgow
The company is currently in the creative development period for The Blank Album, in preparation for their inclusion in BDE in February (see below) and for the première of this new production, funded by the Scottish Arts Council, in March.
FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES
Go Dance 08
7.30pm Wednesday 30th January
A Festival of Dance at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Box Office: 0870 060 6647
Mother, May I?
7.30pm Wednesday 30th January
Gilmore Productions and Maryhill Integration Network present 'Mother May I ?' Professional dance artists and musicians, together with an international cast including asylum seekers and refugees, perform Mother May I ? using dance, drama, music and song to relive childhood memories. The title refers to a children’s game and raises issues of safety, parental permission and freedom. The many voices of this international and inter-generational cast find a shared language through games, songs and dance.
Choreographed by: Natasha Gilmore
Guitarist: Anna Chaurand
Producer: Remzije Sherifi
On Your Marks October 2007
7.30pm Thursday 31st January
Gilmore Productions are reworking 'On Your Marks' - a commission for the Inspiration Festival 07. This dance is inspired by the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow in 2012, the physical athleticism of sports, the drama of winning and losing and the dance and musical heritage of different Commonwealth countries. It is performed by children from Balornock Primary and Notre Dame Primary.
British Dance: Edition 2008
30 January to 2 February 2008
www.bde2008.co.uk
'Rough and Ready'
Gilmore Productions will perform a work in progress version of The Blank Album within the 'Rough and Ready' part of BDE in Liverpool - the European Capital of Culture for 2008. Liverpool's theatres and alternative spaces will be filled with an eclectic programme of diverse and contemporary performance; profiling new and emerging work, alongside some of the more well known and established dance companies.
For more details, visit www.bde2008.co.uk
The Blank Album
10am Saturday 2nd Feb at LIPA
Gilmore Productions will perform a work in progress version of The Blank Album within the 'Rough and Ready' part of BDE in Liverpool - the European Capital of Culture for 2008. Liverpool's theatres and alternative spaces will be filled with an eclectic programme of diverse and contemporary performance; profiling new and emerging work, alongside some of the more well known and established dance companies.
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