Dancenorth - Remember Me

Opening Night - 8:00pm Tuesday 8th July
(through to Sunday 13th July)
Dancenorth
Cnr Stanley & Walker Streets, Townsville

Internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, Dancenorth will again collaborate with AFCM musicians, following the success of the Seulle collaboration in 2006.

A dynamic new Australian work incorporating music, film, dance and theatre, Remember Me is choreographed by Dancenorth's Artistic Director Gavin Webber, and Sydney based freelance dancer Sarah-Jayne Howard (roadkill, Nightcafe, Kaidan). It will feature a new composition by renowned Western Australian composer Iain Grandage, who will also perform on cello and keyboard, along with Miki Tsunoda [Violin], Ian Brunskill [Percussion] and Kirsty McCahon [Double Bass].

Iain‘s pleasure is two-fold. He states ‘Gavin is one of the finest artists I have ever worked with. He has the rare gift of sublime storytelling without resorting to plodding narrative - the ability to unearth truths without being didactic. And secondly, he appreciates how much more expressive dancers performances can be when interacting with live music, and simultaneously, how expressive musicians become when engaging with another medium.'

Remember Me explores the different dreams and ideals of two groups of individuals. One group comprises the Dancenorth dancers live on stage with all the power and force of their youth and fierce ambitions. Behind them, captured on screen, is the other group, a number of older residents from the town of Charters Towers who meet each week to dance olden day dances from their youth in a local hall in the main street of this historic gold rush town of western Queensland.

Juxtaposing these two groups gives an insight into their different sets of hopes and ideals and also their similarities. They both inhabit a similar space, one like a memory of the other. Dance and the body become metaphors for larger concerns about age, life and death.

Don't miss the world premiere on Tuesday 8^th July at 8pm. For more information see the 2008 Booking Form. Remember Me will also be performed on Thursday 10th July through to Saturday, 12th, with Sunday 13th being a matinee at 6pm.

For booking information contact Dancenorth on 07 4772 2549 or book online at http://www.dancenorth.com.au/