Exim Dance Company
"I was glued from start to finish"
- Audience member, Pilot Platform, Bath Spa University
Desiderium
2014-2016
Choreography: Olivia Lockwood
Performers: Claire Summers, Mike Williams, Laura Henry, Emma Pendle
Music: Magdalena Walker, Darrel Elkins and Lyndsay Dart
Lighting: Charlotte Burton
The present is alive now. But there are memories in our heavy hearts that we hold of the past.
Desiderium captivating exposes the relationship of 4 dancers united by the past and driven towards an inevitable future, all suffering a sense of longing for the impossible
Memories become locked within our bodies. Effort is required to find time in the present to remember the past.
Award winning choreographer Adam Benjamin delicately explores this concept, focusing on human relationships in a way which is exposing and unpredictable, but also at times comical. The work draws on film by Kayla Parker and music by Mathew Emmet, Eduardo Miranda and Andy Cowton. The choreography is heavily influenced by the contributions of dance artists, Emma Pendle, Laura Henry, Mike Williams and particularly the raw, indefinable movement quality of dancer Kevin French whose muscles and speech are affected by cerebral palsy.
Choreography: Adam Benjamin
Performers: Emma Pendle, Kevin French, Laura Henry and Mike Williams
Music: Composed by Mathew Emmett, Eduardo Miranda and Andy Cowton
Lighting and Production Design: Charlotte Burton and Tim Hardy
Film: Kayla Parker
Film Sound: Stuart Moore
The Birth Of Memory
2014-2018
"Her vision and world she created was unlike most things I had ever seen or felt."
"The formations and contrasts of the dancing were spellbinding."
- Audience members at Scratch Night hosted at Theatre Royal Plymouth
‘Distinctive, refined yet sensitive.’
- Preview Tour Audience Member
‘Just beautiful’ -
Preview Tour Audience Member
‘Striking performers in a striking performance.’
- Preview Tour audience Member
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