Stranger than Fiction

Saturday 28 January at 7pm

2012-01-10T06:13:00.000-08:00

"Stranger than Fiction..."

A monthly celebration of improvisation in performance,

curated by the Stranger than Fiction collective and produced in collaboration with Independent Dance.

presents

5 Aggregates of Motion

Nissa Nishikawa & Fritz Stolberg

From research into the ancient divination practice of Capnomancy (observation of smoke), the creation myth of the Golem and the primordial event of light being projected onto matter, a ritual of order and chaos is created which oscillates between the origins of cinema and the origins of the stage.

Rhythmic Trialogue

Noyale Colin, Florence Peake & JJ Wheeler

At the edge of perception, rhythm marks time. It cuts, flows or disrupts – and creates relationship. Using improvisational structures, two dance artists and a musician create a web of relations with each other, with spectators and with time and space.

House that Jack Built

Amaara Raheem & Tobias Sturmer

A film using the traditional English nursery rhyme House that Jack Built to experiment with the role of cumulative narrative in dance. An exploration of place and belonging using storytelling and instant composition to create a strongly visual and physical perception of space and atmosphere.

Shedding Light

Emma Roberts & Kate Hilder

Shaping the empty space with movement and voice we shed light on stories and emotions that lie hidden beneath the surface. A poetic journey uncovering the unseen world of being human.

Air

Bettina Neuhaus & Mark Horrocks

An encounter between the tangible, material body and the intangible worlds it inhabits as it moves through space and sound and light.

also featuring

Evolutions of the Moon

Images of oil paintings by Jyotismati

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7(including refreshments)

CASH ONLY PLEASE

Next Stranger than Fiction events:

Tuesday 31 January at the Nightingale Theatre, Brighton

Saturday 25 February at Siobhan Davies Studios, London

Saturday 31 March at Siobhan Davies Studios, London

Saturday 26th November, 7pm

2011-11-14T15:02:00.000-08:00

SOFT @ StF September 2011. Performers: Robert Anderson, Kathy Crick & David Leahy. Photo by Tobias Sturmer.

STRANGER THAN FICTION !

A Monthly Celebration of Improvisation in Performance

In collaboration with Independent Dance

Presents the final exciting programme of improvisation in performance for 2011

Neat Timothy

Performers: Seke Chimutengwende, Gareth Green, Jane Leaney, Rick Nodine and Gabrielle Reuter

Neat Timothy improvise with text and movement in performance, with their own distinct aesthetic they mix contemporary dance, contact improvisation, storytelling, folk songs, stand up comedy and the occasional audience experiment.

Language Game

Performers: Alex Crowe & Amaara Raheem

A flat white after a job interview. A barmaid scrubbing down tables while a fat man holds forth. A major philosophical work consisting entirely of jokes. What lures them in, the meanings that lurk between language and movement.

A structured improvisation based on texts by: Alex Crowe, Amaara Raheem & Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sense(less) Acts

Performers: Jenny Hill and Rosanna Irving

Sense(less) Acts works with movement and texts to create particular parameters for an improvisational event. It continually challenges the performers to home their attention in the present as a strategy to elude an already recognised future.

FAMILIARS

Performers: Rebecca Bogue, Anthony Donovan, Graham Dunning and Jane Munro.

Familiars acknowledge the movement of the musician and the sound of the dancer; listening and sensing both as they arise in the moment.

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions:http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7, cash only (includes refreshments)

Doors open at 6:30PM

Next Stranger than Fiction event:
'Atmosphere and Spaces'
Saturday 28th January 2012

Saturday 29th October, 7pm

2011-10-26T12:35:00.000-07:00

Photo by: Eleanor Sirkoski of StF Collective Ensemble Performance at London Metropolitan University, 2010.

"STRANGER THAN FICTION. . ."

A Monthly Celebration of Improvisation in Performance

In collaboration with Independent Dance

Saturday 29th October
7:00PM

CROSSINGS

A duet by Katsura Isobe and Fumi Tomioka

An observation on restless crossings in a city such as London or Tokyo.

SKIN AND LAND: A PLACE OF ENCOUNTER

A dance film by Susanna Recchia
in collaboration with Ian Pons Jewell
An exploration on touch and the relation between impression and expression.

I HAVE AGAIN RECEIVED THIS DESPERATION TO DANCE

A duet by Rosalie Wahlfrid and Helka Kaski

begin.

objects, sounds and costumes found on the day of performance.

end.

WENDY WENT

A spontaneous short film by Sebastian Kurth, performed by Seke Chimutengwende, Eleanor Sikorski and Zoe Solomons

Three hikers settle on a hill in the Yorkshire countryside. They find the wind but where did Wendy go?

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7, cash only (includes refreshments)

Doors open at 6:30PM

Next "Stranger than Fiction. . ." event at Siobhan Davies Studios: 26th November 2011

Saturday 24th September, 7.00pm

2011-09-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

Photo: Alex Crowe and Jenny Hill; taken by Eleanor Sikorski

Stranger than Fiction

A Monthly Celebration of Improvisation in Performance

In collaboration with Independent Dance

Saturday 24th of September at 7:00PM

presents a selection of improvised music and musicality in a range of performance contexts:

SOFT.

Performers: Robert Anderson, Kathy Crick &

David Leahy

contact improvisation in performance with live music; dancers inspiring music and music inspiring dances.

The Surprise Experiment.

Performers: Hannah Marshall & Guest

This is Hamlet.

Performer: Rebecca Mackenzie (from StF Collective)

Once and Never Again.

Performers: David Leahy (Double Bass), Hannah Marhsall (Cello) & Tobias Sturmer (Percussion)

A musical trio that will meet for the first and only time at Stranger than Fiction will perform improvised music; an interactive movement score may. ..or may not... emerge.

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: HYPERLINK "http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location" \t "_blank" http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7, cash only (includes refreshments)

Doors open at 6:30PM

Next Stranger than Fiction event at Siobhan Davies Studios: 29th October 2011

Saturday 30th July 7pm

2011-07-12T12:56:00.001-07:00

photo: by Tobias Sturmer

STRANGER THAN FICTION !

A Monthly Celebration of Improvisation in Performance

In collaboration with Independent Dance

Presents three choreographers working with improvisation in performance

Fred Gehrig

The Ssssssspeech

Performer: Johnny Callender

Sound design: Ronen Kozokaro

Concept: Fred Gehrig

A speechless man/ an investigation of a psychological landscape/ the act of holding a speech

Vangelis Legakis

Alphabet of Indeterminacy

Choreography: Vangelis Legakis

Performer: Gilles Polet

Music/Text: Rie Yanagida

Kate Brown

The Swan

Directed by Kate Brown

Performed by Kate Brown, Andrew Barker, Andrew Downs

And a trio by Amaara Raheem, Zoe Solomons and Seke Chimutengwende of The Stranger Than Fiction Collective

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7, cash only (includes refreshments)

Doors open at 6:30PM

Next Stranger than Fiction event at Siobhan Davies Studios: 24th of September. Performers TBA

Saturday 28th May

2011-05-21T07:19:00.001-07:00

photo by Eleanor Sikorski of StF Collective Ensemble Performance at London Metropolitan University, 2010.

“Stranger than Fiction..."

7pm at

Siobhan Davies Studios

(note new start time, doors open at 6.30pm)

Programme

Noel Perkins and group

"This is an experimental improvisation where a number of improvisers have been invited to appear on stage at 7.00pm. They don't know who else is performing and have had no discussions or rehearsals about what they will do"

Lisa Nelson Score

Paula Andrade, Alex Crowe, Nicole Dimitrakopoulou, Dafne Louzioti and Vanio Papadelli present a movement improvisation based on the "Tuning Score" approach developed by US improvisational dance artist Lisa Nelson

The Order of the Tall Hats

A costume/movement/music improvisation led by Sally Dean, with musician Esbjorn Wettermark and performers Laura Adamson, Lachlan Blackley, Kate Pyper, Melody Shantala Sacco and Beth Wood. Costumes by Sandra Arroniz Lacunza. Inspired by sally's current research in somatic movement and costume.

£7 on the door

including drink - cash only

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant and Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

Next StF event: Saturday 25th June with Neat Timothy, Jenny Hill, Rosanna Irvine, Amaara Raheem & Eva-Lotta Lamm

www.independentdance.co.uk

Saturday 29th January at 7.30pm

2011-01-18T21:59:00.000-08:00

Seke Chimutengwende & Kate Hilder, StF 2009 / Photo by Eleanor Sikorski

“Stranger than Fiction..."

A Monthly Celebration of Improvisation in Performance

Now at Siobhan Davies Studios

in collaboration with Independent Dance

Programme

· Mark Phoenix and members of Third Person Theatre Company

adapt their practice of improvising full-length plays

· Rare London appearance from Berlin-based

Senior Action Theatre teacher

Sabine von der Tann

· Movement and multi-modal improvisations from

members of the Stranger than Fiction Collective -
Jenny Hill
Seke Chimutengwende and Kate Hilder

Siobhan Davies Studios

85 St George's Road

London SE1 6ER

Elephant & Castle or Lambeth North tube

Directions: www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location

£7 (including refreshments)

Next Stranger than Fiction events at Siobhan Davies Studios:

Saturday 26 February

Saturday 26 March

(Last Saturday of the month)

New Horizons - StF into 2011

2010-12-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

Photo: You;Me;Here;Now: Lily Picts and Tamara Ashley, StF, Nov 10 / Photo by Eleanor Sikorski

Stranger than Fiction are delighted to be moving to a new venue:

Siobhan Davies Studios
85 St George's Road
London, SE1 6ER

We are making this venture with the support of Independent Dance (ID).

ID, co-directed by Gill Clarke and Fiona Millward, is an artist-led organisation providing a responsive framework to support, sustain and stimulate dance artists in their ongoing development as professionals. It provides a specialist and coherent programme offering opportunities to learn, deepen enquiry, share practice and exchange ideas as part of an interdependent international community.

We all agree that StF’s regular platform celebrating the art of improvisation in performance is in compliment to ID’s ethos.

Next performance dates are:

Saturdays, 29 Jan, 26 Feb, 26 Mar 2011 | 7.30-9.30pm | £7 drop-in

You can see more of ID’s great work here http://www.independentdance.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, 2 December 7pm

2010-12-07T10:57:00.000-08:00

The Christmas Special

STRANGER THAN FICTION

London Metropolitan Univeristy

featuring

Trumpet Creepers: Eleanor Sikorski, Charlie Ashwell, Flora Wellesley Wesley, Louise Mochia, Sam Coren, Mira Kautto and Jamila Johnson-Small.

The Stranger than Fiction Collective:

Seke Chimutengwende, Alex Crowe, Kate Hilder, Jenny Hill & Amaara Raheem

and a solo from

Colleen Bartley

London Metropolitan University, Tower Building,66-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB.

Room TM205.

Opposite Holloway Road Tube Station

Admission: Free

Saturday, 27th of November 7:30PM

2010-12-07T10:42:00.000-08:00

Photo by Eleanor Sikorski of Florence Peake, Duets with Objects, StF 2010

STRANGER THAN FICTION

London Buddhist Arts Centre

featuring

Tamara Ashley and Lilly Picts: You; Me; Here; Now. An exploration of negotiation, cooperation, collaboration and rigorous play. Two moving female forms. You; Me; Here; Now.

Trumpet Creepers: Eleanor Sikorski, Charlie Ashwell and Flora Wellesley Wesley.
A close knit trio - dancing, inventing and telling.

Nuria Robinson, Shanty Sacco, Sofia Sanchez, Mark Rietema, Fernando Graca, Jaya Hartlein, Martha Brown, Juliana Brustik, Eva-Lotta Lamm and Sarah Kent are a group of improvisers who have been practising Action Theatre with

Kate Hilder:

A group of strangers meet; they listen, they respond, they play, they feel and they share. Sometimes their journeys run parallel or glide past each other unseen. At other times they are brought together by an instant. They are held together by their shared belief that right here, right now something is worth taking notice of, learning to hold on to it long enough to let it go.

Amaara Raheem (solo) from The Stranger than Fiction Collective

Saturday 30th October at 7.30pm

2010-10-24T13:43:00.001-07:00

Photo by Ellie Sirkoski of Jon Davison, StF 2010.

reverse the fiscal deficit in a series of free flowing maneuvers

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Rd, N1 OES

featuring

Katsura Isobe: dig, delve, sift, touch; an international dance artist traverses the world through improvisation

Mary Pearson: creep, sneak, explode, leap;a woman explores wild truths, characters and songs that emerge from the moment

and

The Stranger than Fiction Collective:

climb, flip, count, snip;

Kate Hilder

Seke Chimutengwende & Alex Crowe

Doors open 7.15pm - we may be unable to admit latecomers.

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)

£5 (including refreshments)

http://strangerthanfictionlondon.blogspot.com/

Some dates for your diary:

The next Stranger than Fiction is Saturday 28th November.

Stranger than Fiction Collective will be performing a Christmas Special on Tuesday 2nd of December at London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, N7, at 7pm

Saturday September 25th, 7.30pm

2010-10-09T09:51:00.000-07:00

photo: Jenny Hill & Alex Crowe, Bricolage / photo by Shawn Ballantine www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION is back!

At a different venue…

Moving East, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington, N16 8DD

featuring

Laura Doehler: In the spirit of improvisation it will be helpful to recall the virtue of mutual exchange and play

Stephan Hein: Allowing myself to stand in the unknown, everything becomes abundant possibility

Robert Anderson, Kathy Crick and Simonetta Alessandri: Contact improvisation with ‘SOFT’ trio &

Matthew Venn: improvising sound with voice as the starting point

Doors open 7.15pm - we may be unable to admit latecomers.

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)

£5 (including refreshments)

http://strangerthanfictionlondon.blogspot.com/

Some dates for your diary:

From Angel 10 mins - buses 73/341/476

Buses 67/76/149/242/243 to Kingsland High St

New East London line 25 mins from New Cross

Curated by: Jenny Hill / 07929 907 007 / jennyhillnz@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 31st July at 7.30pm

2010-07-10T14:10:00.001-07:00

photo: Duets for Objects:
Sally Dean and Florence Peake with Bruno Humberto

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Church on theCorner /
64 Barnsbury Road /
London N10ES

Featuring a motley congregation of dance, music and theatre artists including:

The Reverend Chris Johnston and

Professor Rex Hossi Horan.

presenting A Coalition of Improbability:

Sue Ferrar, Sylvia Hallett and Rachel Gomme

weaving one of their famous

Sound-Movement Landscapes

An Action Theatre-based Solo

from Eva-Lotta Lamm

and

An incautious melange of solos and duos

from members of the Stranger than Fiction Collective -
Amaara Raheem, Jenny Hill,
Seke Chimutengwende and Zoe Solomons.

the usual unusual experiments from the Stranger than Fiction Collective:

£5 (including refreshments)

Doors open 7.15pm - Latecomers may not be admitted.

Church on the Corner, (a converted pub, no spire!), 64 Barnsbury Rd, Angel, N1 0ES
(how to get there)

Dates for you diary:

Saturday 26th September - (No show in August)

Saturday 26th June at 7.30pm

2010-06-15T09:38:00.001-07:00

photo: Sunday Surprises Kate Hilder and Amaara Raheem: photo by Shawn Ballantine www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION

at the London Buddhist Arts Centre
Presents:

Soto: G.Hoffman Soto has 40 years experience in the Movement Arts including Butoh, Aikido, Capoiera, Tai Qi, African and Brazilian dance. He lives in San Francisco Bay Area and teaches and performs internationally. He has long been associated with Anna Halprin and he is a member of the core faculty of the Tamalpa Institute (www.tamalpa.org).

Andrew Morrish: has been working in Performance Improvisation since 1982 when he first met Al Wunder in Melbourne. Now based in Paris, for the last 7 years he has performed and taught extensively in the U.K, France, Germany, The Nederlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Australia.

the usual unusual experiments from the Stranger than Fiction Collective:

Amaara Raheem, Alex Crowe, Zoe Solomons, Seke Chimutengwende, Jenny Hill and Rebecca Mackenzie

£5 (including refreshments)

Doors open 7.15pm - Latecomers may not be admitted.

London Buddhist Arts Centre, Eastbourne House, Bullards Place, London E2 0PT

Dates for you diary:

Saturday 31st July - Guest artists: Chris Johnston & Rex Hossi Horan

Saturday 29th May at 7.30pm

2010-05-15T09:33:00.001-07:00

Bricolage, Alex Crowe, 2007:
photo by Shawn Ballantine

www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Church on theCorner /
64 Barnsbury Road /
London N10ES

Presents:

Neat Timothy: a collection of dancers, actors, musicians and technicians. Together they'll weave broken stories, dance animal rituals and light up the dark. The collective features Seke Chimutengwende, Rick Nodine, Jane Leaney, Bryony Perkins & Gareth Green:

Heide Moldenhauer all the way from Berlin! Heide was an architect before she became a performer; working with movement and voice she goes on stage without any preconceived ideas.

Marina Quay is a London based dance artist who pursues her enquiries into improvised performance and cross-disciplinary practices that combine dance, voice, and text.

the usual unusual experiments from the Stranger than Fiction Collective:

Kate Hilder

Amaara Raheem

£5 (including refreshments)

Doors open 7.15pm - Latecomers may not be admitted.

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)

Dates for you diary:

Saturday 26th June - Guest artists: Soto and Andrew Morrish

Saturday 31st July - Guest artists: Chris Johnston & Rex Hossi Horan

Saturday 27th March at 7.30pm

2010-03-19T00:05:00.000-07:00

photo: Sunday Surprises, Kate Hilder / photo by Shawn Ballantine www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Church on the Corner /
64 Barnsbury Road /
London N10ES

Featuring

The Stranger than Fiction Collective:

Alex Crowe, Amaara Raheem, Jenny Hill, Kate Hilder, Rebecca MacKenzie , Seke Chimutengwende and Zoe Solomons.

+ Special Guest: Andrew Morrish

£5 (including refreshments)

Latecomers may not be admitted.

Doors open 7.15pm - we may be unable to admit latecomers.
Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)

Saturday 27th February, 7.30pm

2010-02-15T13:18:00.001-08:00

Photo: Bricolage, Alex Crowe & Amaara Raheem / photo by Shawn Ballantine www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION
CLOWNS AND THINGS

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Rd, N1 OES

featuring

Jon Davison clowning with his mischievous furniture

Duets for objects with Sally Dean and Florence Peake

and

the usual unusual experiments from the
Stranger than Fiction Collective:

Seke Chimutengwende + Kate Hilder

Amaara Raheem + Jenny Hill

Zoe Solomons

Doors open 7.15pm - we may be unable to admit latecomers.
Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)
£5 (including refreshments)
Further information: aewcrowe@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 30th January, 7.30pm

2010-01-13T11:02:00.000-08:00

Photo: Bricolage, Jenny Hill / photo by Shawn Ballantine www.photoshoot.co.nr

STRANGER THAN FICTION
Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Rd, N1 OES

featuring

Sarita Eames and Jeanette Clarke: A narrative based improvisation from 2 members of Multi-story ...

Eleanor Sikorsky and Flora Wellesley Wesley: Tonight we'll be walking, talking, dancing, glancing, duettung and forgetting, maybe we'll be rhyming too, but dont bet on it, enjoy! ...

Alex Crowe, Amaara Raheem and Zoe Solomons: from the Stranger than Fiction Collective

Doors open 7.15pm - we may be unable to admit latecomers.
Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road, London N1 (how to get there)
£5 (including refreshments)