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Image: Desert Island Dances / Photographer: Chris Nash

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Photographer: Chris Nash

WENDY HOUSTOUN

Dance theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
2–3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artist
Wendy Houstoun

Artists’ Producer, Artsadmin
Cheryl Pierce

ARTISTIC POLICY
To investigate and create work that combines language and movement in a way that is direct, meaningful and not without humour.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Telegraph

Sydney Morning Herald

The Scotsman

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Words to take you back, moves to calm you down, dances to remind you of home. Houstoun’s own idiosyncratic take on the castaway theme works with snatches of conversation and familiar gestures drawn from everyday life. (60 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2–3 on road.)

A site-specific piece for a bar. A blend of movement and text about the bitter sweet state of England. Live performance can be accompanied by a 15-minute film, Touched, directed by David Hinton. (45 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2–3 on road.)

A movement/text and video piece for theatre. Montage in style, it revolves around the nature of loss and love. (48 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2–3 on road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
New solo available from September 2008 (details tbc).

WRAP-AROUND
Wendy Houstoun is available for workshops but prefers to keep the act of performing and workshop leading separate. She also prefers to lead intensive sessions lasting a number of days (5 to 8 days) rather than one-off short sessions. Presentations/talks and discussions of her work are also possible.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Austria (Workshops for Impulstanz), Lithuania, France ()
2005-2007 Australia ()
2005 Switzerland (workshop & site-specific piece for Stromerein Festival)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request

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