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Photograph Merlin Hendy

ludus dance

Dance theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
6–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Jane Scott-Barrett

Head of Touring
Gil Graystone

Technical Stage Manager
Dave Forrest

Head of Marketing and ICT
James Wooldridge

ARTISTIC POLICY
Ludus Dance works predominantly with new and first time dance audiences, exploring dance as a social force and has a 30-year history of producing issue-based dance theatre productions. All productions are accompanied by theme-related dance workshops and highly researched resource materials for pre- and follow-up work. Ludus Dance advocates dance as an educational process and as an art form, creating a legacy of controversial but relevant work that becomes an inspirational, international influence.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Guardian

The Star, Malaysia

Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen

CURRENT PRODUCTION
Directed and choreographed by Rosie Kay, Trapped is a modern fairytale of emotional courage. This is an intriguing story of a young girl and her mother caught in a life ruled by routine. One day the mother fails to return home. The daughter sets off on a journey filled with extreme emotions, where if she is to succeed in finding her mother, she must learn to negotiate a terrifying and at times, seductive terrain.

FUTURE PRODUCTION
(title tbc) New production currently being researched for autumn 2008.

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
All workshop activities are directly related to themes within the performance. Each dance workshop is tailor-made to meet the needs of each particular group, with the main focus on developing individual creativity.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Spain
2004 Greece, Switzerland
2003 Colombia

TOURING AVAILABILITY
until May 2008.
(title tbc) from September 2008.

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