ANDREW DAWSON

SIZE OF COMPANY
2–3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director/Performer
Andrew Dawson

Producer
Sara Sheppard

ARTISTIC POLICY
Andrew Dawson aims to create visual and physical dance theatre that reaches a level that is beyond verbal dialogue.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Astonishing, almost unbearably moving.' New York Times

‘In Dawson’s work, dance theatre shows itself to be more complex than theatre of the spoken word, more radical than philosophy.' Die Ziet

'Dawson has an astonishing, eloquent physical presence.' The Observer

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Absence and Presence A deeply intimate and touching production in which dancer and mime artist Andrew Dawson explores – not without wry humour – the death of his father. Edinburgh 2005 Carol Tambor and Total Theatre Award winner. (60 mins, 1 on stage, 3 on the road.)

Space Panorama The Apollo 11 moon landing using only a table as the stage, against a score of Shostakovich. Space Panorama has toured the world including performances at the Hayward Gallery, London and in 2001 at an astronaut reunion in Houston, Texas. (26 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Quatre Mains Re-staging of the touching and funny stories told with four hands. This is a dance for hands, from hands that meet across a cafe table to geometric figures. Quatre Mains is an evocative visual poem of finely tuned movement and gesture. Originally created in 1998. (60 mins, 3 on road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Post show discussions.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Zimbabwe (Absence and Presence)
2006 Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, USA (Absence and Presence)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Absence and Presence and Space Panorama from January 2008
Quatre Mains from autumn 2008