EDDIE LADD

Dance theatre, Interdisciplinary, New media

SIZE OF COMPANY
3–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Performer
Eddie Ladd

Creative Producer
Siân Thomas

ARTISTIC POLICY
Eddie Ladd creates culturally-located, site-specific and theatre-based works. Bilingual performances mix movement, text, music and imagery with new technologies.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘A very artful and open-ended act of political insubordination.’ Donald Hutera, Dance Europe (Cof y corff/muscle memory)

‘A true multi-media work.’ Charlotte Kasner, Ballet UK (Cof y corff/muscle memory)

‘Ferocious and funny.’ Deborah Meyers, The Vancouver Sun (Scarface*)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Cof y corff/muscle memory Tells Welsh history through movement analysis. A live work on screen, it starts with the dance on stage. This is performed to camera, processed on site and set in a digital environment. (45 mins, 7 on the road.)

Sawn-off Scarface Short and basic version of Scarface*. Performed to a synopsis of the plot, it is a no-technology attempt on filmic effects and the theatrics of the gangster genre. (12 mins, 2 on stage, 3 on the road.)

Scarface* Tribute to Brian de Palma’s 1983 gangster film, performed against chromakey with the performer mixed live into video backgrounds and the result projected onto a cinema-sized screen. (45 mins, 1 on stage, 3 on the road.)

Club Luz Club night of electro songs and B-movie visuals, featuring a 12-number solo set. Strong back-projected video and installation/gig feel. (45 mins, plus 15 -min DJ set, 1 on stage, 1 DJ, 3 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Physical-, site-, and media-based workshops as required.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Canada (Scarface*), France (Cof y corff/muscle memory,/Scarface*), Germany, Spain (Sawn-off Scarface)
2006 France (Fideotek 1+2/Scarface/Sawn-off Scarface)
2005 Canada (Club Luz), France (Scarface*/Sawn-off Scarface/Club Luz/Lla’th), Greece (Club Luz), Spain (Scarface*/Club Luz,/Bonnie+Clyde)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Throughout 2008