PROBE

Contemporary dance, Text-based: light

SIZE OF COMPANY
3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Directors
Antonia Grove
Theo Clinkard

General Manager
Sarah Trist

ARTISTIC POLICY
Based in the South East of England, Probe curates, produces and performs contemporary dance in intimate spaces ensuring variety and excellence in the quality of the dancing and choreography. Accessible to a diverse audience, the company sets up new contexts for presenting dance, and is challenging and entertaining.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Slick, stylish and sexy, Probe is right on the money.’ Metro

‘The best contemporary dance seen in the capital for quite some time.’ The Stage

‘Totally of the moment, compelling and alive.’ Dance Now

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Magpie An ambitious new spectacle that reinvents the old school variety show, featuring seven contrasting pieces from radically different choreographers. Four specially commissioned duets – from Mark Bruce, Charles Linehan, Stephen Mear and New Art Club – sit alongside Trisha Brown’s Accumulation, a solo by Jeremy James and an award-winning work from Yasmeen Godder. (60 mins plus interval, 2 on stage, 3 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Education work and post performance discussions.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 France, Spain, Venezuela (Have we met somewhere before), Italy (Soledad)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From January 2008