Billy Cowie
92 Centurion Road
Brighton BN1 3LN
T +44 (0)273 327469
E b.cowie@bton.ac.uk
W billycowie.com
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SIZE OF COMPANY
1 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Billy Cowie
ARTISTIC POLICY
Billy Cowie has been working on a series of groundbreaking stereoscopic dance installations that bring the projected dancer(s) from the screen into the same space as the viewer. This allows the spectator a close-up and intimate experience of the choreography while maintaining the corporeal presence and physicality of a live performance. Suitable for installation in art galleries, in conventional theatres or in conjunction with live dance performances and festivals, the works are scaleable from very small to very large.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘3-D glasses brought her arching back within inches of our faces, confounding reality and replacing it with something mystical, haunting, rare.’ Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald (The Revery Alone)
‘A small jewel of a video installation… a continuous flow between volumes and voids, it feels like a tactile poem of love.’ Elfi Reiter, Il Manifesto Bologna (In the Flesh)
‘Somehow it was equally therapeutic and erotic.’ Andrew Eaton, The Scotsman (The Revery Alone)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
In the Flesh A stereoscopic, floor projected, virtual dancer installation using poetic texts (available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). (4 min continuous loop, 1 on the road.)
The Revery Alone A stereoscopic, ceiling projected, virtual dancer installation that explores, in a meditative way, a slow, lyrical choreography, exposing the performing body in a sculptural manner. (8 min continuous loop, 1 on the road, contains nudity.)
Ghosts in the Machine A stereoscopic wall or screen projected three dancer installation. (25 min continuous loop, extracts also available, 1 on the road.)
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Tango de Soledad is a 3D black and white film. (3.5 mins.)
WRAP-AROUND
Lectures, workshops and post-installation discussions. Any age range and amateur or professional audience.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2009 Germany (In the Flesh/The Revery Alone)
2008 USA, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands (In the Flesh)
TOURING AVAILABILITY
In the Flesh, The Revery Alone and Ghosts in the Machine available from January 2010 and throughout 2011
Tango de Soledad from June 2010 onwards
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