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CHARLES LINEHAN COMPANY / Image: The Waystation / Photographer: Charles Lineham

Image: The Waystation
Photographer: Charles Lineham

CHARLES LINEHAN COMPANY

Contemporary dance|Installation-based performance

SIZE OF COMPANY
4–6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director and Choreographer
Charles Linehan
Producer
Gwen Van Spijk

ARTISTIC POLICY
Charles Linehan’s choreographic vision is one of understated intensity, achieved through the marriage of movement, light, and music, and informed by an economy of means. His work speaks of the quality and nature of human interaction; detailed and intimate, it can be described as miniaturist. Linehan values craft and originality, and his performers are vital contributors to the creation and performance of the work: their individual human qualities and technical excellence brought equally into play.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Time Out
The Irish Times
The Observer

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS

Inspired by the music of composer Jim O’Rourke (Sonic Youth) this trio is a bittersweet replaying of past events with belated insight; a work of choreographic rigour and enigmatic simplicity with a powerful emotional undertow.
25 mins, 5 on the road

A duet for Rahel Vonmoos and Greig Cooke accompanied by live music from music collective Belgradeyard SoundSystem using double bass and samples. Processes of reduction and expansion, the distilled and the magnified, lie at the heart of this new work and are played out in the relationship between performers, lighting and music.
25 mins, 6 on the road

A duet driven by Julian Swales' compositions of cyclical acoustic guitar samples, Grand Junction explores the shifting psychology and terrain of the relationship between the two performers .
25 mins, 4 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS

A site-sensitive/durational work lasting 15–20 minutes for 4–7 dancers with live music installation.

WRAP-AROUND
Charles and members of this company can deliver workshops, masterclasses and residencies, providing an insight into Linehan’s creative process. These are suitable for students and professional practitioners. Residencies can lead to the development of choreographic material by the participants.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Switzerland, France, Turkey: commission for Theatre St Gallen, Performance and , residency
2005/2006 Germany, Serbia, Ireland: residency, commission and performances of and Residency and performance of , performances of and and commission.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
, and from January 2009
from Autumn 2009

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