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EARTHFALL / Image: Gravitas / Photographer: Jim Ennis

Image: Gravitas
Photographer: Jim Ennis

EARTHFALL

Contemporary dance|Physical/visual theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
12 on tour – 8 on stage, 3 technicians, 1 Director

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Jessica Cohen
Artistic Director
Jim Ennis
General Manager
Stephan Stockton
Education Officer
Rebecca Price

ARTISTIC POLICY
Earthfall enables a constellation of artists – including physical performers, musicians, visual artists, and film makers – to create devised works using their specific skills and unique differences. Using a semi-narrative form, Earthfall confronts timeless and contemporary issues, inviting the audience to add personal experience to their understanding of the work.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Earthfall are a 21st Century phenomenon.
The Guardian
Gorgeous...fearless...beautiful.
The Independent
Mesmerising…it made the theatre catch fire – epic.
The Mail on Sunday

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Gravitas
Earthfall examines the paradox of freedom of speech, and the nature of power and protest using all the trademark ingredients of urban choreography, live music, heady themes and ironic humour.
70 minutes, no interval. 8 People on stage (including 2 musicians), 3 technicians and 1 director

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
New production for 2009 (untitled)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the formation of Earthfall, the company present a new touring work for 2009/10 – Available from Autumn 2009
70 minutes, no interval, 6 people on stage, 2 technicians and 1 director.

WRAP-AROUND
Earthfall offers a wide range of educational activities, from workshops led by performers at schools and colleges, to full lecture/demonstrations. Earthfall also undertakes week-long residencies. Post-performance discussions are available for performance runs of two nights or more. The education activity can either be associated with the current touring production, or can take a more focused approach on an issue, or performance methodology. Earthfall's workshop activity is suitable for either an amateur or professional participant. Minimum age is 15.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Holland, Germany,France,Ireland: At Swim Two Boys

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Gravitas is available during April and November 2009.
The new production will be available during November and December 2009 and spring 2010

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