clod ensemble
company number 3251499 (registered charity and company name: the clod ensemble) .
a living exhibition... the clod ensemble. photograph: marco secchi / getty images
building on clod ensemble’s reputation for work that defies traditional categories, under glass blends visual imagery, choreography and theatre with an original score to create a haunting exhibition of human life .
performances include the ‘lion dance’ from the celebrated classical noh piece shakkyo, premieres of noh - inspired works by wiebke leister with david toop and clod ensemble, and a new piece by yukihiro isso that is influenced by neuroscience .
following a sold out run at village underground, london in 2009 and award - winning presentation at edinburgh fringe festival, clod ensemble are reviving their “astonishing and unforgettable” (the scotsman) production under glass, originally commissioned by sadler’s wells .
the collaborative venture brings together theatre and performance company the clod ensemble, the school of english and drama at queen mary, university of london, and barts and the london, queen mary' s school of medicine and dentistry. it is one of a kind in the uk .
lod ensemble works at the intersection of different forms and disciplines – at the point where they meet, transform and challenge each other to become something new .
4 & 5 jun | sadler' s wells clod ensemble has been making performance work that pushes the boundaries between art forms for over 15 years, led by choreographer / director suzy willson and composer paul clark. the company returns to sadler' s wells with its latest piece, zero, after the world premiere of an anatomie in four quarters in 2011. read more: urltoken
he clod ensemble are a shape - shifting, genre - straddling, media - mixing, experimental, experiential, project - based performance group. what does that mean in practice? one result is under glass, a 45 - minute show directed by suzy willson that is currently running in an old victorian warehouse. several times a day, spectators (in groups of about 30) are ushered around the gloomy interior to witness a kind of living exhibition .
lod ensemble and has written critically acclaimed original scores for all the company’s productions to date – ranging from totally acoustic works, to multi speaker installations. each score is a bespoke piece that is in a dialogue with the visual material ;
lod ensemble with composer paul clark, creating award - winning, movement - based performance work which ‘defies categorisation’. her work is provocative, uncompromising and finely crafted – ambitious in scale and concept – shown in art galleries, theatres, dance houses and public spaces in the uk and internationally .
as a leading composer on the british theatre scene, paul has written dozens of scores for theatre in the uk and internationally. he has written music for and with a hugely diverse range of musicians from manchester camerata and österreichisches ensemble für neue musik; to dangermouse, the welsh national opera male chorus and mark e smith (the fall) .
lod ensemble. she became executive producer at the royal court in april 2013 and was previously the founding executive producer at national theatre wales. she launched ntw in 2009 with artistic director john mcgrath, and subsequently produced the first three years of work. previously, lucy was executive producer at the donmar warehouse and head of studio at the national theatre under nicholas hytner. lucy was literary manager at the donmar warehouse in the 90s, where she produced an annual season of new plays, and left for a five year stint in the film industry, commissioning, developing and working on feature films. lucy is the current chair of london theatre consortium .
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queen mary, university of london. performing medicine, which brings together medicine and drama, was established a year ago, and it has since programmed and delivered more than 40 different arts - based workshops within the medical school curriculum at leading medical schools. these include barts, king' s college london and imperial college london .
the workshops use theatre and performance to teach medical students how to use their bodies and voices more effectively when dealing with patients and colleagues. they also introduce students to use of the arts in healthcare settings and raise the possibility of using the arts as a platform to discuss cultural issues relevant to healthcare, such as identity, sexuality and cultural sensitivities .
i was very impressed with the way queen mary' s had used arts to make an innovative contribution to the training of doctors ,
said judge tom shakespeare, a member of the national council of the arts council and chairman of arts council england, north east .
this represents a combination of great partnership, practical benefit and creativity, and it stood out as distinctive from the very good set of submissions from other universities .
fellow judge sir christopher frayling, the chairman of arts council england, described the winning entry as
an outstanding example of art and higher education joining forces, with benefit to both sides
. he called it
a superb achievement - just what the awards are for
.
another judge, althea efunshile, executive director of arts planning and investment at arts council england, said :
it is very rewarding to see that the majority of entrants have received support from the arts council. we are committed to partnerships that encourage excellence and innovation in the arts and will continue to work regionally and nationally to develop collaborations between the higher educational and arts sectors .
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for over two decades, director suzy willson and composer paul clark have developed a highly original performance language, creating provocative, finely crafted work, ambitious in scale and concept .
we work with dancers, actors, musicians, medics, architects and orchestras .
our work is presented in london, across the uk and internationally in theatres, dance houses, galleries and public spaces including sadler’s wells, tate modern, the lowry, wales millennium centre, serralves museum porto and public theater new york .
barrister, james st ville was called to the bar in 1995. at gray’s inn, he was awarded the bird & bird award for intellectual property, the moot society prize and the prince of wales award. at st. john’s college cambridge, he was a morton scholar and awarded 1st class honours in engineering, sir joseph larmor’s plate, the st. john’s college prize and the university iee institution prize. he is recommended as a leading junior in information technology and intellectual property by chambers uk and by legal experts and is a chartered engineer with commercial experience of electronics, optical communications and engineering .
abi is the finance director in the senior management team at curve theatre, leicester. curve is a major producing theatre and registered charity managed by leicester theatre trust, providing engaging world - class theatrical experiences for the local community. prior to this, abi was the head of finance for leicester theatre ltd. managing the finance team, and all aspects of financial functions within the business .
caroline is a freelance arts consultant, having worked for a number of theatre companies and venues over the past 25 years. prior to her freelance consultancy, caroline was the director of headlong theatre and boundless theatre, and secretary at the young vic and gate theatre. alongside her consultancy, caroline is a trustee of the special yoga centre and headlong theatre .
bia is a senior producer at sadler’s wells theatre, and an associate producer at akram khan company, working with several other associate and resident artists. sadler’s wells is a world leader in contemporary dance presenting a vibrant, diverse year - round programme of dance. bringing the best of international and british dance to audiences at three theatres in london, bia works towards producing new works to bring the very best dance to london and worldwide audiences at sadler’s wells .
as artistic director of apples and snakes, lisa leads on developing the organisation’s artistic strategy as well as delivering the creative programme of events, artist development and participation projects. she is also responsible for commissioning, producing and touring work. lisa has worked at apples and snakes as a freelancer on various projects since 1998 and full - time since 2004. lisa has worked with artists since 1994 developing cross art - form projects which engage people in surprising arts work and events, in all kinds of settings .
current director of development and enterprises, amanda leads a team of 37 fundraisers that are responsible for 28, 000 key business, funder and advocacy relationships at the royal opera house. roh is home to two of the world’s greatest artistic companies, the royal opera and the royal ballet, performing with the orchestra of the royal opera house. amanda is amongst the teaching staff of the master in performing arts management programme in milan, established by accademia teatro alla scala .
over 21 years, suzy willson has created an extraordinary body of work that has pushed the boundaries of choreographic practice. after training with legendary theatre and movement teacher jacques lecoq in paris she created
from the choral lament silver swan in tate modern’s vast turbine hall, to red ladies – performed across an entire city (complete with helicopter, stretch limousine and owl) – to an anatomie – dissecting sadler’s wells auditorium and stage – suzy’s work has always encouraged people to see familiar spaces from a new perspective. she has inspired a generation of artists and choreographers who want to make interdisciplinary work and has created a powerful platform for artist development .
suzy’s work in the area of movement and medicine is pioneering. the performing medicine programme encourages people working in healthcare to appreciate the choreographic, non - verbal and spatial dimensions of care as well as inviting the general public to consider themes at the heart of 21st century medicine. she is an honorary professor at barts and the london school of medicine and dentistry .
suzy is powerful advocate for the importance of dance, movement and choreography in our culture and an articulate spokeswoman for its potential to change the way we think about our bodies and how they move in relation to the contexts and spaces we inhabit. she is a regular contributor to journals and books on both performance and medicine – with articles in dance theatre, the guardian, the lancet, performance research, routledge and methuen edited collections, and has been interviewed on bbc radio, more4 news and sky sports after a project with footballers at cardiff fc .
paul has a long - standing collaboration with theatre and opera director katie mitchell for whom he has written over twenty scores in theatres across europe, including waves and wunschkonzert, and with gare st lazare with whom he created here all night (lincoln center, new york, brighton festival, the abbey, dublin) an acclaimed words and music piece using texts by samuel beckett .
in tv and film, he has collaborated with simon amstell, french auteur arnaud desplechin, award winning anglo irish director john michael mcdonagh and written scores for david sedaris audio books. other works include the weather man (opera north) and liebeslied / my suicides, a collaboration with photographer rut blees luxemburg (ica / genesis foundation), gallery installations (ica, ceri hands) museum installations (v & a) and one - off events (e. g. 500th anniversary of hampton court video / firework event) .
performing medicine provides courses, workshops and events, which draw on techniques and ideas in the arts to provide training to medical students and healthcare professionals .
the art of healthcare is a series of events and workshops for the general public which aims to cross - pollinate thinking around health care and medical practise and create dialogue across arts and health sectors, open to everyone and available free to healthcare professionals .
arts council england, barts and the london school of medicine and dentistry and the school of english and drama, queen mary, university of london, the calouste gulbenkian foundation, lcace, wellcome trust .
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provocative, finely crafted performance, ambitious in scale and concept, presented in a variety of environments. artistic directors suzy willson & paul clark .
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26 - 28 july with autobiography. a striking exploration of memory, and of the body as an archive .
the act of listening is in fact an act of composing .
- john cage # quote # composer
led by fashion collective art school, this workshop is an opportunity to explore how dance, performance and fashion might meet in interesting ways. more info & apply :
in this blog, artistic director suzy willson compiles points of departure for snow, a new poetic monologue co - written with peggy shaw. snow will be showing at
see fellow new british music theatre artist @ verity _ standen perform her new a capella piece undersong @ ovalhouse this week .
standen' s compositions force us to hear the human voice in ways not previously imagined .
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) & orlando gough present stroke odyssey - exploring how movement and music can impact the brain' s ability to heal itself, performed by people living with the effects of a stroke .
a couple of photos from our living room music sessions last week @ citynislington rehearsing and recording a level music student compositions. fantastic to work with several musicians from chineke! orchestra @ chineke4change this year. urltoken
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for over two decades, director suzy willson and composer paul clark have developed a highly original ...
fewer than 15 tickets remaining to hear our new sound piece snow this saturday, as part of noh reimagined festival at kings place .
new reboot workshop: led by fashion collective art school, this day - long workshop is an opportunity to gain insight into the process of collaboration, and to explore with us how dance, performance and fashion might meet in interesting ways. more info & how to apply :
a few reflections on under glass so far :
strikingly dramatic... intriguingly unconventional
the times and the sunday times
weird, eerie, snug, strange, sumptuous, fascinating, under glass is also very, very beautiful .
the argus [ under glass is ]
on its way to legendary status .
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the choreography is enigmatic and the soundtrack intriguing
everything theatre .
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from the shadows all around, a series of people, encased in their own transparent cabinets, are intermittently illuminated. there is a man at his desk, pasting notes to the wall and adjusting his anglepoise lamp as if everything were fine, though he can' t even stand up straight inside his cramped glass box. a couple in a flat circular case grope like blind nestlings. one woman twists like a homunculus in a specimen jar; another squishes her belly against the side of her cabinet until it looks like a fleshy mollusc in an aquarium; another talks into a telephone - scraps of poetry (written by alice oswald) that evoke fear and disturbance beneath a surface of precarious normality. throughout, paul clark' s score - melancholy strings, morse code blips, chimes, rumbles and, unexpectedly, a burst of shouty rock - creates broody, unstable moods, while hansjorg schmidt' s lighting makes the scenes feel like fragments of a dream .
what does it amount to? that rather depends on you: its imagery is dramatic but it is not drama; figures move, but it is not dance. i found it beautifully produced, but too intangible. at its best, though, it generated a powerful melancholy - each person utterly alone within their own little patch of world. at the end, too, when they turn inside their cabinets to look at us, applauding from within our own patch of light, it is as if we are the lonely weirdos, not them. now that was spooky .
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in a promenade performance, the audience moves through a space that is at once medical laboratory, museum exhibit and gallery, where dancers are kept like specimens in glass containers. this dream - like walk takes characters out of their everyday life and frames their moments of solitude; examining human beings attempting, with varying success, to live within their limits .
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clod ensemble is a performance company and registered charity based in london , uk . founded in 1995 by composer paul clark and director suzy willson , the company creates performances , workshops and other events in the uk and internationally . their productions include : " zero " at sadler 's wells 2013 ; silver swan most recently performed in the turbine hall , tate modern 2012 ; an anatomy in four quarters ( 2011 ) which dissected sadler 's wells theatre and the wales millennium centre ; under glass whose performers are encased within a series of glass containers and jars ( winner of the total theatre award for visual/physical theatre in 2009 ) ; red ladies a chorus piece for 18 identically dressed women and must a collaboration with new york city performer peggy shaw . performances take place in traditional theatre spaces , festivals , galleries and also in found and public spaces . these have included trafalgar square , victoria and albert museum , sadler 's wells , south bank centre , serralves museum in portugal , public theater and la mama in new york , and festivals including london international mime festival , festival of firsts , fierce festival , glasgay ! , psi ( arizona and london ) . they are also known for their performing medicine project which uses the arts to help medical students and doctors gain skills relevant to their clinical practice . ( winner of the times higher award for excellence and innovation in the arts , 2007 ) they also run a programme called extravagant acts for mature people which takes concerts and other performances into daycare centres in london .
clod ensemble is a performance company and registered charity based in london, uk. founded in 1995 by composer paul clark and director suzy willson, the company creates performances, workshops and other events in the uk and internationally. their productions include: " zero " at sadler's wells 2013; silver swan most recently performed in the turbine hall, tate modern 2012; an anatomy in four quarters (2011) which dissected sadler's wells theatre and the wales millennium centre; under glass whose performers are encased within a series of glass containers and jars (winner of the total theatre award for visual/physical theatre in 2009); red ladies a chorus piece for 18 identically dressed women and must a collaboration with new york city performer peggy shaw. performances take place in traditional theatre spaces, festivals, galleries and also in found and public spaces. these have included trafalgar square, victoria and albert museum, sadler's wells, south bank centre, serralves museum in portugal, public theater and la mama in new york, and festivals including london international mime festival, festival of firsts, fierce festival, glasgay! , psi (arizona and london). they are also known for their performing medicine project which uses the arts to help medical students and doctors gain skills relevant to their clinical practice. ( winner of the times higher award for excellence and innovation in the arts, 2007) they also run a programme called extravagant acts for mature people which takes concerts and other performances into daycare centres in london.
clod ensemble is a performance company and registered charity based in london, uk. founded in 1995 by composer paul clark and director suzy willson, the company creates performances, workshops and other events in the uk and internationally. their productions include: " zero " at sadler's wells 2013; silver swan most recently performed in the turbine hall, tate modern 2012; an anatomy in four quarters (2011) which dissected sadler's wells theatre and the wales millennium centre; under glass whose performers are encased within a series of glass containers and jars (winner of the total theatre award for visual/physical theatre in 2009); red ladies a chorus piece for 18 identically dressed women and must a collaboration with new york city performer peggy shaw. performances take place in traditional theatre spaces, festivals, galleries and also in found and public spaces. these have included trafalgar square, victoria and albert museum, sadler's wells, south bank centre, serralves museum in portugal, public theater and la mama in new york, and festivals including london international mime festival, festival of firsts, fierce festival, glasgay! , psi (arizona and london). they are also known for their performing medicine project which uses the arts to help medical students and doctors gain skills relevant to their clinical practice. ( winner of the times higher award for excellence and innovation in the arts, 2007) they also run a programme called extravagant acts for mature people which takes concerts and other performances into daycare centres in london.