Founded in 2008, Marc Brew
Company is committed to
developing innovative
collaborative work that fuses a
fierce physicality derivative from
choreographer Marc Brew with
tender expression to explore an
emotional narrative in dance.
Grounded in contemporary dance
technique and classical ballet and
drawing on the unique physicality
of each performer, the work with
disabled and non-disabled artists is
honest, unsentimental and
recognizably human.
“Marc Brew's juxtaposition of classical
and contemporary movement styles is
vital and compelling” - Herald
Scotland
Nocturne was commissioned from Greenwich and Docklands International Festival 2009 and the Without Walls Street Arts
Consortium.
Four dancers perform this dynamic work with two
specially built double beds. The day to day of couples
and domesticity, unfolds into an evening of restless
dreams
Nocturne
Touring across the UK,
Nocturne brings
inclusive high quality
performance to new
audiences. The work
has been created to
be versatile for
viewing in unusual
spaces and as such is
suitable for outdoor
courtyard spaces,
indoor atrium spaces
and theatre spaces
with raked seating.
Duration: 20min
4 Dancers
2 Technicians
1 Support Worker
Remember When draws upon
exposure, peeling away layers,
using line and extension,
intricate folding,
placement and re-placement,
opens a conversation of
remembrance.
Commissioned & Presented by East London Dance as part of Big Dance '08
Remember When is an
intimate solo performance by
choreographer/performer
Marc Brew with a prelude
screening of a short dance
film projected behind the
performer exploring the idea
of perception - looking from
past to present.
This work has been designed
to be performed in theatre
spaces with blackout, raked
seating and a full lighting rig
with projector.
Duration: 10min
With an original score by Philip
Sheppard and acclaimed
composer and percussionist
Dame Evelyn Glennie, a cast of
five dancers will investigate the
difference and influences of the
two styles, questioning whether
elements can be fused together
or if they should remain as
fragments in isolation. Fusional
Fragments was being produced in
partnership with DanceEast.
‘Fusional Fragments is
an opportunity to
showcase this most
unique collaboration
to the world. I am
delighted to work
with Marc Brew and
to collaborate with
the best of the best.
Being part of this
project will enable us
to create something
truly world class.’ Dame Evelyn Glennie
Fusional Fragments has been
designed to be performed
inmedium scale theatre
spaces with blackout, dance
floor, raked seating and a full
lighting rig with projector.
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Performers: 5
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Number on the road: 8
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Stage size: 10m x 12m
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Get in: 1 day
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Duration: 25min
Part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme, supported by Without Walls
Following the widespread success of
Nocturne, his first outdoor work, Marc
Brew has created a new work for
outdoor locations in 2014, (i)land.
Faced with life on a deserted island,
three characters uncover a means of
escape back to civilisation. As the
narrative unfolds, the characters find
pieces of a vehicle buried in the sand
that will take them off the island. They
work together to build the craft, only to
find that it will carry just one of them.
“Marc Brew knows exactly how to
touch his audience in all the right
places” - The Scotsman
(i)land centres on a 6 ton pile of sand
representing the land the characters find
themselves in, and this provides a safe
dance space in which Marc can explore
movement in solo, duet and trio forms
away from his wheelchair.
Drawing inspiration from stories such as
The Lord of the Flies, Lost and Castaway,
and the legends of the Highland
clearances and Australian outback,
(i)land aims to engage audiences in
questions about perceptions of the body
in dance, the politics of disability,
isolation and exclusion, ingenuity and
invention.
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Touring: May-September 2014
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Performers: 3
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Number on the road: 5
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Get in: 2 day get in
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Performing Area: ideally 10 x 10 metres
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(UK only) for up to two performances on
one day.
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Running time: 25 minutes
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Completely flat surface
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Site needs to be fully accessible by lorry
to drop off 6 tons of sand
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Good quality, loud sound system for CD
and laptop playback.
E: marc@marcbrew.com
M: 07952900301
E: david@53deg.co.uk
M: 07779 237493
www.marcbrew.com