“Suspect No.4” / Part 2: Through The Looking Glass

Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster (choreographer and concept)
Adam Tonwdrow (production manager)

This is from the Filmmaker Daniel D. Moses who is producing C-12's Dance On Film project "Suspect Number 4" and is blogging the production process; Concept and choreography by C-12's Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster. Here is the original post

C-12 Summer Youth Dance Intensive

C-12 Dance Theatre Summer Youth Dance Intensive - Review

C-12 Dance Theatre held it’s second Summer Youth Dance Intensive in successive years on August 30th – September 2nd 2011. Each day began at 10:00am and finished at 16:00pm. It took place within the East of England region at Chancellor’s School, Pine Grove, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7BN. Chancellor’s School and C-12 Dance Theatre have been partners since 2009, after C-12 helped to choreograph a Christmas production at the school. The youth dance intensive was attended by Chancellor’s and non Chancellor’s young people between 15-18 year olds. Each pupil received a certificate of attendance, a t-shirt and performed what they had learnt to their parents and an invited audience on the last day. Each day, members of C-12 Dance Theatre including Adam Towndrow, Creative Director ran the course. Day one and two had company member Alicia Pattyson and on day three had company member Wayne Summerbell attend.

Each day of the intensive asked something new and challenging, to encourage further development for each pupil. Day one, morning, covered Communication within dance, vocal and non vocal. During the afternoon the pupils explored writing a significant moment in their life and sharing it with a partner, who would respond through movement. Day two, morning, introduced working with Props. In the afternoon pupils created characters, to respond further to day ones text, this included hot seating. Within day one and two, Alicia Pattyson taught some C-12 rep from Damaged Souls. At the end of day two, 2 pieces had emerged, a contemporary commercial piece created by Alicia Pattyson and Adam Towndrow (Firework), and an intense personal contemporary piece created by the pupils facilitated by C-12 (My Story).

Day three, Wayne Summerbell choreographed, with the pupils, a musical theatre piece, with music by Britany Spears’ Lucky. This allowed the pupils to explore and experience a different side to contemporary dance. Day four was about tidying up the 3 works followed by the performance and a presentation. Over the four days the pupils explored text, props, contemporary choreography, solo, partner, group work, musical theatre and characters, resulting in a 25 minute sharing of Lucky, Firework and My Story.
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Background notes for Editors:
C-12 Dance Theatre was established in September 2005 by three professional performers – all graduates of Middlesex University. This contemporary dance theatre company was created to perform a diverse range of engaging and dynamic movement achieved by the fusion of classical and modern dance techniques, culminating in a unique and exciting performance style.

C-12 Dance Theatre was primarily established to perform within, and contribute to, East of England and East London Boroughs. The over-arching objective is to encourage schools and communities to participate in dance, both as an art form and for exercise.
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For further information please contact:
Adam Towndrow
Tel: 07782 251816
E-mail: adam@c-12dancetheatre.com
or visit the C-12 Dance Theatre website:
www.c-12dancetheatre.com

“Suspect No.4” / Part 1: Chance Procedures

This is from the Filmmaker Daniel D. Moses who is producing C-12's Dance On Film project "Suspect Number 4" and is blogging the production process; Concept and choreography by C-12's Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster. Here is the original post

Set Designer Required

COLLABORATOR REQUIRED: SET DESIGNER
DEADLINE OF INTEREST AUGUST 19TH 2011
C-12 Dance Theatre requires the following position: Set Designer

C-12 Dance Theatre are a national touring company, an associate company with East London Dance, and are based in London and the East of England. Founded in 2005, C-12 create dynamic, explosive dance productions that engage emotionally with their audiences. The company has a rich and diverse repertoire including site specific and professional theatre touring productions.

A Set Designer is now required to work collaboratively with the Creative Team of C-12 Dance Theatre on a brand new touring production.

There is a one off fee for designing, collaborative planning and building the set which is confirmed, this is subject to Arts Council Funding.

The Van has 2 doors at the back, 2m wide x 4m deep and approx 2 meters in height. The Van is hired and the idea is that you will be able in corporate a removable rig/set so we can give the Van back after each hire.

Job Description

• Experience of designing and building sets

• Experience of making sets for touring productions

• Experience of site specific work

• Works within London/East of England

• Able to work within a collaborative capacity

• Able to manage their own budget

• Able to manage their time and adhere to deadlines

Please send a covering letter of interest and CV to enquiries@c-12dancetheatre.com Subject heading “Set Designer”.
The building of the Set will be at the beginning of 2012 but preliminary design ideas will be required next month to comply with an Arts Council bid.
Any questions regarding the position or production, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the production manager Adam Towndrow, 07782251816, adam@c-12dancetheatre.com

Many thanks,

C-12 Dance Theatre
www.c-12dancetheatre.com

C-12 Youth Summer Dance Intensive

C-12 Youth Summer Dance Intensive
Get creative and fit before the new term!

Aug 30th – Sept 2nd
Exclusively for 12 – 18 year olds
Each Day 10am – 4pm

C-12 is delighted to announce their Youth Summer Dance Intensive 2011. This will be C-12’s second summer school, building on their first successful summer school in 2010. The week will be a fantastic opportunity for young people in Hertfordshire and local areas to work with a professional national touring dance company for an intensive period of time.

Each day there will be a new exciting routine to learn; from commercial contemporary dance as well as theatrical narrative based contemporary dance. The students will also be taught on how to create their own pieces with guidance and support. Technique will start each day, building strength and stamina for young dancers.

The final day will be a FREE performance for the parents and friends to see. Each pupil will be given a C-12 Summer School T-shirt and certificate for recognition of their attendance.

It will be based at Chancellor’s School, Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire.


C-12 Dance Theatre History
C-12 Dance Theatre was established in 2005 by Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, Nasae Evanson and Adam Towndrow. Their style is contemporary dance theatre, focusing on an emotional connection with their audience. C-12 is an Associate Company with East London Dance.

The directors of the company have worked with the likes of Wayne McGregor, Zoo Nation and their works have included the prestigious International Dance Umbrella Festival 2008 and 2009. C-12 have recently completed their first UK Tour of The Chair which previewed for 2 weeks in London’s Arcola Theatre and was at the Edinburgh Fringe.

If you are interested in booking a place, please do get in touch and we will send you a booking form on 07782251816 or email adam@c-12dancetheatre.com. It will cost £60 per student for the full 4 days.


Kind regards,





C-12 Dance Theatre
www.c-12dancetheatre.com

"Damaged Souls" Performance

C-12 Dance Theatre introduces the very latest electrifying piece, "Damaged Souls". The world premiere is at Live Vibe July 16th. Please click here to see a short trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_gaY9U9k2Y

“Damaged Souls” is Choreographed by Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster and Directed by Adam Towndrow. This physical and theatrical piece will have you on the edges of your seats, some of the finest movement C-12 has ever produced. This is their first piece since the UK tour of The Chair.

Bodies dragged, bodies carried, bodies in a bag.

Booking Info:
Online booking for Live Vibe:- www.redbridge.gov.uk/dance then click Redbridge Dance Festival BOOK NOW! Or telephone Kenneth More Theatre box office 0208 553 6644 Tickets are £10.00, concessions £8.00 photo ID must be produced at entry.

C-12 DANCE CLASS - Registration

C-12 Dance Theatre Open Class Registration

Class Information
C-12 Dance Theatre opens contemporary dance theatre.
C-12 Dance Theatre invites you to their open class sessions inspired by contemporary dance/theatre techniques. This is an exhilarating, high tempo infused dance class with movement from various styles ranging from capoeira, salsa, street dance and jazz, all embedded within the contemporary technique to give participants an exciting new approach and experience to movement. This will help build your dance vocabulary, stamina and self confidence while having a fun at the same time. The class is lead by the choreographers of C-12 Dance Theatre, national touring company and an Associate Company with East London Dance.

WWW.C-12DANCETHEATRE.COM
Starting: Friday March 25th
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
Prices: £55 for 10 weeks
Discounts: Students/Unemployed/Equity Price: £50 for 10 weeks
Drop in Price: £5.50
Location: Chisenhale Dance Space, E3 5QZ
Getting Here
By Tube:
Central, District or Hammersmith & City Line to Mile End Station
. Both stations are in Zone 2
. 15 minutes walk to Chisenhale Dance Space (see map).
By bus:
8, 277, 339, D6
. All stop at the Roman Rd/Grove Rd junction. 
3minutes walk to Chisenhale Dance Space (see map).
By car:
Parking is restricted around Chisenhale Mon – Sat until 5.30pm.
You will need to use the meters in the adjacent streets (£2 per hr). 
There is a Disabled parking bay directly outside the building.

Please fill in the form, print off the slip and send to the below address
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Name:
Age:
Address:

Dance experience:
Email address:
I, ________ _____________, would like to register for the full 10 weeks which begins March 25th.
To guarantee a place for the full 10 weeks, please send a cheque of £50 to C-12 Dance Theatre, Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, 30 Bushberry Road, Hackney, E9 5SX. Cheque made payable to C-12 Dance Theatre. You can also send money directly through your bank to Nat West, C-12 Dance Theatre, S/C 601202 A/C 25591606.
Cash will be accepted on the door each week.
For any questions regarding the class, please get in touch with us on 07782251816 or enquiries@c-12dancetheatre.com

WWW.C-12DANCETHEATRE.COM

Discover Young Hackney: C-12 and Skinners'

C-12 Dance Theatre, Associate Artist with East London Dance, have begun

their choreographic weekly sessions at Skinners' Academy, with a positive

and enthusiastic uptake from the students. Ranging in age and ability, the

students are focused and engaged with this new choreography, led by Creative

Directors Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster and Nasae Evanson. Annie incidentally

is no stranger to Skinners', as she to was a pupil at the school. Many

teachers at the school from her time there in the 90's are there today, all

are pleased to have her back. Rehearsals are going very well and the

students are excited and nervous at the prospect of the performance at the

Empire Feb 4th. Watch this space!

C-12 announce new tour date: Drill Hall Feb 15th

C-12 Dance Theatre is delighted to announce that "The Chair", C-12's first National Tour, continues into Spring 2011 with Lincoln's Drill Hall. A wonderful venue which is full of varierty with it's high quality programming.

Booking details to follow shortly.

C-12 Dance Theatre

Dance Vote 2010: Please Help Today

Dance UK has launched an updated version of the DanceVote website (www.dancevote2010.com) – you can now easily and quickly email your local councillor responsible for arts and culture, as well as your local MP. We’ve changed the message send so that you can tell them you are worried about funding cuts, and most importantly, tell them what impact cuts will have on your life and dance activity in your area.



PLEASE DO GET INVOLVED BY GOING TO www.dancevote2010.com



This campaign will be running over the next fortnight to the Comprehensive Spending Review and beyond, when funding decisions will still be being made by local politicians and Arts Councils. MPs will remain interested in what’s going on in their local constituencies and how cuts are impacting on the lives of local voters, so it is still important to contact them over the coming months.



How DanceVote ties in with other lobbying campaigns to save arts funding:

You may be aware that there are several campaigns running at the moment to appeal to Government to protect arts funding. Dance UK supports these campaigns and is working with the organisers to co-ordinate our messages.


DanceVote is different from the Save The Arts and I Value The Arts lobbying campaigns because it directly connects you, as a local constituent, with your local politicians. It is the personal stories and the local communication that will have the biggest impact on politicians who have to consider the views of their local residents.



•For more information on the ‘I Value the Arts’ campaign, led by the National Campaign for the Arts, go to www.ivaluethearts.co.uk (lots of tools you can use on this site including tags for your facebook page, advocacy toolkit, etc).
•The ‘Save the Arts’ campaign is organised by the London branch of the Turning Point Network, a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK. For more information on Save The Arts go to www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-arts.html. They need 100,000 signatures for their petition to secure a debate in parliament about funding cuts.

Many thanks,

C-12 in St Albans Saturday Oct 9th

C-12 Dance Theatre presents The Chair. This emotionally charged double-bill of dance-inspired physical theatre has been captivating audiences since the premieres in Sweden and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The first piece, Enough, is a female duet about the struggle of living with a burden. The title piece, The Chair, fuses theatrical narrative with fluid dance and movement to tell the story of a man who is forced to face his past.

Murder, torture and forgiveness are explored through one man’s discovery of his past. What is the truth behind this individual’s situation? What will his retribution be? Through this explosive piece of contemporary dance theatre C-12 Dance Theatre will take audiences on a journey into one
man’s experience of justice.

Starts at 8pm

The Maltings Arts Theatre
The Maltings
St Albans
Herts
AL1 3HL

telephone - 01727 844222

Feeling Great....no matter what (C-12 at Hammersmith Apollo)

Feeling Great… no matter what
An inspirational evening, a talk with powerful insights, an experience of meditation.
With Dadi Janki, Raie the Band & C-12 Dance
Theatre Thursday 12 August 2010 7.30-9.00pm (Doors open 6.30pm).
More information: www.bkwsu.org/uk/feelinggreat or (020) 8955 1935

Do you find all the pressures of modern life can be tiring and sap your energy? Is it really possible to feel great even when facing challenging times and stressful situations? Discover how to feel great no matter what you’re up against.

Speakers: Dadi Janki At 94 years of age, Dadi Janki has experienced first hand how meditation and focusing on what is true can create an extraordinary life. A woman of boundless energy and presence, she travels the world engaging and empowering individuals. Dadi Janki is the Administrative Head of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.
Sister Jayanti: Sister Jayanti, a spiritual teacher, writer and broadcaster, with a vision and experience that is truly global and deeply spiritual. Born in India, she has lived in England since the 1950s. Sister Jayanti is European Director of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University and their NGO Representative to the United Nations, Geneva.

Performers: Raie the Band: Raie delivers an eclectic blend of soul, jazz, folk and country music. The love and truth from young people continues to be a driving inspiration for singer/songwriter Rachel Bennett, who believes that through harnessing creativity, the arts will continue to transform the lives of young people.

C-12 Dance Theatre: vibrant C-12 Dance Theatre company creates a unique blend of physical dance performance with a theatrical narrative. Established in 2005 by Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, Nasae Evanson and Adam Towndrow.

C-12 Summer School Aug 16th - Aug 20th

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the summer school. This is a fantastic, unique opportunity to work with the Creative Directors of C-12 Dance Theatre and the C-12 company. During the week we will be providing technique classes, teach you an exciting dance choreography and offer the experience of being a part of a professional dance company, C-12 Dance Theatre.

C-12 Dance Theatre begins the London run of their critically acclaimed production “The Chair” at the Arcola Theatre July 28th – Aug 7th. Come and see what you will be letting yourself in for! www.arcolatheatre.com

These are the details for the Summer School Intensive:
Summer School begins: Aug 16th – Aug 20th
Location: Chancellors School, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 7BN
Parking: Free Parking at the venue
Nearest Station: Brookmans Park
Station to the venue: C-12 will provide a car to pick you up from Brookmans Park everyday, he will leave at 9:30am and 9:45am.
Times: 10am-5pm
Performance Time: 4pm on Aug 20th (Free to watch)
Free: Summer School C-12 T-shirt
Techniques: Ballet, African, Street, Physical Theatre and Contemporary Dance
Choreography: Learn/workshop a dance theatre piece after technique class
Price: Pupils £80, Student/Recent Graduates £100, professionals/adults £120.
Accommodation: Although we do not have accommodation available. We suggest the looking at www.laterooms.com, local areas are, Hatfield, Brookmans Park, Potters Bar, Welham Green and Welwyn Garden City

If you have problems finding somewhere to stay, get in touch and we will attempt to pair you with another summer intensive guest to share the room.

C-12 does not provide lunch, there will be an hour break to get food however, we suggest you bring in a healthy lunch everyday. C-12 also does not take ant responsibility for injury; however, we do work towards a safe controlled movement lead environment and we will lead an appropriate warm up/cool down. All Directors are CRB checked.


















To confirm your place, please fill in the below form and send to us, no later than August 2nd 2010 along with payment.
Any further enquiries email Eleasah@c-12dancetheatre or call her on 07908676504.


………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Summer School Form

Name: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_____________________________________

Age: _________yrs

Size of t-shirt: Small☐ Medium☐ Large☐

Dance ability/experience:




Are you a Pupil/Graduate/Professional/Adult? (please circle)

Please list any physical disabilities if any:







Signature: _____________________________

Date of signature: _____________________________

C-12 Dance Theatre Summer Intensive

C-12 Dance Theatre are offering a unique opportunity for a group of dancers to work with the choreographers and dancers of C-12 Dance Theatre for one week (Mon-Fri) towards the end of August. If you have just graduated, looking at getting into dance or if you are looking for a way to do class everyday, keep fit and learn a physically explosive piece of dance theatre, this is for you!

Each day will begin at 10am and finish at 5pm.

Training
A professional class in the morning, focusing on a different dance technique per day. This is followed by learning/devising a sequence in the afternoon.

Performing
At the end of the week, you will be able to perform your piece you have been working on. This will be FREE for all to watch.

No dance experience needed and this will take place for one week in August at Chancellor’s School, Hatfield.

You will also receive a FREE C-12 Summer School T-shirt.

For prices, including student discount, please contact
Eleasah@c-12dancetheatre.com. Final details, including dates, will be given once you have contacted us.

Kind regards,

C-12 Dance Theatre
WWW.C-12DANCETHEATRE.COM

"The Chair" TOUR

C-12 Dance Theatre presents The Chair. This emotionally charged double-bill of dance-inspired physical theatre has been capturing audiences since the premiers in Sweden and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The first piece Enough, features a female duet struggling to deal with living with a burden. The title piece, The Chair uses theatrical narrative with fluid dance and movement work to tell the story of a man who is forced to face his past.

"Emotions searing through their bodies and flying out through the looks on their faces is absolutely beautiful to watch" *****(5 stars) Fringe Review 2009

July 28th-Aug 7th (no Sun show) Arcola Theatre, London, 0207 5031646 www.arcolatheatre.com
October 9th The Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans, 01727 844222 www.stalbans.gov.uk
November 4th, North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, 01865 319 450 www.thenorthwall.com
November 9th Stahl Theatre, Peterborough, 01832 273930, www.oundleschool.org.uk
November 10th Stahl Theatre, Peterborough, 01832 273930, www.oundleschool.org.uk
November 11th Rich Mix, London, 020 7613 7498, boxoffice@richmix.org.uk
November 18th Norwich Playhouse, 01603 598598, boxoffice@theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
February 17th 2011 Riverfront, Newport (Wales), 01633 656757, the.riverfront@newport.gov.uk
April 28th 2011 Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281 281, www.theatresevern.co.uk