SATURDAY - 12 OCTOBER

TEATRO SAN MATERNO

LABAN EVENT 2013

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VALERIE PRESTON DUNLOP

   

Dr Valerie Preston-Dunlop, biographer of Rudolf laban, is a practical scholar working internationally, currently Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban, the leading conservatoire for the training of professional dance theatre artists.       Dr. Preston Dunlop pioneered the development of choreological studies. She received her initial training from Rudolf Laban, Lisa Ullman, Kurt Jooss and Albrecht Knust. Her current research interests are sacred geometry in human movement, recover and re-create the works of the twenties of Laban.

 

20:30 - 22:00

Teatro San Materno

Public Presentation:

“Rudof Laban’s Nacht and Suite ’24”

Recreations

Alison Curtis-Jones - UK,

Valerie Preston-Dunlop - UK,

Oli Newman (musician) - UK.


Dancers from Trinity Laban:

Sarah Golding

Ellen Jeffrey

Robert Keates

Claire Lambert

Ben McEwen

Charlotte Pook

Verena Schneider

ALISON CURTIS JONES


Ali is leading exponent in the re-creation of Rudolf Laban's Dance Theatre repertoire, (1924-1928), undertaking extensive archive research with Dr. Valerie Preston-Dunlop, resulting in the creation, staging and direction of Night 2010, and Night 2011, a re-creation of Rudolf Laban’s Die Nacht, (1927), performed by Trinity Laban Undergraduate students, Bonnie Bird Theatre, Trinity Laban, London, and Green Clowns (Die Grunen Clowns, 1928) with Trinity Laban alumni and with Transitions Dance Company for the Laban International Conference: The Dynamic Body in Space, 2009, and performances in 2008 with Trinity Laban Undergraduate students.

 
OLI NEWMAN


Oli Newman is a composer and pianist based in London UK. Originally trained as a dancer and choreographer Oli has had a lifelong interest in dance. He has written and played music for, amongst others,

Rambert Dance Company, Martha Graham Company, Jonathan Goddard, Lauren Cuthbertson, Gary Lambert, Lizzi Kew Ross, Transitions Dance Company, Tamara McLorg. Oli has written music for the feature films 'Thoughtful Geezer' and more recently 'The Glass Man' starring Andy Nyman and Neve Campbell, which premiered in August 2011.