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LittleWhiteHouse

LittleWhiteHouse - Contemporary Dance Theatre

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'Jack Webb's role as the lone male was Enigmatic! Most of his time was spent in quivering prayer or with his hands above his head and only once did he appear to be threatening' Lesley Barnes, Venue Magazine.'Jack is one of those people who with his whole self speaks dance to me', Madira Gregurick, Audience member'a stunnigly beautiful work!', the Forest Cafe on 'the Colour of Memory'

My Interests

LittleWhiteHouse is a Contemporary Dance Theatre Company based in Dundee, Scotland.The company's work explores human emotion, instinct, relationships and identity,taking form in a distinct, beautiful, emotionally stimulating piece of dance theatre.LittleWhiteHouse consists of Director Jack Webb and several diverse and exciting dancers and performers from various backgrounds inlcuding Rebecca Celine, Skye Reynolds, Olivia Vella, Anna Gander, Lucy Boyes and Jennifer Farmer. LittleWhiteHouse has created three works to date, those being 'When I Am Laid In Earth','Asleep On Cascade Street'and ' The Colour of Memory '.All pieces so far have explored the work of Jack Webb.LittleWhiteHouse is interested in creating work in alternative spaces as well as in the traditional theatre setting. ' Asleep On Cascade Street' was created specifically for The Maggie's Centre using the surroundings and architecture of the building. The Maggie's Centre is a centre in Dundee where cancer patients and their families can go to recieve support and advice.www.Maggiescentres.orgArtistic Policy: LittleWhiteHouse is dedicated to creating beautiful, mentally and emotionally challenging, acessible dance theatre,that challenges and engages audiences thoughts and perceptions of life, relationships, emotion and identity. We are commited to working in Scotland, staying in Scotland, and helping Scotland's dance community to grow by providing exciting, stimulating, and inspiring dance workshops, classes, and residencies to professionals, students and the community. By doing this, we believe that not only our work, but dance in general, will be become more accessible and readily available to anyone. For more information on LWH education, please contact LWH through MySpace, or write to [email protected]

Music:

Past work - 'When I am Laid In Earth' : Yann Tiersen and voice recodring of Mirjam Meisenberg created by Andy Mclaren. 'Asleep On Cascade Street': Yann Tiersen, L.Pierre and voice recording of Mirjam Miesenberg created by Andy Mclaren. Current Work - 'The colour of Memory': Arvo Part, Max Righter and Aphex Twin.

Books:

' The Colour Of Memory ', a solo work for Artistic Director and Dancer Jack Webb, takes inspiration from the books Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Hours by Micheal Cunningham and combines aspects of a personal relationship. Our new work is a solo exploration of memories, nostalgia, loss, suicide, and intertwines the thoughts and experiences of one man in the space of one day. Set in a dark landscape, flowers grow and a television speaks, speaks of memory..........the colour of memory.The Colour of Memory, LittleWhiteHouse's new work, is a solo choreographed and danced by LWH Director Jack Webb.The Colour of Memory is supported byThis piece has a had a sucessful run of performances, having been performed at Gallery Flat01, Glasgow, the Space, Dundee, TotalKunst Gallery, Edinburgh, Bristo Hall at the Forest Cafe and was invited to be performed as part of the Pro Heads Up! programme during the Edinburgh Fringe Festvial at Dance Base, Edinburgh and finishing off with a performance a the Caird Hall in Dundee as part of the Ultimate Chill Arts Festival.

Heroes:

Pina Baush
William Forsythe
Hofesh Schecter
Vincent Dance Theatre
Liv Lorent
La La La Human Steps

My Blog

Mince pies, heartbrake and hot chocolate.

So 2 Saturday's ago, myself and the rest of the the company did our mamouth 6 hour improvised dance performance,allowing us to start on the creation of of new piece. The 6 hours actually went much fas...
Posted by LittleWhiteHouse on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:26:00 PST

The abscence of others

Ok, in the space of one day I have lost three Dancers who are supposed to be dancing in the piece! Arrrrggghhhhhh! I shouldn't be surprised really, I knew it was coming, It was far to good to be true...
Posted by LittleWhiteHouse on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:28:00 PST

Fun at the park!

Keeping in with the concept of our new piece, here are some photographs of one of the Dancers, Svenja, and I having fun at the park! : ) ...
Posted by LittleWhiteHouse on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:42:00 PST

The beginning of something new.

So here goes. Taking inspiration from reading other blogs by other dancers, I felt the need to start one. This blog will document the journey of my new piece 'The Asylum Dances'. Let me fill you in on...
Posted by LittleWhiteHouse on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:00:00 PST

Company Biographies

Jack Webb: Artistic Director/Choreographer/Dancer Jack's first experiences with dance were in Dundee, where he participated in many classes in the community. He then went on to train at the Scott...
Posted by LittleWhiteHouse on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:26:00 PST