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The Sylvia Ferreira Dance Company was formed in 2005 and are based in London. They will be touring Europe with their new work. The company has collaborated with award winning musicians such as Daniel Potter and currently John Chambers.
The practise within the company attempts to embody the images and atmospheres of psychological themes, such as the subconscious in relation to self identity and the unconscious psyche within dream states. The choreographic material is constructed through using improvisation to mould the dancers’ and choreographer’s perception of the issues and themes being explored. The works draw on striking visual images through primal and theatrical movement.
The latest work ‘Marks that Behold’ has enticed and embodied the dark and light images of the Catholicism. The work explores the dancers’ and choreographer’s interpretation of those images, such as Stigmata, Exorcism, Healing, Miracles, Crucifixion, etc. The piece does not attempt to make a statement about the religion that is what the audience is there for.
Director and Choreographer: Sylvia Dos Santos Ferreira
SYLVIA DOS SANTOS FERREIRA the artist director of the company and has been working as a dance practitioner, performer, choreographer and works at the contemporary dance conservatoire 'Laban'. She has a Masters in Choreography from Laban and a BA in Dance from Chichester University. She has toured her work with 3Fall Dance Company, has made work for Dance Exchange and has shown her work at the 30 St. Mary's Axe, Laban's Bonnie Bird Theatre, University of Chichester and the Point Theatre. She has trained in many styles of contemporary as well as ballet, jazz, tap, street and modern. Sylvia has performed in European tours, dance companies and various stage productions.
Composer: John Chambers
JOHN CHAMBERS was born in 1985, and is currently in his final year studying composition at Trinity College of Music. Johns’ musical output includes chamber works, orchestral pieces, choral music, as well as music for theatre and contemporary dance. Alongside writing for acoustic instruments, John often incorporates electronic elements into his work, creating generative and interactive music. He has won the John Halford and Daryl Runswick composition prizes, and the Gladys Puttick Extemporisation prize with singer Natasha Lohan. Among other things, he is currently working on a fanfare for the reception of the Beijing Olympic torch in Trafalgar Square this April.
Lighting Designer: Jason Kirk
JASON KIRK is a young lighting designer with a technical mind. After graduating from Middlesex University (July 2006) with a BA in Technical Theatre Arts, he has been working on and off for the Blue Elephant Theatre and other companies as a Lighting Designer. Credits include The Tempest, Plasmas, Tales From Mumbai, Weights, The Big Filling, Shall I Kill Mama, Ghosts, The Face Of Jizo, Rumplestiltskin, The Harbour, Marks That Behold. He also has skills in other areas of production, including Stage Management. Based in Oxfordshire, he works as a freelance technician and technical stage manager. Stage management credits include, 35 Cents. He is also a technician at The Bush Theatre and Theatre 503. Future projects include: Hippolytus by Revolving Doors Theatre Company in April 2008.
Dancer: Lorraine Smith
LORRAINE SMITH, artistic director and choreographer of Silversmith Dance Company, creates innovative and accessible dance theatre through artistic collaborations. Trained in contemporary and expressive dance, Lorraine has performed in numerous dance works at venues including Camden People’s Theatre, Blue Elephant Theatre, Whitechapel Gallery, Chisenhale Dance Space, The Carriageworks and Ljubljana Castle (Slovenia), as well as performing in several dance films. Lorraine has recently worked as choreographer and co-director for interdisciplinary play In the Shadows of Senghor and movement mentor for physical theatre piece The Voice of Things - Toilet Paper. Future projects include creating a new dance piece for Newington Dance, an educational site-specific project for students at Varndean College (Brighton), and joining the educational team of new company 3DDance (director: Natasha Mansfield-Osborne).
Dancer: Jacqui Johnston
JACQUELINE JOHNSTON is currently completing her final year of training at Laban Contemporary Dance School. Her professional career has involved dancing for Insite Dance Company, Double Barrel Productions, Jemima Hoadley of Wreckless Arts, Samsung, and photographers at Kennington Camera Club. She is a qualified gym instructor and looks to expand into personal training over the next few years, and will continue to work at St Edmunds School in Dover teaching and inspiring the students with creative and technical dance, whilst maintaining her dance career.
Dancer: Wang Chen Chang
WAN-CHEN was a member of Lyn-Yong Dance Company for 5 years. During her time in the company, she performed nationally and toured to Italy, Spain and Germany. Trained and graduated from Chinese Culture University in Taipei Taiwan, she received her BA in Dance. She then continued her dance education in the California Institute of the Arts, where she received an MA in Dance and an assistantship to work as a technical assistant in The Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theatre. In 2003 she moved to New York and joined Jessica Gaynor Dance Company where she performed at Triskelion Arts, Dance Space, Jennifer Muller/The Works HATCH series and The Kitchen. She also worked with choreographer Sean Curran and participated in the opera 'Nixon in China' at St. Louis Opera Theatre in Missouri. Wan-chen moved to London in 2007, she has performed with Cloud Dance Company and Brooke Smiley at Sadler's Wells, Chisenhale Dance Space, Open Loop in Kent and also joined Sylvia Ferreira Dance Company. She has preformed with Katie Thies Dance Theatre and KorsnesKampani for Resolution!
'Marks that Behold'PIECE:
Premiered at 30 St. Mary Axe
TITLE: 'Marks that behold'
Exploration into the dark and light images of the Catholic Religion.
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER: Sylvia Dos Santos Ferreira
MUSICIAN: John Chambers
DANCERS:
Lorraine Smith
Jacqui Johnston
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Jason Kirk
Photographer: ChunPin Lin
COME AND SEE US PERFORM!!!
