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Artist Focus: Tom Dale Company

26 September, 2015


“lmmerse Yourself in I lnfinite – a fascinating integration of live dance and digital technology from the Tom Dale Company at Dance Base – and the everyday melts away into a bravura haze of cosmic imponderables.” – The Herald (****) Mary Brennan

WHO ARE THE TOM DALE COMPANY?

Tom Dale Company creates collaborative performance work through dance, forming a unique and rich form of expression to reach out and excite new audiences. Testing the boundaries of contemporary dance, with a focus on the synergy between electronic music, digital arts and dance.

WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING TO FREQUENCY 15?

Set in a white, digitally animated environment, I Infinite is a mesmerising multi-media dance installation/ performance.

Inspired by the digital world’s quest to re-create life, graphic patterns slice through the space, glowing cubes fracture into a myriad of minuscule squares and pools of light hover in the air like oil on water.

Audiences are free to roam as the spellbinding visual imagery draws them within centimetres of the incredible solo performer whose movement veers between robotic isolation and liquid fluidity.

Locked within a world of finite solutions our dancer embarks on a captivating journey to the infinite.

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Credits

Choreography/Direction:  Tom Dale

Performers:  Maria Olga Palliani | Joshua Smith

Digital Media Artist: Barret Hodgson

Music/Sound Design: Tom Dale

Including music from:

Fennesz (Track 5; Hotel Parallel),

Alva Noto (Track 4; For)

Loscil (Endless Falls; Endless Falls)

Loscil (Estuarine; Endless Falls)

Loscil (Steam; Plume)

Murcof (Oort, Cosmos)

 What’s On Stage (****)  Chris Hill

“This relationship between the performer and the projected environment is immaculate and by allowing the audience to wander, each individual is free to choose their own viewpoint and take what they want from this enchanting piece.”

 

Broadway Baby (****) Emily Priestnall

“Infinitely brilliant

I Infinite is an immersive dance experience which truly captures the magic just one dancer can conjure over an audience.”

 

Fringe Review (****) Clare Simpson

“I infinite is an exquisite gem of a dance piece, combining elements of dance, theatre and installation… HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOW”

 

Having shown in China, Croatia and Birmingham, I-Infinite comes to Lincoln this October.

Dance4 presents Tom Dale Company, I Infinite in partnership with Frequency Festival of Digital Culture 2015.

Other Tom Dale Company choreography includes Digitopia, Dark Clouds are Smouldering into Red, and Roam.

Tickets available here.

Visit: http://tomdale.org.uk/

Tweet: @TomDaleCompany

 

 

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