2015 at Siobhan Davies Dance

This year Siobhan Davies Dance present a programme of new work and curated exhibitions responding to ideas of still and moving image and the human body. Using the body as both subject and object, the artists and three invited curators offer alternative interpretations of the yearlong theme.

Working together for the second time, Siobhan Davies and filmmaker David Hinton exhibit their new moving image artwork combining choreography and film. Made in collaboration with 25 independent dance artists, footage of a running woman is played continuously in a loop, freezing at random intervals to reveal selected frames treated by each of the artists. Combining collage, repetition, static and moving image, the frozen frames unveil a scene embedded in reality with fleeting moments of strange, surreal and visually poetic activity.

Within Siobhan Davies Studios, Jane Won (Head of Exhibitions, De La Warr Pavilion), Clare Twomey (curator and artist) and Ben Harman (Director, Stills Gallery) have each devised an exhibition at different points throughout the year. The programme begins with an exhibition by artist Eva Stenram who explores photography’s particular relationship to looking and being looked at by digitally manipulating photographed body parts in found images, such as vintage pin-up photographs, to create new and unsettling scenarios.  

Part 3, Photo by Eva Stenram

Positions Eva Stenram Siobhan Davies Studios 16 January – 22 March, free entry

Eva Stenram presents the UK premiere of her ongoing series Parts, as well as new artworks specially conceived for this exhibition.

Parts uses 1960s pin-up photographs as its source material. The pictures are digitally altered, obliterating most of the model and leaving only a leg intact. The resultant mood is macabre – the severed limb does not entice and the photograph’s original erotic effect is turned on its head. When just one leg of the model remains, the limb calls attention to the rest of the scene. Viewers may try to piece together the original position of the model, or perhaps accept the leg as an absurd interior decoration or prop.

The new works use fragments of positions from found pin-up images to describe potential movement, for example a photographic score made from a sequence of poses repeated in modulating patterns. Another work utilises risqué 1950s photographs taken by Irving Klaw of Bettie Page and other models which are reframed and largely concealed, revealing only an isolated section of each picture.

EVENTS

Eva Stenram in conversation with exhibition curator Jane Won 27 February, 7pm

Exhibition tour with Eva Stenram 12 March, 2pm – 3pm

Exhibition Performance

Visual artist Helen Carnac and dance artist Laïla Diallo present Edge and Shore, a new work exploring the edges and boundaries of making and working, performance and installation.

Working within the gallery space the artists reveal an ever-evolving work that brings together objects, images, film, writing and live making. A development of an extended research project investigating process and making, the work explores where the borders of their two creative practices meet and permeate.

The artists develop the work in the space through a series of live interventions and installations. The work offers an insight into the making process, which is highlighted for two hours each day (2pm – 4pm) when the artists are in a focused period of activity. Visitors are invited into the space throughout the day to see the work progress and are encouraged to come back at regular intervals over the eight-day period

Edge and Shore – Acts of Doing

Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh 30 January – 7 February (closed 1 February)

to observe the different states that a work might take in a process of live making. Edge and Shore is a progression of Side by Side (2012), a six-week residency initiated by Siobhan Davies Dance. EVENTS

Edge and Shore Workshop 2 February, 11am – 5pm Booking via Dovecot Studios, fee applies

A workshop led by Carnac and Diallo draws on ideas and ways into making developed during Edge and Shore, inviting participants to join them in their enquiry into process. This workshop is aimed at artists from any medium interested in exploring making.

Artist Talk with Helen Carnac, Laïla Diallo and Jonathan Cleaver, chaired by Roanne Dods 3 February, 6pm for 6.30pm start Free, booking via Dovecot Studios

Photo by David Gates

Artist Development

Siobhan Davies Dance, with the support of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, is offering dance artists and curators the opportunity to be part of a mentorship programme to explore collaborative conversations and inform new ways of working.

Now recruiting for its second year, the programme aims to build understanding of how performance can be seen in galleries and institutions, fostering relationships that encourage confidence and understanding of dance as an art form. Over a year, the dance artists are paired with curators to meet at least four times. In addition they are invited to participate in the programmed

Dance artist & curator mentorship programme

Applications open for 2015 / 16

Photo by Tom Arber Image courtesy of The Hepworth Wakefield

activities at Siobhan Davies Studios such as our annual Dance and Art Forum. Each party is both mentor and mentee – both with knowledge to impart to the other, and open to feedback.

Applications for June 2015 – May 2016 close 3 April 2015.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview with a panel at Siobhan Davies Studios, or by Skype.

To apply visit www.siobhandavies.com

A new moving image artwork made by Siobhan Davies and David Hinton in collaboration with Magali Charrier, Chu-Li Shewring, Noriko Okaku and 25 independent dance artists. For updates visit www.siobhandavies.com

Coming soon...

Work in progress, courtesy Simon Ellis

Table of Contents by Siobhan Davies Dance Photo by Pari Naderi

The Garden Museum 5 Lambeth Palace Road 23 January – 6 February, 10.30am – 5pm (Saturday 10.30am – 4pm)

Connect & Grow is a group exhibition which brings together a collective body of work from five artists: Pari Naderi, Ulrike Oberlack, Sarah Adams, Sonia Davin-Smith and John Watts. Combining the artists’ diverse practices, including painting, photography, digital imagery and video projection, they investigate the link between choreography and horticulture, movement and change, the natural and the man-made.

Drawing upon the ideas and processes from the 2014 Human-Nature programme, the artists present a range of visual responses to the season of events and exhibitions, from three-dimensional choreographic

Independent Dance (ID) is based at Siobhan Davies Studios and supports dance artists in their work and careers through its programme and through joint initiatives with Siobhan Davies Dance. ID brings independent dance artists into active dialogue with current ideas in dance and beyond. Critical Pathways with Rosemary Butcher Siobhan Davies Studios 9 – 13 February & 16 – 20 March, 1pm – 3.30pmA rare opportunity for 10 dance artists to work with one of the UK’s leading choreographers, offering time and space to reconsider the process of making dance alongside fellow artists. Participation is by application only.

For ID’s full spring programme, including upcoming workshops with Gaby Agis and Swiss artist Ursula Stricker, visit www.independentdance.co.uk

Thanks to our individual donors

We’d like to take this opportunity to warmly thank all the individuals whose generous donations have made it possible for us to continue to produce and commission new work. Alongside funding from trusts, foundations and Arts Council England, every individual supporter is vital to our continued success.

As a UK registered charity, we rely on the generosity of individuals to support our artists and ambitious programme of activities that engage a wide range of audiences and encourage alternative ways of exploring, experiencing and discussing dance.

If you are interested in supporting us and being part of the Siobhan Davies Dance Commissioning Fund, please contact us on 020 7091 9650 / ellend@siobhandavies.com

Connect & Grow

scores grown from seeds to slide projections playing with light in natural and imaginary landscapes. The exhibition is the culmination of an eight month professional development programme, led by Naderi, in which the artists worked together to challenge and develop their practices in relation to choreography and nature.

Human-Nature is a yearlong programme conceived by Siobhan Davies Dance, exploring the interdependent relationship between people and plants.

Read about the artists’ work and processes: blog.siobhandavies.com Admission: £5 / £4 (senior citizens) / £3 (students) / free to Art Fund members

Performing Arts Forum London with Jan Ritsema, Bojana Cvejić, Mårten Spångberg and Jonathan Burrows Siobhan Davies Studios 28 – 29 March

This March, ID invites four initiators and supporters of the influential Performing Arts Forum (PAF) to come to London. PAF, usually based in France, is a space to share an informal practice based on self-organisation, to research, experiment and determine one’s own conditions of work, and to generously exchange and produce knowledge.

Hosted by ID in partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance.

For more information visit: www.pa-f.net

Exhibition

Photo by Pari Naderi

Photo by Priya Mistry, what_now, 2014

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Entelechy Arts Movement WorkshopSiobhan Davies Studios 22 March, 2pm – 4pm

Entelechy Arts hold a movement workshop developed especially for older participants within the Elephant & Castle area. Drawing on the Siobhan Davies Dance 2015 curatorial themes of still and moving image, participants enjoy gentle movement and creative activities in the beautiful Roof Studio. The workshop is guided by a team of artists, musicians, elder peer mentors and support staff.

Booking essential via Entelechy Arts: 020 8694 9007 / www.entelechyarts.org

Experience ItExperience It is our programme of projects delivered directly to students in schools. We offer choreographic dance workshops for primary-aged pupils to develop creative movement skills through observing, listening and experiencing. Using processes employed by Siobhan Davies and our associate artists, participants learn skills which can be developed in the classroom.

Interested in working with us? Contact: creativeprojects@siobhandavies.com

Participation

Photo by Gorm Ashurst

Photo by Pari Naderi

Next Choreography Spring Term

Next Choreography is a one-year programme for young people, which builds their knowledge, skills and understanding of choreography.

This term, participants experiment with different choreographic approaches and develop their own work in the lead up to our Choreographic Youth Festival at Siobhan Davies Studios in July 2015.

For regular news and updates from the participants visit: blog.siobhandavies.com With thanks to the Siobhan Davies Commissioning Fund

About us Founded in 1988 by pioneering choreographer Siobhan Davies, Siobhan Davies Dance has evolved over the years from a touring dance company into an investigative contemporary arts organisation.

The RIBA award-winning Siobhan Davies Studios opened in 2006 establishing a permanent base for the organisation to create new work and support independent artists. The Studios are a vibrant arts space in central London which hosts a programme of exhibitions, performances, participation projects and new commissions from leading contemporary artists.

Studio Hire We offer competitive studio hire to independent dance artists, providing access to superb facilities at affordable prices.

Find us We are close to numerous transport links and you can find directions and opening hours on our website. Our building is accessible to disabled visitors and wheelchair users. Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St. George’s Road London  SE1 6ER T 020 7091 9650  E info @ siobhandavies.com

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