Summary: Davies began rehearsals with the dancers listening to phrases from the songs of birds. Later, short pieces of music were introduced into the rehearsal process. The rhythms and textures of these became embedded into the dancers' bodies, creating a clear ph ... Read more
Summary: Eighty Eight toured alongside Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues in 1998, as an example of a linked programme of Davies' choreography. Eighty Eight and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues share a similar urban, industrial quality in the combination of movement and desig ... Read more
Summary: In Plain Clothes was the first piece to be performed at Siobhan Davies Studios. Both Davies and the dancers wanted to mark the studio, to begin to fill it, not only through the activities of rehearsals but also with the sediment or memory of conversations ... Read more
Summary: Made for eight dancers with music by Orlando Gough, this is Davies' second full-length work. Fast energy, shifting territories and a travellator on stage provides new ways to test the perception of speed and space. The title suggests a play with layers th ... Read more
Summary: Davies' first work to tour non-theatre spaces it explores connections between performers and audiences in new ways. Made for eight dancers with sound installation by Max Eastley and a humorous accumulative text by Caryl Churchill. The non-theatre spaces t ... Read more
Summary: Two Quartets is a single work comprising two quartets. These were made to be seen as one work and they were created at exactly the same time and both comprise a commissioned score by Matteo Fargion. Davies also collaborated with the fashion designer, Jon ... Read more
Summary: Wild Air is Davies' first full-length work and another collaboration between Davies and Kevin Volans; a commissioned score for two cellos and two guitars. The set design by David Buckland consisted of large mesh walls. In 2000 Wild Air was awarded the Sou ... Read more
Summary: Originally made for Rambert Dance Company in 1992 and reworked for Siobhan Davies Dance in 1998. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues uses the power and rhythmic qualities of Fredric Rzewski's piano score which is extended by a soundscape of industrial noise (loom ... Read more
Summary: Recording of performance as part of Kalamata International Dance Festival, Greece, and part of a double-bill with Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. ... Read more
Summary: Introductory talk by Siobhan Davies followed by excerpts from Eighty Eight (plus Q&A session which followed a performance of Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues). ... Read more
