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: 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
Work: Jerwood Bank 2003 based on Plants and Ghosts
Date: 2003
Venue: Royal Academy of Dance, London
Category: Profile
Summary: This was the first Bank Project supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation. The project gives six dance artists the unique opportunity to experience the creative and working methods of the company. Jerwood Bank 2003 was based on Plants and Ghosts. The pr ... Read more
Summary: The Jerwood Bank Project gives six dance artists the unique opportunity to experience the creative and working methods of the company. Jerwood Bank 2004 was based on Bird Song. The project concluded with open studio presentations of the work created over ... 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: Made for five dancers, White Man Sleeps was originally choreographed as part of the first programme for her new company in 1988, and set to the string quartet version of Kevin Volans' music. The dance has been revised several times since so it exists in a ... 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
