Telling Tales
Since 2005, Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham, Spark Children’s Arts Festival in Leicester and Déda in Derby, have worked together under the collective title of East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium to bring high quality dance and dance theatre for children and family audiences to the East Midlands. In that first year, they introduced the work of Enrique Cabrera (Aracaladanza) and Hélène Blackburn (Cas Public) to their respective festival audiences, and the response was so positive that they began to think about how the could influence the creation of more dance for children in the United Kingdom.
With financial assistance from the Arts Council of England, the Consortium set up a project which involved 6 dancers from the East Midlands working closely with Enrique Cabrera and Hélène Blackburn to develop their dance skills and their ideas about making dance for children. At the end of this project which involved intensive residencies with both choreographers and a period shadowing the work of Aracaladanza in their Madrid-based studio, there were 3 duets created which were tested on audiences in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. The response from audiences was terrific, and in 2008 the three duets were worked up to production level and toured with one new piece created for all 6 dancers to regional venues across the East Midlands under the title of Telling Tales.
In 2010, the Arts Council of England have funded a national tour of Telling Tales during which the dancers will be travelling from St Andrews to Poole, and from Ipswich to Swansea. During their tour, you will be able to follow their experiences and progress on our TELLING TALES NATIONAL TOUR BLOG
For more information about the 2010 dancers and creative team click here
Production Shots
'The Hare and The Tortoise'
Choreographer Helene Blackburn, Dancers: Isabelle Cressy and Ezekiel Oliveira
'It's Mine'
Choreographer Enrique Cabrera
Dancers: Laura Wheatley and David Ogle
'The Golden Goose'
Choreographer Helene Blackburn
Dancers: Amy Butler and Keir Patrick
'Sea of Clothes'
Choreographer Enrique Cabrera
Dancers: The Company
Telling Tales 2010 Tour Dates
ARC
Stockton Arts Centre
Saturday 30 January 2.30pm
01642 525199
www.arconline.co.uk
The Lowry
Salford Quays
Saturday 13 February 1pm
0870 787 5790
www.thelowry.com
Deda
Derby
Sunday 14 February 2pm
01332 370911
www.deda.uk.com
The Electric Theatre
Guilford
Monday 15 February 11am
01483 444789
www.electrictheatre.co.uk
Newbury Corn Exchange
Newbury
Tuesday 16 February 11am & 2.30pm
01635 522733
www.cornexchangenew.com
Jerwood DanceHouse
Ipswich
Friday 19 February & Saturday 20 February 11am & 2pm
01473 295230
www.danceeast.co.uk
The Civic
Barnsley
Sunday 7 March 2.30pm
0845 1800 363
www.barnsleycivic.co.uk
The Byre Theatre
Fife
Wednesday 10 March 1pm
01334 475 0000
www.byretheatre.com
Howden Park Centre
Livingstone
Thursday 11 March 11am
01506 777666
www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk
Macrobert
Stirling
Saturday 13 March 2pm
01786 466666
www.macrobert.org
Laban
London
Friday 19 March 11am
Sunday 21 March 12pm & 4.30pm
020 8469 9500
www.laban.org
Pavilion Theatre
Brighton Dome
Saturday 20 March 11am & 2pm
01273 709709
www.brightondome.org
The Carriageworks
Leeds
Saturday 27 March 2pm
0113 224 3801
www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk
Lakeside Arts Centre
Nottingham
Sunday 28 March 1.30pm & 3.30pm
0115 846 7777
www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Lighthouse
Poole’s Centre for the Arts
Tuesday 6 April 3pm
0844 406 8666
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
The Point
Eastleigh
Tuesday 13 April 1pm & 3pm
023 8065 2333
www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk
The Egg Theatre
Bath
Wednesday 14 April 11.30am & 3pm
01225 448844
www.theatreroyal.org.uk/the-egg
Epsom Playhouse
Sunday 18 April 1.30pm & 3.30pm
01372 742 555
www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Saturday 24 April 3pm
01628 788997
www.nordenfarm.org
South Street Arts Centre
Reading
Sunday 25 April 2pm
0118 960 6060
www.readingarts.com
The Telling Tales programme and linked Aracaladanza performances have been made possible with funding from Three Cities Create and Connect, European Regional Development Fund and Arts Council England East Midlands.
