Performance 2010
On this page you will find details of choreography by adam benjamin currently being performed by different companies as well as information on improvised performances with kirstie simson, 5 Men Dancing (Europe) and with Chieko Matsumura (Japan). For more information on dates and bookings please contact the individual companies below.
Improvisation in Performance / Japan 2010
Second Time Broken Remix Dance Project
South Africa
Adam has been performing with Chieko Matsumura in Japan since 2003. The performances take place in different settings each year in the city of Maebashi in Gunma Province. The next performance will be Easter 2010
contact
or for Japanese speakers please email:
Remix Dance Project
Oppenheimer Institute Building
Centre for African Studies
University of Cape Town
Engineering Mall, Upper Campus
Rondebosch
7701
Tel: (+27) 21 650 2538
Fax (+27) 21 686 1505
Angels of Incidence Scottish Dance Theatre
Although the full version of Angels is no longer in the rep, SDT still use excerpts from the piece. contact SDT for details.
"The most beautifully crafted work of this impressive season(Johannesburg Dance Umbrella 2006) has to be Adam Benjamin's Second Time Broken, performed with grace and expertise by Cape Town's Remix Dance Project"
The Tonight
photo Kenny Bean
“An extraordinary example of integrated dance. Darkly lyrical, epic yet intimate, it flows like a disorienting, episodic dream”.
Donald Hutera, THE TIMES
photos Omi Toshihiro
Slight
Choreographed by Adam Benjamin
The FATHoM Project
For Information on 2009 tour click here
Performing as part of the TaPRA conference at Plymouth University
7th September 2009 and Decibel showcase in Manchester.
The FATHoM Project
utube link
A Holding Space By Russell Maliphant and Adam Benjamin
Danced by Junaid Jemal Sendi and Addisu Demissie from the Adugna Dance Theatre in Addis Abbaba
for dates see www.dance-united.com and
photos Hugo Glendinning
photo by oran milstein
photo Tania Scott
“Strength, exuberant energy and a rooted connection to the ground”
Copyright 2009 Josephine Leask http://www.danceinsider.com/f2009/f0402_1.html
Box Office
Peninsula Arts
University of Plymouth
Roland Levinsky Building
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AA
Telephone: 01752 58 50 50
About Time Friday 25th June
Kirstie Simson
Adam Benjamin
and Kenzo Kusuda
This lecture demonstration is open to the public, tickets are free but must be reserved. For further information contact:
Peninsula Arts
University of Plymouth
6 Portland Villas
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AA
Tel:01752 238684
Holding a free lecture demo at Plymouth University
Russell Maliphant and Adam Benjamin Mon 2nd Feb Roland Levinsky Bldg
Choreographic conversations.
‘… with holding’ an improvisation by
Russell Maliphant and Adam Benjamin.
Holding (work in progress)
Commissioned by DanceUnited and Sadlers Wells
choreographed by Russell Maliphant & Adam Benjamin.
Danced by Junaid Jemal Sendi and Addisu Demissie from the Adugna Dance Theatre in Addis Abbaba. www.dance-united.com
Holding forth
An open discussion with the two choreographers and the dancers about the creation of the duet Holding, the role of improvisation in the creative process, and the story behind the work.
5 Men Dancing
Next performance Plymouth Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Improvisation
Rick Nodine
Dan Watson
Adam Benjamin
Thomas Mettler
Christian Panouillot
Jordi Cortés
.......... and maybe you.
Next performance Plymouth Wednesday 22nd September 2010
5 Men Dancing gather periodically to perform without script and without steps, with a fierce commitment to unstructured improvisation. The work is therefore edgy, unpredictable, poignant and often very funny.
for more info on performances click here
