New Dance Work Has Everyone In Stitches

For Immediate Release

Spinning Sun presents:
LEFT AND RIGHT

New Dance Work Has Everyone In Stitches

Ann Dewey’s contemporary dance company Spinning Sun presents their exuberant new dance work Left and Right in June 2009. The performance is collaboration between award-winning Leigh-based choreographer Ann Dewey, writer Jo Randerson and musician/composer Charlotte Rose. Left and Right features the work of dancers Liz Kirk, Julie van Renen, Geoff Gilson and Sarah Baron.

Taking inspiration from a vibrant artwork, Left and Right is a feast for the eyes with the set saturated in colour and variety, and costumes hand-knitted by a team of 25 knitters from around the globe. Airmail packages from dedicated knitters in New Zealand and abroad have been arriving at Ann’s letterbox, including botanically correct leaves from Ann’s mother, a botanist living in England. Piece by piece the set and costumes have been created after hours of knitting.

Left and Right is an example of Ann's preference for what she describes as 'joyful art,’ performance that is full of energy and a sense of humour - Ann confesses she is not interested in the 'heavy stuff.' Francesca Horsley commented: “You can’t help but feel good after watching her performance” after seeing the Spinning Sun’s Flicker, which had a hugely successful Auckland season in 2008. The Flicker collective will be returning to the work later this month with a tour of New Caledonia from May 23-31st to teach workshops to students, teachers and professional dancers. Ann will create a dance work with some of the young dancers, and audiences will be treated to two performance of Flicker. A national tour of Flicker will be taking place in the second half of this year.

Ann’s aim in making Left and Right was to play with pattern and rhythm; the dancers in the piece are full of energy whipping through the space with precision, speed and a sense of delight. She engages the viewer through a cleverly constructed original world creating an absolute textural treat for audiences: “I am interested in making dances that are full of surprises, little presents and the feeling of pure joy.”

“Going to a dance show choreographed by Ann Dewey with her now distinctive, and I imagine fairly collaborative, artistic ensemble is a bit like going to dinner with a group of old friends… Dewey is a pure artist; her work describes the rich complex mix of stories of a lived-in life: imagination at full play.”
- Flicker reviewed by Felicity Molloy, Theatreview.
Left and Right promises to be a delightfully entertaining new work delivered by one of New Zealand’s most exciting and original dance companies.
Left and Right plays in:

Leigh Hall
4 Cumberland Street, Leigh
June 11th – 14th at 7.30pm
Tickets $15-20
Bookings: 09 422 6560
Enquiries: left@clear.net.nz
Tapac
100 Motions Rd, Western Springs
June 17th - 21st at 8:00pm
Tickets $22-28 (subject to service fees)
Bookings: 09 845 0295 or www.tapac.org.nz
Enquiries: tickets@tapac.org.nz
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