Manila,
Philippines – Bestsellers like Haruki Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” have
long inspired film, tv and theater adaptations worldwide – but dance? Touted as
a “rising star” by Britains’ national daily, the Independent, British
choreographer James Cousins dared to.
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| For promotion purpose only. Photo by Benedict Johnson |
British Council, PETA
Theater Center and the Cultural Center of the Philippines are delighted to
present the Asian premiere of British choreographer James Cousins’ contemporary
dance works: the highly-acclaimed There
We Have Been and its sequel Without
Stars. Shows are on Thursday,
October 9 (8pm) and Friday, October 10 (3pm and 8pm) at the PETA Theater Center.
The twin-bill production will next tour Malaysia and Vietnam this year.
There We Have
Been focuses on the first half of Murakami’s novel, wherein two dancers
enact the development of relationships between the novel’s protagonist and his
late best friend's girlfriend. This duet sees English performers Aaron Vickers
and Lisa Welham intensely folding, wrapping and balancing, with the female
character never once touching the floor.
Without Stars tells the other
half of the story. Framed from the male protagonists’ point of view, the piece
for three dancers tells the story of a man on the brink of losing the life of
his love. The dance piece features
international contemporary dancers Albert Garcia (Spain), Chihiro Kawasaki (Japan)
and Georges Hann (UK).
James Cousins trained at
the London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS), graduating in 2010 with a first
class honors degree. As a performer, major highlights of his career are dancing
for the international tour and film adaptation of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
and performing for the 2012 film Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley and
Jude Law.
As a choreographer, Cousins
has created numerous works that have been performed throughout London and
abroad to great acclaim. In August 2011, he became the first winner of the
inaugural Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Choreographer Award. There We Have Been was the resulting
showcase piece from the said award.
Cousins’ twin bill
production is a proof of arts’ capacity to inspire more art, bridging cultures
through creativity and talent.
Tickets are Php 450.00. For tickets contact
Ticket World at 891-999 or Ticketworld.com or contact the PETA Theater Center
at 725 - 6244, 0915-4933728 or email
peta.theatercenter@gmail.com
About the PETA Theater Center
The PETA Theater Center is owned and managed by the
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). PETA continues to be a
trailblazer; developing original Filipino productions and educating its
audiences through meaningful and timely creative collaborations.
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media:
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About the British Council
The British Council is the UK’s
international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural
relations. We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and
other countries and build trust between them worldwide.
We work in more than 100 countries and our
7,000 staff – including 2,000 teachers – work with thousands of professionals
and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English,
sharing the Arts and delivering education and society programmes.
We are a UK charity governed by Royal
Charter. A core publically-funded grant-in-aid provides less than 25 per cent
of our turnover, which last year was £781m. The rest of our revenues are earned
from services which customers around the world pay for, through education and
development contracts and from partnerships with public and private
organisations. All our work is in pursuit of our charitable purpose and
supports prosperity and security for the UK and globally.
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