A North Wales based dance theatre company will be premiering their latest piece at Venue Cymru this February, before touring Wales. Little Light have joined forces with award-winning author Heather Dyer to bring her classic adventure tale ‘The Flying Bedroom’ to life on stage through dance with innovative digital projection.The story takes the audience on an adventure with Elinor and her magical flying bedroom as they discover new friends, battle pirates and meet a hapless astronaut during their adventures in far off lands, under the sea and into outer space. This creative and inspiring journey, where Elinor discovers her own self-confidence and creativity, will be displayed through dance, acting in English and Welsh, stunning costumes and projections, providing an immersive sensory experience for the whole family. In this wonderful fantasy world Elinor finds ways to overcome her worries which she experiences before she fell to sleep, and she discovers her own self confidence and creativity so that when she awakes she is ready to face her day. Heather Dyer, author of ‘The Flying Bedroom’ said: "Seeing Elinor and her bedroom come to life on stage has been magical. Little Light has taken Elinor's bedroom to new places, too. There's now an underwater adventure - and even an explosion! And the costumes are fantastic." Lisa Spaull, from Little Light said: "We've been wanting to create a longer dance and digital show for families for indoor theatres for a while. Thanks to Arts Council of Wales funding and our partners Venue Cymru and Creu Cymru, we have been able to create The Flying Bedroom. The show is based on the book by Heather Dyer and it lends itself perfectly to a magical adventure tale for children and their families. Our company Little Light is based in North Wales and we are really happy to be creating this show at Venue Cymru and collaborating with fantastic artists across the region." Little Light have had a long standing relationship with Venue Cymru and are currently Dance Associates at the Llandudno venue. “We also run the Family Dance Project – a participatory dance project where families come together to dance and create performance work to a high standard, supported by Venue Cymru as part of their Young Creatives Programme.” This bilingual show is ideal for childrenof 4+ and the running time is approximately 45 minutes. Optional workshops will be taking place after each performance, but numbers will be limited Tour Schedule 11/2/17 1pm & 3.30pm Venue Cymru,Llandudno 01492 872000 Features Audio Describing 20/2/17 1pm & 3.30pm ( Relaxed Performance) Blackwood Miners’ Institute 01495 227206 21/2/17 1pm & 3.30pm The Riverfront, Newport 01633 656757 22/2/17 1pm & 3.30pm Y Ffwrnes,Llanelli 0845 226 3510 24/2/17 1pm ( Suitable for Additional needs) & 3.30pm Neuadd Dwyfor,Pwllheli 01758 704088 Lisa Spaull Lisa is a dancer, choreographer and teacher based in North Wales. With Little Light she has been performing short dance works in schools and across Wales. Little Light shows have been performed at Dance Woking, Dancin’ Oxford, Festival No. 6 and Wales Millennium Centre to name a few. Lisa is the lead artist on the Family Dance Project, originally a People Dancing commission and now a thriving participatory group at Venue Cymru. Lisa has also collaborated on a number of dance films with Rob Spaull which have been shown at Vo’Arte Film Festival, International Film Festival of Burgundy as well as local festivals. She works as a vertical dancer for Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and has spent the last three summers working for Everybody Dance performing in the UK, France and Germany. Lisa is a tutor for Hijinx Academy and Conwy Arts Services. www.lisaspaull.co.uk Rob Spaull With over 20 years experience in the Digital Media and Arts Industries.Rob has many years experience working on youth and community projects leading workshops in music production, video and media skills, computer game development and internet awareness and web design. Rob has worked with Cwmni’r Fran Wen, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Kate Lawrence, Pontio and Bangor University as digital artist / producer and is currently artistic director and co-founder of the award winning Adult Learning Project, Stiwdio Franwen. Heather Dyer Heather Dyer is an award-winning children’s author from North Wales, and local places have inspired the settings in her books. The Flying Bedroom is set in Aberdyfi. The Fish in Room 11 was inspired by The Grand Hotel in Llandudno, and the legend of Beddgelert features in The Girl with the Broken Wing. Heather also teaches creative writing and visits primary schools to promote reading and writing, and develops creative learning projects as part of the Arts Council of Wales’s Lead Creative Schools Scheme. The Flying Bedroom (Firefly Press) was the Welsh Book Council’s bestselling children’s book, summer 2014. www.heatherdyer.co.uk Angharad Jones Angharad Jones grew up on the North Wales coast and trained at Ballet West, Scotland. Whilst training she gained valuable performing and touring experience with the schools company, touring Scotland and China with Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake. Angharad was also a member of National Youth Dance Wales under the direction of Errol White, Theo Clinkard and Odette Hughes. Angharad has worked on various projects as a dancer, most recently with Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Dawns Ysbrydion by Sarah Williams and Eddie Ladd. Angharad is currently based in North Wales where she regularly teaches and facilitates dance classes and workshops for people of all ages. Catherine Ryan Catherine Ryan is a performing artist, choreographer and teacher. She has a keen interest in integrating multiple physical art forms into her practice, focusing on contemporary dance, aerial arts, vertical dance, physical theatre, and circus. Originally from Australia, Catherine has trained in dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Queensland University of Technology. She is the co-founding director of Symbiosis Collective, an inclusive choreographic group. She works between Ireland and the UK with Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre, Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence, The Irish Aerial Creation Centre, and most recently, Little Light Dance and Digital Theatre Femke van Gent Femke van Gent is a Dutch illustrator living on Anglesey since 2002. Femke has been working as freelance illustrator since 1997 and works for several environmental and other organisations in The Netherlands and Wales. She has published her first children's book called The Little Hedgewitch together with Jules Cooper in August 2015. Since 2006 she has collaborated as a visual artist with dancers like Lisa Spaull to make her interactive objects come alive during several exhibitions and performances. Ceri Rimmer Ceri is a physical theatre performer come costume maker. Trained in dance, theatre and circus, Ceri makes costumes to enhance character and movement for theatre productions, site specific performances and community projects. Having worked with dance and circus for the past ten years, Ceri has an understanding for the need of flexibility and durability within costumes which go through a lot of movement. Within these essential needs Ceri feels there is space for costumes to still have style and flair, which she thoroughly enjoys providing! |
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