They also offer a range of spaces in support of local artists and companies for the research and development of artistic projects, including Hijinx Theatre. Like most art and entertainment venues, the last year has been one of the most difficult times for the organisation as they were forced to close their doors. Mr Eagle commented: “Closure has had a massive impact on us. We are an arts organisation that generates almost all of its income through ticket sales, classes, hires, café bar and other activity. The small remaining amount comes from Arts Council of Wales and is used to support our arts and education programme. Our capacity to earn income literally stopped overnight and that was profoundly scary.”
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Richard Chappell Dance Announces 2021 Season
The season includes Infinite Ways Home, two original dance films, and a large-scale intergenerational participation project.by BWW News Desk
Richard Chappell Dance has announced a new season of multidisciplinary dance, featuring the premiere of a new full-length production, Infinite Ways Home at Exeter Northcott on 24 & 25 September and CULTVR Lab, Cardiff on 2 October; two original dance films shot at the picturesque Cockington Court and made available to watch on YouTube and via Swindon Dance s digital platform; and a large-scale intergenerational participation project across Exeter.
Opening the season on the 24 March is a timely filmed reimagining of the Company s 2018 work Still Touch. The piece explores the weight felt on the body when a person is denied human contact and the lightness that can be found through connecting with people. Filmed by Dan Martin, the work sees two dancers perform alongside two human sculptures by renowne
A new creative centre for young people in Bangor received a triple funding boost this week. Nyth, the new home for Welsh language theatre company Frân Wen, has secured £3.21m for the transformation of the grade-II listed St Mary s Church in the city centre. The project has been allocated £1.8m from the National Lottery, administrated through Arts Council of Wales, £1.2m through Cyngor Gwynedd by Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns programme, £200,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation and £10,000 from The Pennant Foundation. Once complete, the new centre will become a creative hub where young people and artists can develop their ideas and create exceptional and relevant theatre that speaks from North West Wales to the rest of the country and beyond.