Chelsea Art Collective - April 12th St Lukes Hall - 7.45

CATS (Chelsea Association of Tenants) presents CHELSEA ARTS COLLECTIVE (CAC)

CAC is a new grassroots initiative by painter Lilia Pegado http://www.liliapegado.com/ and arts journalist/curator Donald Hutera (The Times, etc) donaldhutera@yahoo.com

Welcome to St Luke’s Hall and tonight’s programme which comes to you on a lo-fi wing and a non-denominational prayer. The bill (order not yet determined at press time) for April 12:

‘Empty, Theatre, Dream’ (15-20 mins approx.) finds the London-based dance company Corali in a poetically playful place into which the audience is also invited.  Performers: Graham Evans, Housni Hassan (DJ), Bethan Kendrick and Jackie Ryan. Devised by them plus Jacobus Flynn and Sarah Archdeacon. Animation by Merlin Evans. www.corali.org.uk 

‘Chase’ by Simon Rice's troupe of mature ballet dancers Sage (4 mins] features Zelide Jeppe, Cecil Rowe, Carol Mercer, Gilly Wesley, Jill Raven, Teresa Earle, Olivia Lousada and Catriona Maccoll. Choreography by Fionuala Power. Music: Ron Ford.                      www.sagedancecompany.com

A work-in-progress freshly made for CAC, ‘The Panel’ (15 mins) is a consideration of the interfaces between physical and verbal language, dance and the consideration of dancing. It’s an archaeology of dance excavated in the present by Jia-Yu Corti and Lizzy Le Quesne in collaboration with director Michael Popper.

‘Thunder comes rushing forth from the earth again’ (10-15 mins approx.) is by the butoh-trained cross-disciplinary performer Florencia Guerberof.

“When, at the beginning of summer, thunder comes rushing forth from the earth again, and the first thunderstorm refreshes nature, a prolonged state of tension is resolved. Joy and relief make themselves felt. So too, music has power to ease tension within the heart."
www.florenciaguerberof.com and www.asianperformingartsuk.com
‘Laura Laura’ (15 mins) is a sequel and/or companion piece to ‘William William’ by immigrants and animals (Jamila Johnson-Small & Mira Kautto). www.immigrantsandanimals.com

CAC Details: Doors open 7.45pm. Show time 8pm. Suitable for ages 12+. All performances in this first phase of CAC are FREE but your donations are gratefully received and will help us to continue to operate and pay the artists. Please talk to them – and us – about your experience tonight. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!

Future performances:  CAC is happily planning two days of activities May 30 & 31. More info will be available in advance at http://www.catsinfo.co.uk/ and elsewhere. For directions to St Luke’s Hall please see at http://www.chelseaparish.org/stlukeshall.htm 

CAC has been funded by City Living, Local Life / Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We also gratefully acknowledge technical support from Chelsea Theatre and support from The Chelsea Association of Tenants.