More about 'The Romantic Revolutionaries'
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WELCOME to the exciting new Romantic Revolutionaries project!
The Romantic Revolutionaries are an innovational London-based dance group who are intent on taking the concept of artistic dance and movement to new levels.
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Rhiannon Brace and Adam Speers Cukrowski met at Aberystwyth University and have continued to support each others artistic dance work since they graduated; Rhiannon Brace and Nicola Higgins met at The Place in Euston, London.
The 'Romantic Revolutionaries' name has its origins in a piece devised by Rhiannon eight years ago titled Dedicated to the Romantic Revolutionaries (which, in itself, was taken from a dedication in a book of Arnold Wesker plays).
The 'Romantic Revolutionaries' have been enjoying a break from developing new work since Songs of Sorrow was performed last year. Each member has been involved in developing their training further and performing in other projects.
Rhiannon has recently been performing at 'The Place' in New Art Club’s The Visible Men. You can read more about the rehearsals and performances through a series of articles that Rhiannon has been writing called “Visible People Speak” on the link below: -
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(to get to the next article, click on 'Visible People Speak,' part two etc, on the left of the article.)
Songs of Sorrow
Songs of Sorrow draws strongly upon the disciplines of mime, classical ballet, clowning, contemporary dance and drama whilst being none of these things entirely.
The title of the piece comes from Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, 'Sorrowful Songs,' which had a profound effect on the development of the performance. Dvorak's Song to the Moon is also used to express the sorrow of Pierrot. The sense of sorrow in the piece is made more poignant by the contrasting opening of joy and energy, using music from Delibes' Coppelia.
The choreographer is interested in the way an actor takes on choreography and the interaction between performers of different disciplines. The three characters of the dancer, the actor and the pierrot clown in Songs of Sorrow emerged through playing to the strengths of the performers.
Choreographer: Rhiannon Brace.
Dancers: Nicola Higgins, Adam Speers Cukrowski and Rhiannon Brace.
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