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Tabula Rasa - Fri & Sat

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Category: Tabula
Published: Friday, 17 October 2008 05:36
Written by Cloud Dance Festival
Cloud Dance Festival: Tabula Rasa
The Courtyard Theatre, N1
4 & 5 July 2008
Reviewed by Angele Spiteri Paris


Standout pieces by headliners Ffin Dance made the audience gasp through the sheer strength and beauty of the dancers conveying the artful choreography of The Cuckoo's Nest and Duetti. The concepts were clearly driven without being trite and the polished technique helped the audience melt into the world the company had created.

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Tabula Rasa - Sunday

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Category: Tabula
Published: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:52
Written by Cloud Dance Festival
CLOUD DANCE FESIVAL – TABULA RASA

Sunday 6 July

A quarterly contemporary dance platform open to both emerging and established dance companies, the July Cloud Dance Festival offered its “largest and most ambitious line up yet”.
The atmosphere at The Courtyard Theatre on a warm Sunday night was made even steamier in the small theatre space brimming with a lively audience there to see the latest in contemporary dance. And this year’s festival, entitled Tabula Rasa, did not fail to deliver.

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Sun: Michelle Harris

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Category: Trouble-Reviews
Published: Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:25
Written by Cloud Dance Festival

From March 26th – 28th , Cloud Dance Festival hosted Trouble & Desire, its 10th festival, celebrated at the Pleasance Theatre in North London. Sunday’s choreographic platform was on the whole particularly blessed by companies boasting strong, well accomplished dancers and inventive movement choices. Therefore, throughout the night, it was frustrating that a lack of diversity in pace and climatic build of kinetic energy, seemed to dampen the overall impact of several works.

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Sat: Laura Bridges

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Category: Trouble-Reviews
Published: Monday, 05 April 2010 18:48
Written by Cloud Dance Festival

Contemporary dance is often met with groans and confused looks, but this audience was both appreciative and intrigued to see more. Trouble and Desire, following suit from the 9 festivals before it, provided a platform for emerging contemporary choreographers and companies to show their work in The Pleasance Theatre, Islington. Offering these opportunities thrice yearly, Cloud Dance Festival is an unfunded organisation working to develop audiences for contemporary dance and is successful in its mission.

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  1. Sun: Lise Smith
  2. Fri: Jennifer Teale
  3. Fri: Debbie Shine
  4. Sat: Debbie Shine

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