Sally McKay

Yorke Dance Project‘s Americana is “four different slices of the American Dream”. I drew Post Etiquette, choreographed by Artistic Director Yolande Yorke-Edgell, set to Alessando Marcello’s concerto in D minor. The dance is inspired by the writings of American author, Emily Post. A dance of high energy, speed and lyricism.

Americana rehearsal

Yorke Dance Project was set up by Yolande Yorke-Edgell after dancing with the Lewitzky Dance Company in Los Angeles for four years. Americana premiers at Merlin Theatre, Frome on 2nd October, with a London premiere on 18th and 19th October at Bloomsbury Theatre.

On Monday I was at Farnham Maltings to draw Stopgap Dance Company during one of the final rehearsals before the Autumn tour begins, opening on Thursday 23rd September at Weymouth College Theatre and in London on 20th November at Robin Howard Dance Theatre. StopGap are an integrated dance company working with dancers with physical or learning disabilities as well as non-disabled dancers. They will perform a double bill, Trespass, choreographed by Thomas Noone and Rob Tannion, the company rehearsed Splinter by Rob Tannion while I was with them.

Laura Jones and Sophie Brown rehearse Splinter 

Chris Pavia

In 2003, I drew the choreographer of Splinter, Rob Tannion with Liam Steel, both former dancers with DV8, during their rehearsals and devising of Sinner the physical theatre debut of Stan Wont Dance. Rob is not only a very gifted choreographer but a beautiful and skilled performer.