Pavilion Dance South West’s Spring Season 2018

www.pdsw.org.uk

 ROMEO AND JULIET (LIVE) (BOLSHOI ON SCREEN)

Sun 21 Jan, 3pm

A heart-rending production from the Bolshoi Ballet, In Verona, Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love while their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy…

Tickets: £13.50/£11.50

MAY-WE-GO-ROUND? by The Hiccup Project (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 1 Feb, 7.30pm

Honest, provocative and laugh out loud funny, multi-award winning May-We-Go-Round? introduces you to Cristina and Chess as they jangle through the merry-go-round of romance, taking you along for the bittersweet ride!

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8

PARKINSON’S DANCE ROLL-OUT (FOREST ARTS CENTRE)

Feburary 2018

Brand new weekly Parkinson’s Dance class in partnership with Forest Arts Centre in New Milton The Parkinson’s Dance class aims to provide a fun, stimulating and supportive environment through which people with Parkinson’s can explore and develop movement and expression through the medium of dance through the Parkinson’s Dance Science model.

Price: £3.50

Venue: Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, BH25 6DS

THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS (BOLSHOI ON SCREEN)

Sun 4 Feb, 3pm

As he arrives in Paris for the first time, the young and naive Armand is utterly captivated after meeting the ravishing and most desirable courtesan Marguerite Gautier. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate yet doomed love…

Tickets: £13.50/£11.50

A CHORUS LINE (1985) (ON SCREEN)

Thu 8 Feb, 7.30pm

One of the great dance film musicals, A Chorus Line combines a selection of unforgettable songs with the more serious explorations into the lives of professional Broadway performers: the stress of auditions and the fear of failing; the realities of juggling multiple jobs and the dangers of injury, all sprinkled with the fairy-dust of a bitter-sweet love story. Cinematic gold!

Tickets: £8/£6 | Rated 12

MAKE YOUR MOVE (TAKE PART)

Half Term Fun for ages 5 to 13

Tue-Thu, 13-15 Feb, 10am-4pm

We always look forward to our half term activities, bringing vibrant dancers aged 5 to 13 through our doors to experience new dance styles, learn new skills and celebrate their creativity with some of our incredible dance teachers. For Spring 2018 they will be making a dance in three days for friends and family to come and watch at 4pm on Thursday 15 February.

Tickets: £65 for three full days or £12 for the morning drop-in session

NOW YOU SEE IT by Antonia Grove/Probe (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 15 Feb, 7.30pm

Written, choreographed and performed by Antonia Grove, Now You See It is a dialogue between wonder and reason, reality and imagination, small ideas and mammoth consequences. It marries straight talking dance with story-telling, anecdotes and a little bit of magic.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8 | Suitable for ages 14+

THE DOODLE DANCE SHOW by Anatomical (FAMILY DANCE)

Sun 18 Feb, 11am & 3pm

Can you dance a scribble, or draw a sneeze?

The Doodle Dance Show is back after a sell-out performance in 2015 with a magical journey of friendship and adventure. Grab a pen and kick off your shoes for this playful, interactive story-show that will get the whole family drawing and moving, doodling and imagining.

Tickets: £7.50 | Suitable for ages 4+

U DANCE SOUTH WEST (TAKE PART)

Sun 25 Feb

The South West’s regional U.Dance platform is a special inclusive and diverse performance opportunity, bringing together groups of young dancers aged 11 to 19 years (disabled dancers up to the age of 25 are eligible to apply) from across the region.

Tickets: £7

TEN by ACE Dance and Music (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 1 Mar, 7.30pm

At a time when more and more people find themselves having to leave their own lands, the concepts of ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ have become unsettlingly absent to millions across the world. Inspired by global migration, TEN is centred around the relationship between two brothers.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8

THE COMPANY (2003) (ON SCREEN)

Thu 8 Mar, 7.30pm

Loretta “Ry” Ryan (Neve Campbell) is an aspiring ballerina performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. The drama looks at the lives of others in the company, including the passionate artistic director, Alberto Antonelli (Malcolm McDowell), and features many actual Joffrey dancers.

Tickets: £8/£6 | Rated 12

ECHOES & I IMAGINE by Aakash Odedra Company (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 15 Mar, 7.30pm

Two very different performances by one and the same dancer, Echoes is a stunning approach to the traditional art form of Kathak. Aakash Odedra dances across a stage invaded by cascades of bells. I Imagine is an exploration of the dynamism of dance theatre by embodying three generations of immigrants through masks and acting.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8

ORIGINS YOUTH DANCE PLATFORM (TAKE PART)

Sat 17 & Sun 18 Mar, 6pm

Origins is a super sub-regional performance opportunity for young dancers to perform on a professional stage and meet other young people who also love to dance. Groups from Wiltshire, Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth & Isle of Wight, Dorset and Bournemouth & Poole are invited to apply.

Tickets: £6

SPRNG REVUE (TAKE PART)

Sun 25 Mar, 6pm

With select performances from over 40 classes, the Revue celebrates all of the fun, laughter and hard work that happens right here in our dance studios throughout the spring term.

Tickets: £8

PLAN B FOR UTOPIA by Joan Clevillé Dance (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 29 Mar, 7.30pm

Plan B for Utopia is a show about how we choose to live our lives: about having a dream, giving it up and trying again, but above all, it’s a story about friendship.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8 | Suitable for ages 12+

GISELLE (BOLSHOI ON SCREEN)

Sun 8 Apr, 3pm

When Giselle learns that her beloved Albrecht is promised to another woman, she dies of a broken heart in his arms. While Albrecht grieves, she returns from the dead as a Wili, a vengeful spirit meant to make unfaithful men dance until death…

Tickets: £13.50/£11.50

TORO by DeNada Dance Theatre (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 12 Apr, 7.30pm

DeNada Dance Theatre presents choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra’s TORO, a Hispanic take on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, boldly dealing with the eroticism of the story and set in a circus sideshow of a dystopian South America, in a heady world of conquistadors, female bulls, virgin lands and colonized animals in drag.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8 | Suitable for ages 14+

PARKINSON’S AWARENESS DAY (TAKE PART)

Fri 13 Apr, 11am-5pm

Join us for this free day event in the middle of PDUK’s Parkinson’s Awareness Week. An opportunity to experience Parkinson’s Dance and other art-based activities.

FREE

WHITE NIGHTS (1985) (ON SCREEN)

Thu 19 Apr, 7.30pm

Famous for the great uncut scene of Mikhail Baryshnikov doing eleven pirouettes for eleven rubles, White Nights is the story of Nikolai Rochenko (Baryshnikov), a defected Russian dancer whose plane is forced to land on Soviet territory.

Tickets: £8/£6 | Rated 15

PENGUINS by Birmingham Repertory Theatre (FAMILY DANCE)

Fri 20 & Sat 21 Apr, 11am & 2.30pm (Fri) 11.30am (Sat)

Roy and Silo are two male chinstrap penguins. Just like the other penguin pairs at Central Park Zoo, they walk, play, swim and dance together.When the duo decide to try and hatch a rock in place of an egg, they find themselves on an adventure that could mean raising a chick for real!

Tickets: £7.50 | Suitable for ages 3+

PROMISE OF DEPARTURE by Panta Rei Danseteater (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Thu 26 Apr, 7.30pm

Promise of Departure looks at how vulnerability and strength come to play in the relationships we have, and the struggles we are forced to overcome. It explores the promise of connection and the departure from our comfort zone, and challenges the dancers to share personal stories and push their physicality over and over again.

Tickets: £14/£12/£10/£8

REAWAKENING DANCE (TAKE PART)

Monthly classes, every second Friday of the month, 1.30-3pm 

Weekly from Fri 27 April, 1.30 – 3pm

Reawakening dance classes are specifically designed for people living with Dementia/memory loss and their companions. Join Neuro-Physiotherapist Dr Sophia Hulbert and dance artist Jasmine Taylor to explore themes that allows us to spark our imagination, extend our movement potential and find the joy together and through the bodies we are in that day. This includes a post class cuppa and cake social.

FREE

FLAMENCO EDITION ‘18 – Sinergia by Manuel Liñán Company (PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)

Sat 5 May, 7.30pm

Sinergia expresses the inner feelings and emotions of its creator and dancer Manuel Liñán, one of the most celebrated flamenco dancers of the moment. With his personal and innovative approach to flamenco, Liñán alights the stage with raw power, determination and artistry. The artists interact with dance and music to magical and electrifying effect.

Tickets: £18/£16/£14/£12

AL FRESCO TEA DANCE (TAKE PART)

Sun 20 May, 2-4pm

Come and join Pavilion Dance and the BSO six-piece Dance Band as part of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchesta’s 125th Anniversary celebrations. Enjoy ballroom dance classics from Sinatra and Gershwin through to Elvis and The Beatles. Couples, singles and groups of friends of all ages and abilities are invited to get involved and enjoy this free, live event.

FREE

FLYING COW by De Stilte (FAMILY DANCE)

Sun 27 May, 3pm

Playtime is fun yet serious at the same time. Once you’re totally immersed, anything can happen…

Flying on the wings of their imagination, two girls and a boy embark on a standoff: because when there are three of you, who plays with whom?

Tickets: £7.50 | Suitable for ages 4+

COPPELIA (LIVE) (BOLSHOI ON SCREEN)

Sun 10 Jun, 4pm

Swanhilda notices her fiancé Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and Swanhilda decides to teach Franz a lesson…

Tickets: £13.50/£11.50

SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE (TAKE PART)

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jun, 6pm

Spotlight is a fun and friendly platform for local dance groups and schools from Bournemouth, Poole and the wider Dorset area. The young people performing are bright, and full of creativity which we are thrilled to share with a local audience!

Tickets: £6

Pavilion Dance South West also hold 40+ classes in various styles for children, adults and over 50s. 


For more information on classes and events, visit www.pdsw.org.uk or call 01202 203630

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