Verve, the touring postgraduate company of NSCD, presents a thrilling, physically-charged work by James Wilton, winner of the Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest 2010, utilising his popular blend of dance with martial arts and capoeira. Jerwood award winning choreographer Ben Wright combines dance with music and comedy to produce a series of heart-warming episodes. The programme is complemented by a quirky and technical work by Frauke Requardt, Work Place Artist and Associate Artist at Greenwich Dance. And completing the evening is a fresh and direct piece of dance theatre by Angus Balbernie.

EDge features 11 exceptional dancers from around the world performing an electric programme of dance.

An evening with EDge will feature a selection from a repertoire of works by award-winning, internationally renowned choreographers. This includes specially commissioned new works by Swedish dancemaker Helena Franzén and UK based dance artist James Cousins. The repertoire also includes a restaging of Tim Rushton’s Silent Steps first performed by Danish Dance Theatre in 2005 alongside Hofesh Shechter’s Splinter, originally created for EDge in 2005.

For the first time EDge will perform works created by two of the company’s members, Mansoor Ali and Cesilie Kverneland, who were selected for the new role of dancer/choreographer within the company.

Featuring complex rhythms, shifting bodies and landscapes, you’ll see fascinating worlds unfurl on stage. This collection of work from leading and up-and-coming dancemakers is directed by Jeanne Yasko and performed by some of the artform’s most talented young artists. Their performance displays the energy and dedication applied to their training and embodies the artistry and technical ability they’ve honed through their education.

These performances give you a fresh opportunity to watch the future of dance today and your engagement forms an essential part of their development as professional dance artists.

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Some performance include post-performance insight session. The session gives you an opportunity to discuss the themes of the work, understand the creative process used by the commissioned choreographers and learn more about life as a professional dancer, for details view: www.theplace.org.uk/edge

Book by Larry Gelbart, Lyrics by David Zippel, Music by Cy Coleman