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Rosie Kay Dance Company creates brave new dance in Birmingham that tours to audiences at home and abroad. We thrill and move a diverse public with relevant, important, political and meaningful dance responding to contemporary society.
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5 SOLDIERS
The Body is the Frontline
In 2008, choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to watch and participate in full battle exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. What came of these observations was the award-winning, five-star work 5 SOLDIERS.
5 SOLDIERS has been touring since its premiere in 2010, you can see the 2017 live stream (commissioned by The Space) for a limited time for free.
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For a limited time we are making 5 SOLDIERS available for free for online viewers. Please make a donation to Rosie Kay Dance Company if you can. Your donation will help fund the research, creation and touring of new works.
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“War from a female perspective packs a punch…taut, visceral, compassionate”THE OBSERVER
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“not only keeps us riveted, but helps close the gap of understanding between the armed forces and the general public.”
THE SCOTSMAN
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THE FUTURE-PROOF ARTIST
A series of podcasts with Rosie Kay in conversation with figures from the academic, military and media spheres.
EP01: Mars El-Brogy
A qualified journalist and experienced video production manager. Mars has produced for BBC Three, BBC Entertainment Development and BBC Worldwide as well as leading new media for International Dance Festival Birmingham.
Recorded in London, August 2018
EP02: Harry Parker
Harry studied History of Art at UCL and joined the British Army when he was 23 serving in Iraq and Afghanistan before going onto work as a civil servant. He now works as a painter and writer, his first novel Anatomy of a Soldier is published by Faber and Faber.
Recorded in London, August 2018
EP03: Adam Curtis
In Episode 3 Simon Preston talks to Rosie Kay and Adam Curtis, BBC journalist and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, about the origins of their fascinating partnership and how conspiracy theories fuelled the collaborative creation of the critically acclaimed MK ULTRA.
Recorded in London, July 2019
EP04: Annie Mahtani
Episode 4 features Rosie Kay in conversation with composer Annie Mahtani talking about their many years of working together and the joy of collaborating on Rosie's latest work, Rosie Kay's Fantasia.
Recorded at Birmingham Hippodrome in September 2019.
EP05: Ben Payne
Episode 5 features Rosie Kay in conversation with dramaturg Ben Payne talking about their working relationship, the role of a dramaturg in dance and the beginnings of Rosie's new production of Romeo & Juliet.
Recorded in London in July 2019.
Could you be a Commissioning Angel? I'm looking for 21 people to support the creation of a new solo with a donation of £250. Find out more https://donorbox.org/commissioning-angels . . . . . #newwork #lockdown #solo #dance #dancedancedance #absolutesolo #absolutesoloII #rosiekay #olderfemaledancer
Totally incredible to think that #10Soldiers premiered this time last year, 2019. What a different year 2020 is. Really appreciate all the support we got from our incredible commissioners @brumhippodrome and our tour venues @captheatres @norwichtheatreroyal and huge thanks to our funders @aceagrams and the partnership with @britisharmy Big shout out to amazing team of talented and hard-grafting dancers @harrietellissx @ellshortbreaduk @lbbradshaw @joshhutchby @alanhunte @garethmole @kev_mem @jonmewett @olly.bell @akshasha_ @jamesrosental And a huge THANK YOU! to everyone who volunteered their Sunday to join us to create the incredible #120soldiers which opened up all levels of the foyer in such a moving and powerful way (esp @monabella135 ) Thanks to creative team @anniemahtani Louis Price, Mike Gunning and producer James Preston. Post show talk with @simonprestn @damekellyholmes @tyroneurch and Harry Parker. Thanks to creative supporters @fiona_js_allan Ben Payne and @francesclarke5845 and rehearsal director @shanelleclemenson and intern @stannners . . . . #dance #army #military #choreography #birminghammade #arts #culture #war #soldier #5Soldiers #10Soldiers #dancer #music #theatre #dancedancedance #uniform #collaboration #inspiration
Last chance to vote for CITY-BREATH-WATER Vote for our short film, part of @flatpackfestival featuring our fantastic Fantasia dancers and shot in our hometown of Birmingham. Directed: Rosie Kay 2020 3mins https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/our-projects/flatpack-2020-online/screendance-shorts/ @carinajanehoward @harrietellissx @shanelleclemenson . . . . . #rosoekaysfantasia #rosiekay #dance #dancedancedance #birmingham #city #water #breath #flatpack #film #filmfestival #vote #competition #homegrown #inspiration #beauty #femaledancers
WATCH TONIGHT! Online premiere of Fantasia 8pm tonight @rosiekaydanceco on @YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7DEXjSwz5DA Then join us for a post show live Q+A with Rosie Kay, cast and composer. . . . . . #dance #dancedance #dancedancedance #contemporary #ballet #tutus #catsuits #music #classical #Vivaldi #bach #Beethoven #Purcell #baroque #fantasy #love #joy #passion #inspire #lockdownarts #performance #beauty #ballet
LAST CHANCE TO WATCH! . Its your last chance to watch the multi-award nominated work MK Ultra before it goes off line again. . MK Ultra, Rosie Kay’s extraordinary work about pop stars, conspiracy theory and the illuminati will be coming down at midnight, Sunday 17th May. . Its had over 6.5k views since we put it online earlier in the lockdown, so see what all the fuss is about, with stunning costumes by Lady Gaga’s designer Gary Card, incredible soundscore mixing Trap music and pop by Annie Mahtani, documentary elements by BBC film-maker Adam Curtis and stunning visuals by Louis Price. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5ldYRuhco&t=1785s . . “a wildly ambitious new work….a postmodern fantasia…MK Ultra asks important questions about the real and the fake, and whether, for a new generation, they’ve become one.” ★★★★ The Observer . . “Extraordinary….a super-saturated sensory feast of movement, sound and imagery” ★★★★ The Financial Times . @shanelleclemenson @harrietellissx @carinajanehoward @lizziejklotz @joaomaioo @lbbradshaw @nicktredrea . . . . . #dance #dancedancedance #contemporarydance #catsuits #illuminati #conspiracy #mkultra #adamcurtis #trapmusic #trap #ballet #pop #music #theatre #art #garycard #fashion #symbols #secrets #britneyspears #popstars #bavaria #discordian #discordianism #reality #fakenews #fakemedia #fakepeople #inspiration #passion
Unfortunately behind a pay wall, but the graphics and the conspiracy theories make me think of #RosieKaysMKUltra made way, way back in 2017, warning of the mass effect of #conspiracytheory affecting #reality:
https://t.co/EJDIEyNvI9
Interesting Annual Lecture by @michaelgove this evening from The Ditchley Foundation. Very sad not to be there is person, but exciting that it can be done virtually to across the globe. https://t.co/VvZ6NIQmZU
Thank you! https://t.co/z7ymVTiCMv
#ProgrammerPicks ⭐️ To celebrate @ArmedForcesDay today watch this moving, dramatic and unique work that looks at how the human body remains essential to war, even in the 21st century. Choreographed by @rosiekaydanceco... https://t.co/1bLX0kmWeM https://t.co/xywtGZeTOs
Thank you. That’s all. https://t.co/pXpfPzMi60
I will never fully process the fact that Cher made a version of West Side Story where she plays all the roles and then somehow got it on television https://t.co/RJqesVxuAg