Daniel Somerville

Three Works

Dates: 7th July at 9.30pm-10.30pm and 20th, 22nd & 24th July at 11pm-midnight
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Daniel Somerville presents three solo movement performances. Dark, emotional landscapes of sexuality and vulnerability that combine the focus of Butoh, political potency of neo-burlesque and extended emotions of operatic performance. Using autobiographical material, these three works offer a journey of reflection.

“The sheer power of the performance left the entire audience unable to move or speak… exquisite control and emotion… breathtaking stuff.”

Bill Parslow, Total Theatre

I’m Leaving You is a solo movement work that imagines the internal emotional landscape of a person in the second after someone says to them: “I’m leaving you.” This second is extended over 8 minutes of Butoh inspired movement.

“Intense study of human emotion”

Monica Perdoni, The Latest

First Piano Concerto is a solo dance/performance art work that explores issues of one-ness – being alone in a crowd and an individual’s journey to self acceptance and autonomy in society; being at one (in concert) with the world.
 

“An enthralling and sometimes frightening dance routine that rooted out our fear of being alone… incredibly brave… his nakedness seemed to expose us all.”

Richard Pilgrim, Nottingham Visual Arts

My Egypt Stories is an opera, in three acts played concurrently, for one performer and recorded and collected sounds. The work includes movement, voice and narration overlaid with music. Various personal associations with Egypt are merged with the associations engendered by representations of Egypt in European opera.
 

“There were touches of Pina Bausch about it… startling and intense… Tops Marks"

Eric Page, GScene

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