Hosted and facilitated by John Ashford, until recently Theatre Director at The Place in London, and now Director of Aerowaves – dance across Europe.
Speakers joining John on the Producer Panel include:
- Claire Verlet, until recently Director of the Centre National de la Danse, now responsible for the dance programme of the two theatres of the Theatre de la Ville in Paris
- Guy Gypens, until recently Manager of Rosas, now programme Director of Kaaitheater in Brussels (Fri & Sat sessions only)
- Francesc Casadesus, Director of the Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona (Sat & Sun sessions only)
- Yvona Kreuzmannova, Director of the dance venue Ponec and the festival Tanec Praha in Prague
- Martin Wechsler, Programme Director for the two theatres of The Joyce in New York
British Dance Edition rightly fulfils many functions for national and international dance communities, but first and foremost it is a promotional platform. It may not declare itself as a place for commercial transaction with “Buyers” and “Sellers” – but those two broad groups nevertheless need an organised space where they can introduce themselves to each other. The Morning After provides that space.
The subject of The Morning After sessions will be the works of the previous day, and issues that arise from them. Each day, John Ashford will chair two discussions separated by a short break. During the first discussion, he’ll interview each of the choreographers in turn, and draw them all into a general discussion about the work of the day. In the second part, he’ll seek the opinions of their work from four overseas producers, and build a wider debate about current practice from the areas of disagreement where oppositions reveal truths.
The artists will change each day, the producers will remain constant, thereby building a vocabulary of shared reference as the viewing of works accumulates. There will be some time allocated for questions and opinions from the audience although this will be limited (there’s a more extensive opportunity to talk to artists in Meet the Artists, 11am-12noon each day at StageSide).