Joon Dance

The gods smiled on us- 4 stars from ‘A View From The Gods’…

http://viewsfromthegods.co.uk/the-applause-project.shtml

And a really insightful one from Alexandra Hemsely for Belly Flop Magazine…

http://bellyflopmag.com/reviews/applause-project

Open professional class/audition/open rehearsal/workshop- all rolled into one!

In the final week of rehearsal for our production The Applause Project we are holding an open morning. This will include a workshop and an open rehearsal of the piece.

Joon Dance are looking for dancers who may wish to work with us on future projects in London or Wales and invite dancers to bring their CV to class. We would particularly like to meet dancers with contemporary and breakdance experience in light of a specific project but all professional dancers are welcome. We would prefer not to create an audition atmosphere, but simply a fun open class.

Sunday 28th April
Professional Class 10am-12pm
This will consist of some release based technique, some improvisation and learning rep.

Open Rehearsal 12pm-1.30pm
The Applause Project relies a great deal on the audience, take part in our rehearsal, your feedback is very welcome.

Location: Moving East

Cost: £5

To reserve a place please email joondance@gmail.com

The Applause Project is currently being developed into a full length dance theatre experience and will be appearing May 1st-4th at The Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell. We are all hugely excited to take this work to the next level. As always, read about our progress on Facebook or on my Blog courtesy of IdeasTap.

We are also holding a workshop for actors and dancers exploring the themes and process of The Applause Project. More details

Joon’s latest research based performance piece The Applause Project has been awarded an Innovators Fund grant from IdeasTap

IdeasTap 

IdeasTap is a charity that funds, connects and nurtures new creative talent. It was launched in December 2008 as the arts platform of The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust.

The IdeasTap website currently has a membership of over 40,000 young creative people and provides a platform for them to connect, showcase their work and skills, find jobs and promote events and exhibitions of their work.

In the past year IdeasTap has supported young artists with around £200,000 of cash funding. Primarily, this money is distributed through the Ideas Fund – an annual £150,000 funding programme from IdeasTap. The Ideas Fund is a financial and mentoring award that recognises and celebrates young creative talent, and anyone between the ages of 16‐25 can apply. Since 2008 IdeasTap has provided over 3,500 young people with direct funding, expert mentoring or the opportunity to work with a leading arts organisation.

Through its partnership programme, IdeasTap works to deliver these life-changing opportunities with: Magnum Photos, Old Vic New Voices, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, National Student Drama Festival, BFI, HighTide, Midlands Arts Centre, and National Skills Academy Creative & Cultural.

For more information on IdeasTap, please visit www.ideastap.com

Zosia Jo is currently undertaking a research and development process looking at applause as a way in to audience involvement. The result of the first wave of research will be a performance/game created as a means to gather further research into how audiences relate to this custom so inherent in modern western theatre.

Zosia is writing a blog to document the process which is published on Ideas Tap.

The Applause Project will be performed as part of a triple bill, with a commission from Mari Frogner of Nutshell Dance and ‘Just let go’, a play written and directed by Matt Wilkinson and Zosia. Both these pieces will also be on the theme of audience involvement. The show- The Applause Project and other experiments, will take place at Chisenhale Dance Space on Saturday 10th November. Tickets can be purchased HERE.