Border Tales
Treated with trademark physical and verbal wit, Border Tales looks at multi-cultural living in the UK seen through the eyes of the characters on stage. Luca Silvestrini turns his sharply satirical gaze to stereotypical thinking, tolerance and where lines are drawn between 'them' and 'us'.
Seated in the round to bring you closer to the action, a cast of international dancers and local performers will entertain and provoke you with this amusing yet poignant look at how we perceive ourselves and each other.
Commissioned by Bath Dance, ICIA Bath, DanceEast, DanceXchange, Dance Manchester and The Place. Supported by modul-dance and the Culture Programme of the EU, Greenwich Dance, Yorkshire Dance, The Place Choreodrome, Trinity Laban, British Council and in co-production with tanzhaus nrw in the frame of modul-dance.
Here's a link to a video of Luca talking about his thoughts on the piece while researching Border Tales in Europe in 2013.
Audience members described Border Tales as:
"stunning, brilliant"
"simply the best dance performance I've seen in my life"
Production Credits
Conceived and directed by
Luca Silvestrini
Devised and performed by
Eryck Brahmania
Salah El Brogy
Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Stephen Moynihan
Femi Oyewole / Temitope Ajose-Cutting
Yuyu Rau
Stuart Waters / Andrew Gardiner
Musician
Anthar Kharana
Composer
Andy Pink
Lighting design
Jackie Shemesh
Costume stylist
Valentina Golfieri
Assistant to Director
Patsy Browne-Hope
Valentina Golfieri
Kip Johnson
Apprentice Dancer
Jodie Honeybourne
Technical Manager
Joe Boxshall
Photography
Chris Nash
Jane Hobson
Voice coaches
Emma Bernard
Melanie Pappenheim
Jonathan Williams
Company Manager
Francesca Moseley
Tour history
ICIA, Bath
28 November-1 December 2013
DanceEast, Ipswich
12-15 February 2014
The Place, London
26 February-15 March 2014
DanceXchange, Birmingham
13-17 May 2014
Greenwich Dance, London
22-23 May 2015
The Point, Eastleigh
Thursday 2 November 2017
Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth
Friday 3 November 2017
The House, Plymouth
Saturday 4 November 2017
Mumford Theatre, Cambridge
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Forest Arts Centre, West Midlands
Thursday 9 November 2017
Lakeside Theatre, Nottingham
Friday 10 November 2017
Curve, Leicester
Saturday 11 November 2017
The Place, London
Tue 14 - Sat 18 November 2017
ARC, Stockton-upon-Tees
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Teatro delle Muse, Ancona, Italy
Friday 24 November 2017