Sept 08:
Sun Oct 10 2010
Susanne Thomas becomes Director of Choreography at Dartington Campus, University College Falmouth
Jan 09:
Sat Oct 9 2010
Sophie Jump becomes Joint Honorary Secretary of the Society of British Theatre Designers.
Feb 09:
Fri Oct 8 2010
Susanne leads site-specific performance workshop for professional dancers in Nottingham on invitation by Dance 4.
May 09:
Thu Oct 7 2010
Sophie Jump designs KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT and KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON at the Cabinet War Rooms for Cardboard Citizens.
July 09:
Wed Oct 6 2010
Artistic Director Susanne Thomas travels to Korea and Japan to work with Homo Ludens performance company in Seoul and to make links with dancers and institutions/venues in Tokyo. The 2-week residency in Seoul includes a presentation of the seven sisters group’s site-specific performance portfolio to a group of artists, venue and festival directors at Seoul Theatre Centre and impromptu performances with Homo Ludens in public spaces in Seoul.
Homo Ludens is currently fundraising for Susanne to return to Seoul in 2010 to create Behind The Scenes for a performance festival in Seoul.
August 09:
Tue Oct 5 2010
Sophie Jump designs short film HEADSPACE.
September 09:
Mon Oct 4 2010
seven sisters group presents ASTERION at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival. The ‘performance walk’ is available during opening hours from 19-27 September with live performance element on Thursday 24th between 2-5pm.
Sophie Jump designs LED EASY for Cardboard Citizens.
Coming up in 2010:
Sun Oct 3 2010
April 2010:
seven sisters group will be celebrating its 15½ anniversary in April. We are planning an evening of events and party with a variety of works, installations and screenings by past and current members of the group.
September 2010:
seven sisters group has been invited back to the V&A to produce a performance piece for the next London Design Festival week at the V&A in September 2010.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Sun Dec 14 2008
Sophie Jump has become Associate Director of seven sisters group in January 07. A founding member of the company in 1994, she has been the designer for most productions.
Over recent years she has become a main collaborator in the development of ideas and the devising processes. She has now joined Artistic Director Susanne Thomas in the planning, management and artistic development of seven sisters group.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Sat Dec 13 2008
seven sisters group is currently conducting research at theatres in the UK and abroad for the development of a new site-specific performance project called Behind The Scenes. Research weeks have so far taken place at the Tron Theatre Glasgow, The Place London and Teatre Municipal de Roses in Spain, South Bank Centre London and Theatre Royal York. The research is funded by the Arts Council of England and University of Surrey
Interested artists, programmers or promoters please contact admin@sevensistersgroup.com for detailed info.
SEVEN SISTERS GROUP AT THE V&A
Fri Dec 12 2008
DESIGN TO REPRESENT BRITAIN
Designer and Associate Director Sophie Jump exhibited designs for The Forest (2004) and Boxed (2006) at the UK's major theatre design exhibition, Collaborators: UK Design For Performance 2003-2007 between 10 January - 4 February 2007.
The Boxed exhibit was chosen to be shown at the Prague Quadrennial of world theatre design (PQ07) as part of the Great Britain exhibit, and will be on display at the V&A museum until 18 November 2008
http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/index.html
ON TOUR
Thu Dec 11 2008
COW – THE UDDER WAY
Artistic Director Susanne Thomas was part of a multidisciplinary team who delivered a winning entry to the Shrinking Cities competition (commissioned by the German Cultural Foundation and Archplus magazine). The site-specific live performance intervention took place 18 - 26 June 2005 in Toxteth, Liverpool, UK.
The exhibit went on tour to:
* Italy, Venice, Biennale di Venezia: Part of 10. International Biennale for Architecture, 10/09 to 19/11/06
* USA, New York, Pratt Manhattan Gallery / Van Alen Institute, 11/06 to 02/07
* USA, Detroit: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills / Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), 02/07 to 03/07
The Shrinking Cities exhibition is now on show in Liverpool and Manchester and "Cow – The Udder Way" will be exhibited at the Site Gallery in Albert Dock (next to the Tate) and at the renew rooms from November 07 until January 08.
On 17 Feb 08 the exhibit will open in Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Ostwall 7, 44135 Dortmund (Germany), as part of the exhibition "International Analysis", where it will be on display until 27 April 08.
The opening of the exhibiton „Interventions“ will take place on February 26th, 7 pm, in the Liebfrauenkirche, König-Heinrich-Platz, 47051 Duisburg (Germany), where our exhibit will be on view until 11 May 08.
These will be the last stopovers of the exhibition in Germany, just before its final showing in St.Petersburg (Russia).
For project info visit:
http://www.theudderway.info
ASTERION AT THE V&A
Fri Oct 10 2008
Friday Late Collaborate
29 Feb 2008
6.30pm - 10pm
V&A Museum
Join seven sisters group on a video walk around the Cast Court at the V&A and experience the museum in a different light. Commissioned by the V&A for Friday Late Collaborate, Asterion is based on a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, The House Of Asterion.
On the night simply sign up to borrow an ipod, go to room 107, press play and follow the ten minute route shown on the screen. Please come early to avoid disapointment as there are limited places available.
The walk is designed to be experienced alone.
Asterion is the outcome of a two day workshop based on the research seven sisters group are currently conducting for a major site specific performance project Behind the Scenes to be premiered later this year.
During Friday Late Collaborate on the 29th February Asterion will include live performance, however, if you miss this event you will be able to download the walk from the website for use within the V&A on your own video mp3 player.
Asterion is sponsored by Apple
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/friday_evenings/friday_late/events/friday_late_feb08/index.html
COW - THE UDDER WAY: ON TOUR
Sat Dec 1 00:03 2007
Artistic Director Susanne Thomas was part of a multidisciplinary team who delivered a winning entry to the Shrinking Cities competition (commissioned by the German Cultural Foundation and Archplus magazine).
The live performance intervention took place 18 - 26 June 2005 in Toxteth, Liverpool
The exhibit is NOW on TOUR and will be exhibited in:
- Italy, Venice, Biennale di Venezia: Part of 10. International Biennale for Architecture, 10 Sept bis 19 Nov 2006
- USA, New York, Pratt Manhattan Gallery / Van Alen Institute, Nov 2006 to Feb 2007
- USA, Detroit: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills / Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Feb/March 2007
For project info visit:
http://www.theudderway.info/
AN EXCITING NEW PROJECT
Sat Dec 1 00:02 2007
seven sisters group is currently corresponding with theatres in the UK and abroad for research and workshops regading their new site-specific performance project Behind The Scenes.
Interested theatres and promoters please contact admin@sevensistersgroup.com for detailed info.
WORKSHOPS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Fri Dec 1 00:03 2006
In 2005 Susanne Thomas led site-specific choreography workshops and gave talks in various cities in Indonesia. Host institutions were, amongst others, Kreativitat Dance Indonesia (Jakarta), Teater Utan Kayu (Jakarta), Maniratari Dance Company (Solo), ISI – Institute for the Arts (Yogya) and Bali Purnati (Ubud).
The company is now planning a new site-specific project under the umbrella of BEHIND THE SCENES in Jakarta and research in Bali in 2006/07 with various host institutions and funding bodies.
BOXED
Fri Dec 1 00:02 2006
A new solo for display
Premiere 15 July 2006
Performed in Oxford Street, London,
in the shop windows of
John Lewis 2.30pm
Debenhams 3.30pm
House of Fraser 4.30pm
A woman in a box dances in a display window on London’s busiest shopping street. Is the box a constraint, a place of privacy, a protection or a vantage point? Exploring the roles of women from multi-tasking-super-organiser to clothes' horse and sex goddess, BOXED promises to unnerve and intrigue in seven sisters group’s inimitable style.
Commissioned by BIG DANCE, supported by Arts Council England, New West End Company, Dartington College of Arts and Habitat.
Admission free
TATE MODERN - LONDON
Fri Dec 1 00:01 2006
Behind the Scenes of the Museum: A Performing Arts Masterclass
NOW BOOKING
Led by Susanne Thomas, Phoebe von Held and Sophie Jump
Monday 10 July 2006, 10.30–17.30
Tuesday 11 July 2006, 10.30–17.30
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 10.30–17.30
Thursday 13 July 2006, 10.30–17.30
Friday 14 July 2006, 14.00–21.00
This five-day workshop is for professional artists who work with space,
performance, dance, design or live art. The workshop explores the tension
between the polished displays of Tate Modern and the back-of-house areas,
and involves theoretical and practical sessions. The participants create
site-specific performances in various locations within the gallery that lead
to a final public performance.
The workshop is led by award-winning choreographer and artistic director of
the seven sisters group, Susanne Thomas; dramaturgical advisor Phoebe von
Held; and designer Sophie Jump. An experimental, cross-disciplinary approach
to contemporary dance has enabled the seven sisters group to establish their
position as one of UK's leading site-specific performance companies.
Places are limited, so interested applicants are asked to send a paragraph
explaining their interest in participating to sara.raza@tate.org.uk
Tate Modern East Room
£90, booking required
For tickets book online http://tate.org.uk
or call 020 7887 8888
COW - THE UDDER WAY
Mon May 1 00:03 2006
Artistic Director Susanne Thomas was part of a multidisciplinary team who delivered a winning entry to the Shrinking Cities competition (commissioned by the German Cultural Foundation and Archplus magazine).
The live architecture/performance intervention took place 18 - 26 June 2005 in Toxteth, Liverpool
The exhibit is NOW on show at the Gallery for Contemporary Art in Leipzig:
26.11.05- 29.01.2006
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK), Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. 11, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
For further info visit:
http://www.theudderway.info/ OR http://www.britishcouncil.de/d/events/shrink05.htm
http://www.theudderway.info/
PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE
Mon May 1 00:02 2006
Susanne has been commissioned by Mobile Media to lead a digital media and dance project for a group of Year 2 pupils in Swindon. She is one of four artists working on media projects entitled Past-Present-Future within the local community.
The shortfilm, produced in collaboration with animation artists Evil Twins will be presented in a combined exhibition in Swindon in mid March 06
DANCE TILL YOU SHOP
Mon May 1 00:01 2006
Come and see House of Fraser in Guilford transformed for one day. With dance on all floors, the 11th of February is set to keep your head spinning and your feet moving. Staff at your department store will be joined by students from University of Surrey, all swinging their dancing on Saturday 11 February 06 at 10am, 12noon and 2pm - for 5 minutes each time.
One dance, executed simultaneously on all floor levels of the store, aiming to suspend the familiar routine and giving a glimpse into another, more personal side of the otherwise well-known image of the formal shop assistant.
This community project is lead by Susanne Thomas and members of the company. Commissioned by University of Surrey and the Arts Council of England.
Dartington College of Arts
Thu Dec 1 2005
Artisitic Director Susanne Thomas has been appointed part-time Senior Lecturer at Dartington College of Arts and will work on the new Choreography Degree Programme at certain times of the year. One of her main roles will be to develop and lead the site modules that run in the spring/summer semesters.
For information regarding the new graduate and post-graduate programmes in Choreography, please visit www.dartington.ac.uk
COW - THE UDDER WAY
Sat Jun 18 2005
We are delighted to announce the presentation of: 'COW - the udder way'
An architecture/performance intervention and winning entry of the Shrinking Cities Competition (commissioned by the German Cultural Foundation and Archplus magazine)
18 - 26 June 2005 in Toxteth, Liverpool
http://www.theudderway.info/
WHEN ONE IS NOT LOOKING
Sat Jun 18 2005
A new site-specific performance project for the sea and harbour fronts of Portsmouth, Gosport and the Isle of Wight.
Susanne Thomas (artistic director of seven sisters group) and Sophie Jump (design) have been commissioned by Hampshire Dance to create this new work in collaboration with 'Brownian Motion', a dance company made up of five local dancers.
OLD PORTSMOUTH:
18 and 25 June, 2pm and 3pm
Broad Street, between Square and Round Towers
The piece will be adapted to the sites in Gosport and the Isle of Wight by the dancers:
GOSPORT:
2 July, 2.45pm and 3.45pm
Falkland Gardens
ISLE OF WIGHT
9 July, 1pm and 3pm
Western Esplanade Gardens
All performances are free and last approx. 20min
For information call: 02380 652 712
the forest
Sat Oct 30 23:59 2004
Sept 10, 11, 12
5pm and 6.45pm
£10/£5 conc.
Box Office 01483 686876
The new site-specific performance project by seven sisters group, created for the unique woodland setting of Newlands Corner, Guildford.
Drawing an adult audience into the woodland dusk and away from the comfort and familiarity of the theatre, seven sisters group tap into the darker veins that run deep within our ideas of primeval longing and angst. Mysterious, sensual and haunting, THE FOREST blends dance, sound and visual imagery on an unsettling journey that walks the borderline between fiction and reality.
seven sisters group are renowned for their ability to transform familiar settings and ideas into captivating and memorable performance experiences that engage all the senses.
"Vivid memories guaranteed" (The Times)
'You step between the first trees and then you are no longer in the open air; the woods swallow you up. Once you are inside, you must stay there, for there is no clue to guide you through in perfect safety.
The trees stir with a noise like taffeta skirts of women who hunt round hopelessly for the way out. Piercingly, now, there comes again the call of the bird, as desolate as if it came from the last bird left alive.
I walk through the wood until all its perspectives converge upon a darkening clearing; as soon as I see them, I know that all its occupants have been waiting for me; with the endless patience of wild things, come alive from the desire of the woods.'
(With credit to A. Carter)
The performance takes place when darkness falls. Audience numbers are strictly limited. Early booking is advised.
A minibus to Newlands Corner will run between a local railway station and the performance site at a cost of £1
each way. Please book a seat when you book your ticket. For detailed information contact the box office.
Commissioned by the Department of Dance Studies, University of Surrey, with support from Arts Council England, South East
For further information contact: admin@sevensistersgroup.com
performances
Sat Feb 7 23:59 2004
February 04
seven sisters group will be performing their seminal work TRAINSTATION in Madrid, Spain, as part of the Escena Contemporanea 2004.
Performances are scheduled for 6 February at 6pm and 7 February at 1pm at Estación Madrid Chamartín. See you on the concourse... ;-)
For info contact freispiel@sevensistersgroup.com
performances
Thu Nov 13 22:00 2003
AUGUST 03
seven sisters group will be performing at the WAPPING PROJECT, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station in East London.
The duet is part of a series of new 3-min works by London based choreographers, commissioned by the Wapping Project and the Jerwood Foundation.
Performances take place on 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 August at 8.30pm and 10pm.
For info contact admin@sevensistersgroup.com
OCTOBER 03
seven sisters group will be performing their seminal work TRAINSTATION in Munich, Germany, as part of the SPIELART FESTIVAL 2003.
Performances are scheduled for 30 and 31 October, at 2pm and 5pm at Munich's Central Station. See you on the concourse and on the platform... ;-)
For info contact freispiel@sevensistersgroup.com
seven sisters group wird dieses Jahr TRAINSTATION in Muenchen, Deutschland, im Zusammenhang mit den SPIELART FESTSPIELEN presentieren.
Auffuehrungsdaten sind der 30. und 31. Oktober, um 14.00 und 17.00 am Muenchner Hauptbahnhof. See you in der Wartehalle und am Bahnsteig... ;-)
Info Kontakt: freispiel@sevensistersgroup.com
talks
Fri Oct 10 23:59 2003
Artistic Director Susanne Thomas will give a talk with video demonstration about her work at TANZTENDENZ in Munich on 5 October 03 at 8pm. This talk will be followed by a 2-day intensiv workshop and debate at the I-CAMP Theatre in Munich (see workshops below).
For info contact freispiel@sevensistersgroup.com
Set designs exhibited
Sun Jan 12 2003
Sophie Jump's designs for REMOVED (2001) and THE FORBIDDEN (2001) are on display at 2D/3D DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE. The national exhibition , organised by the Society for British Theatre Designers runs from 10 October 2002 to 12 January 2003.
SEVEN SISTERS GROUP DESIGN EXHIBITED
Wed Nov 30 -1
Collaborators: UK Design For Performance 2003-2007
10 January - 4 February 2007
Designer and Associate Director Sophie Jump exhibits designs for The Forest (2004) and Boxed (2006) at the UK's major theatre design exhibition.
Waverley Building
Nottingham Trent University
City Campus
Nottingham
Open: Mon-Fri 10-7, Weekends 10-4
www.theatredesign.org.uk
www.sophiejump.co.uk
