Big Dance Trailer
Jeanefer Jean-Charles
Artistic Director
On Wednesday 20th January Jeanefer presented the Big Trailer in Spitalfields Market to 200 guests from the world of dance and press & media, from Bollywood to Ballet, Flamenco to Street, Lindy Hop to Salsa. The Big Dance Trailer took the audience on a toe-tapping, hip shaking journey, giving a taste of what’s to come in 2010 and beyond. Five professional dance companies each presented a short extract from their repertoire, alongside a 45 strong ensemble of dancers from the A-Z of dance weaving in and out of the piece. The market came alive with dance and the audience were left wanting more. For more information visit Bigdance2010.com
Wiltshire Dancing Commission
For 2010, Jeanefer has been commissioned to create a mass choreography for the Thrive Dance Festival, which will take place in Wiltshire throughout May 2010 and is being jointly hosted by Wiltshire Dancing and The Arc Theatre, Trowbridge.
Thrive Dance Festival launches on 1st May 2010 and will be Wiltshire's largest dance event to date. The festival has been created by a number of key cultural providers to celebrate the forthcoming London 2012 Olympics. Inspired by the Olympics, Jeanefer will create the huge piece of choreography to a brand new, specially commissioned musical composition by DJ Walde (Big Dance 2006 and Zoonation's Into The Hood) which will be performed by over 16 local dance groups.
For more information visit Wiltshire Dancing.
This fantastic new project is the next in a long line of large scale works Jeanefer has been commissioned to create and they just get bigger and bigger! If you have a big project or idea for a unique or unusual performance space then or call +44 (0)20 7724 1616.
Other work & future opportunities...
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Jeanefer continues to work with East London Dance by leading their Artist Forum, a serise of seminars for artists which look at how artists can manage their careers. For more information visit eastlondondance.org.
Rayne Fellowship and ongoing research
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Jeanefer has recently completed her Rayne Fellowship for which she spent two years researching for her project Lads and Dads Move! This multifaceted project has led Jeanefer to work with a range of organizations including Only Connect Theatre, Dance United.. Read more
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…Jean-Charles uses a juicily physical vocabulary to chart the emotional course of a revolution. The result is simple and unpretentious
The Guardian on Rosa Moments
The choreography too, (by Jeanefer Jean-Charles) is full of energy and imagination…
Lisa Mullen / Time Out, 2006
...The several dance sequences pack theatrical punch too
Susan Elkin / The Stage on Journey To The River Sea