The London Premiere of 2Faced Dance's RUN Present Three Works by Female Choreographers

Direct from performances in India and sold out performances across the UK, the award-winning 2Faced Dance Company, known for its physically adventurous work, and headed by artistic director and choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald, presents the LONDON PREMIERE performances of RUN, a triple bill of dance by three female choreographers, at The Place in central London on 4 & 5 April 2017.

RUN features three exciting commissions: From Above by Tamsin Fitzgerald; Fallen Angels by Lenka Vagnerová; and The Other by Rebecca Evans. Each piece looks at notions of fear and our responses to fear - do we fight, or take flight?

Tamsin Fitzgerald said: "There is a link that runs through all three pieces. Each piece looks at how we exist as humans and how easy it is to fall into the dark side. Rebecca Evan's piece takes inspiration from horror movies and looks at fear and our relationship to fear. Lenka Vagnerová's piece is about angels who fall to earth and are stuck between heaven and hell and my work looks at social consciousness and our inability to stand up for our own strong beliefs. RUN is extremely relevant to the world we live in today."

With ground-breaking movement, designs and original musical composition by Angus MacRae and Tomáš Vychytil, RUN is an exhilarating evening of contemporary dance theatre from the Herefordshire based 2Faced Dance Company.

Five outstanding dancers bring the three choreographers' works to life: returning to the London venue is The Place degree alumnus Jack Humphrey; company stalwarts Jason Boyle and Ed Warner continue their longstanding relationship with 2Faced Dance; and newest members of the company are Louis Parker-Evans and 2015 BBC Young Dancer finalist Kai Tomioka.

The London performances are part of a RUN 2017 spring tour and follows a successful autumn tour in 2016 and performances in India earlier this year.

In India, and under the Outlands umbrella funded by Arts Council England and British Council, 2Faced Dance presented RUN in Mumbai and Bangalore, delivered The BENCH India, a pioneering, one-off opportunity for emerging female choreographers based in India (marking first overseas presentation of The BENCH programme previously seen in the UK), commissioned two emerging female choreographers to bring their work to the UK in autumn 2017 and delivered free educational and practical workshops in several locations in India.

2Faced Dance is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and RUN is supported by Arts Council England, PRS for Music Foundation, DanceEast, Theatr Brycheiniog and The Courtyard, Hereford.

2Faced Dance - RUN - LONDON and spring tour dates 2017:

Tue 7 March at 7.30pm

Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

Tickets: 01484 430528 // www.thelbt.org

Fri 10 March at 7.30pm

Gulbenkian, Canterbury

Tickets: 01227 769075 // www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

Tue 14 March at 7.30pm

Cast, Doncaster

Tickets: 01302 303 959 // castindoncaster.com

Fri 31 March at 7.30pm

Dance City, Newcastle

Tickets: 0191 261 0505 // www.dancecity.co.uk

Tue 4 & Wed 5 April at 8pm

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The Place, London

Tickets: 020 7121 1100 // www.theplace.org.uk £16 (£12 concessions)

Tue 25 April at 7.30pm

The Point, Eastleigh

Tickets: 023 8065 2333 // www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk

Fri 28 April at 7.30pm

The Civic, Barnsley

Tickets: 01226 327000 // www.barnsleycivic.co.uk

Thurs 4 May at 7.45pm

Hafren, Newtown, Powys

Tickets: 01686 614555 // www.thehafren.co.uk

Tue 9 May at 7.45pm

Malvern Theatres, Malvern

Tickets: 01684 892 277 // www.malvern-theatres.co.uk

Thurs 11 May at 7.30pm

Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea

Tickets: 01792 602060 // www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk

Age guidance: 11+

2Faced Dance Company is based in the stunning rural town of Hereford. Under the helm of artistic director and choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald, the award winning, international Dance Company produces innovative, accomplished and aspirational artistic performances alongside an ambitious participation programme and captivating community dance initiatives that truly reflect the landscape in which they are based. This allows the company to tell new and original stories, generating distinctive new work, whilst striving to stay relevant to their audiences. 2Faced Dance tours extensively across the UK and internationally and aims to work with cutting edge and culturally diverse designers, venues, organisations and individuals. The company supports and mentors local artists whilst advocating on behalf of the wider dance industry by challenging and inspiring different sectors of society. 2Faced Dance is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. www.2faceddance.co.uk

Tamsin Fitzgerald trained at Northern School of Contemporary Dance and founded 2Faced Dance Company in 1999. As Artistic Director of 2Faced Dance, Tamsin has been creating and touring works nationally and internationally to much critical acclaim, including State of Matter, Still Breathing, Third, 7.0, In the Dust, Out of His Skin, Two Old Men, Lucid Grounds as part of Dreaming in Code and KAPOW. Commissions for Tamsin include: Soap The Show (world tour) for Chameleon Berlin, MTV Awards, Watch This Space with Hofesch Shechter for IDFB (2008), Wings of Desire with Circa for IDFB (2012), GLOW Festival, The Rock for MOKO Dance, Shipley Festival and the critically-acclaimed and audience favourite CUBES for Birmingham Weekender 2015 and IDFB 2016.

Tamsin is a Rayne Choreographic Fellow, which led to her working with Australian Dance Theatre, The Ballet Boyz and St.Giles Trust, a homeless charity. ?She was awarded the Jerwood Choreographic Research Prize for a new immersive, outdoor dance and circus experience, The Pod, due to premier in 2017. Tamsin has choreographed and taught at The Place, NSCD, The Centre for Advanced Training in Birmingham (DanceXchange) and led major educational initiatives internationally in Norway, Bulgaria and Brazil.

Lenka Vagnerová is a leading European female choreographer based in Prague, Czech Republic. Known for her creations with her Lenka Vagnerová Company, she has created works and toured internationally with her sculptured choreography that explore the physical capabilities and boundaries of man's body. Awards and nominations include: Herald Angel Award- Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014; Total Theatre Award Nomination Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014; Dance Piece of the Year and Dancer of the Year 2014 - Festival Czech Dance Platform.

Rebecca Evans is happy to be among the insane and enjoys the?blissful insanity that dancing brings! Rebecca has worked with Marc Brew Company, Ffin Dance and IJAD Dance Company. She was part of Wayne McGregor's DanceLines 2011, and in 2012 spent time in Korea teaching, learning and working with Korean National Contemporary Dance Company. In 2013, Rebecca created Pell Ensemble, an ever changing cast of artistic individuals coming together to create, explore and experiment with dance, art and technology.

Photo credit: Luke Evans

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