The Place Prize is the biggest single source of commissions for new short works in British dance. Over the course of four previews you'll see the first performances of all 16 commissioned works.

Programme 3

Conor Doyle Crow in Eden
A work based on Ted Hughes' anthology Crow in which dance and live music are welded together in a poetic nightmare.

Conor Doyle, a regular performer with Punchdrunk, presents an epic journey into Eden. Ritual and constraint are everywhere, and the consequences for breaking the rules are great.

Darren Ellis From the waist up
A solo piece performed by Darren based on the theme of censorship. He will be collaborating with writer Rick Bland and composer Russell Pay to create a work that explores freedom of speech and the freedom to move.

Darren Ellis has performed with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, The Mark Bruce Company and Richard Alston Dance Company.

Vangelis Legakis Three Sighs to Beauty
Three Sighs to Beauty is a piece that explores and reveals intense feelings which cause us to sigh. How does a sigh out of sorrow and out of joy differ in emotional arousals and dynamic stimulation? How does breath alter our behaviour?

Vangelis Legakis, founder of the Van-L Dance Company, reveals intense and opposite emotional states in a work employing a broad range of movement styles and improvisation.

Eva Recacha - Begin to begin, a piece about dead ends
Begin to begin, a piece about dead ends takes the form of a nonsensical dirge. The work is a rhyme in motion, fuelled by playing the game of dying.

Eva Recacha, a noted performer, teacher and choreographer, is inspired by English nonsense rhymes and Western religious imagery. Her work is a rhyme in motion fuelled by absurd games and their dead ends.

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COMPETITION: 1x Pair of tickets to attend The Place Prize Preview 3: Coner Doyle, Darren Ellis, Vangelis Legakis, Eva Recacha at The Place at 20.00 on Tuesday, 14th September.

To claim your tickets, send an email to jamie@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: Tonights billing includes the work of Eva Recacha, whose work is partly inspired by nonsense rhymes. With that in mind, who wrote this?

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

A: 1) Dr. Seuss .2) Spike Milligan .3) Lewis Carroll .4) Roald Dahl