Exciting new season from Link Dance Company

A new work from a choreographer at the cutting edge of contemporary dance in Spain and dancers sharing the stage with two grand pianos are just two of the pleasures promised in LINK Dance Company’s upcoming May season.
 
LINK Dance Company is the graduate dance company of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University.

"Twin Share" includes Skinless by Carmelo Segura, the artistic director of his own company in Madrid. His new work, choreographed on the Link dancers, explores the concept of “being skinless” in all its myriad meanings, from exposing feelings that lie under the surface to exploring truthful reactions. This is virtuosity, force, technique and precision wrapped in a thoughtful, sensitive dance piece.

“The skin is like our shell, it’s what people see first,” says Segura, whose visit to WAAPA marks his first commission in Australia. “It is vulnerable and it offers protection. It’s a wall to the outside world and covers our bodies and houses us. It’s a living, breathing organism that is unique to us and it’s our first point of contact with the world.”

Sharing the bill is a work by collaborating choreographers Sue Peacock and Michael Whaites, Link's artistic director. Their creation is inspired by the Canto Ostinato of Dutch composer Simeon Ten Holt. Described as meditative and minimal in style, this 1976 composition will be played live on two drawing-room grand pianos by WAAPA Dance Department’s music repetiteur, Gennaro Di Donna, and visiting Italian pianist Ciro Barbato.

WAAPA is also delighted to welcome two of Segura’s company dancers, Luis Largo and David Vilarino, performing Segura’s most recent work, Osaka.
 
"Twin Share" will be performed at WAAPA’s Geoff Gibbs Theatre from May 24 to May 27.

See: waapa.ecu.edu.au/boxoffice