Echo Echo Dance Studio Performance

Event date: 20 January 2010 - 8:00pm
Cost: £3
Contact: Sarah Young
Phone: 028 7134 2266
Location: Echo Echo Dance Studio, Waterside Theatre, Derry-Londonderry BT47 6BG

Andjela Doni is a friend and colleague of Steve Batts, Artistic Director of Echo Echo. During her two weeks in Derry she will teach and direct local dancers, preparing a performance to show on Wednesday 20th January at 8pm.

Andjela is a dance improviser, choreographer and a teacher of contact improvisation and contemporary dance. She is also the organiser of the internationally renowned Annual Moscow Contact Improvisation and Performance Festival.

She has created a remarkably warm and creative dance and movement improvisation scene in Moscow, drawing on all her experience as a modern dancer and choreographer, as well as many years as a fearless explorer into the more unusual areas of movement.

Echo Echo's dance ensemble is excited about working with such an inspirational woman and the company looks forward to the performance next week.

Echo Echo's Artistic Director, Steve Batts said:

"We are very lucky to have been able to have Andjela spend two weeks guiding and teaching us. She is a long standing colleague and someone whose work as teacher, organiser and performer has been an inspiration to me since we first met 8 years ago."

"Echo Echo has expanded in the last year or so. There are more of us, who live in Derry, regularly dancing, creating, learning and teaching together. This is the first time that we'll be performing together in that bigger ensemble. Joining us for the performance will be two other visitors from Moscow, Tonya Sheina and Masha Grudskaya. They came from Russia especially to dance with us on this project."

"I am really looking forward to it. It will be a relatively informal performance in the Echo Echo Dance Studio. Come along with an open mind and I'm sure you'll find plenty to enjoy in the skilful, playful, tender, passionate and varied movement world that we will create for you"

The Echo Echo Dance Studio Performance will be held in the Echo Echo Dance Studio at the Waterside Theatre on Wednesday 20th January at 8pm and admission is £3. For more information, contact the office on 028 7134 2266, email info@echoechodance.com or visit www.echoechodance.com

Supported by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.