Welcome to RichDance 2019! Saturday 23 March - London ...

Welcome to RichDance 2019!
                      Saturday 23 March
RichDance is Richmond upon Thames’ annual dance festival showcasing a
dazzling variety of performances from emerging dance artists and groups,
youth companies, choreographers, schools and community groups from across
London.

Since the first festival in 2002, RichDance has been a platform for new dance
and a vibrant celebration of dance in all its forms, bringing together dancers
from within the borough and beyond.

We have an incredible amount of dance talent all under one roof during
RichDance and it is a fantastic opportunity for participants to come together
and share their skills, be inspired, and take part in a range of activities
throughout the day, the highlight being performing in this afternoon’s show!

To keep informed about other dance opportunities and activities join our
mailing list by emailing artsinfo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk or visit
www.richmond.gov.uk/arts

                            Special Thanks to:

 Event staff & theatre technicians at The Hammond Theatre, Richmond
 Arts Service, all performers and their group leaders. Hannah Woods, Citi
Cheshire, Charlotte Newman for their assistance with organising ‘Meet the
 Dancers’ slots. Rosie Reith & Oscar Li from Rambert School of Ballet and
Contemporary Dance for leading our workshop, Dollie Henry and BOP Jazz
Theatre Company for leading a pre-show warm up, and most importantly:
     a huge thank you to parents, friends & supporters of RichDance

                              Enjoy the show!

BD1 Youth Dance Company

Piece:               ImPROMptu
Music:               Those magic changes- Sha na na, Footloose- Kenny Loggins
Choreographer:       Shaun Dillon
Dancers:             Sam Thappa, Alfie Simmonds, Dylan Morris, Nick Grau, James
                     Blenkinsop, Robert Dunklay-Gyimah, Toby Winfield-Robinson, Jake
                     Hulford, Oscar Braddock, Reece Braddock, Archie Colgan, James
                     Everest, Sonnie Waite, Phoenix Kai-Williams, Ali Durvesh, Henry
                     Littell, Isobelle Webb, Alyssa Dixie, Scarlett Hogan, Gabriella
                     Krawczyk

BD1 is an all-male youth dance company led by Shaun Dillon. They focus their training and
work on high energy and physically demanding choreography spanning character based
work to emotionally complex contemporary dance theatre.

Little Irish Dancers from Chase Bridge Primary School

Piece:               6 Hand Ceili
Music:               River Dance Reel Around The Sun
Choreographer:       Robyn Harland
Dancers:             Annie, Emmi-Lee, Faye, Fay, Liana, Abigail

Y4 & Y5 girls from Chase Bridge Primary School Irish Dancing Club have put together a
traditional 6 Hand Ceili (group Irish dance).

Kelly’s Dance

Piece:               Voyage
Music:               Green Light- Lorde
Choreographer:       Kelly Dampier
Dancers:             Daisy Doggart, Millie Doggart, Helmi Lehtovaara, Eva McClaren,
                     Emilie Mealing, Reece Straughn, Isobel Ticehurst, Kasey Ward, Jess
                     Wallis, Mia West, Ellie Wrigglesworth

This dance group was formed 2 years ago and consists of girls aged between 11 and 15 years
old. They all have a passion for dance and love performing. We mainly work on the style of
street dance, but the girls have recently enjoyed working on contemporary dance and
musical theatre, as well as choreographic skills and strengthening technique.

Grand Gesture

Piece:                Walk Wake Woke
Music:                Deadman’s Stroll- The Revels, Lust for Life- Iggy Pop
Choreographer:        Mary Cox, Bruce Currie, Gilly Hanna
Dancers:              Mary Cox, Bruce Currie, Gilly Hanna

This recently formed trio of experienced senior dancers wishes to challenge the current
perceptions of elder dance. We can still dance, jump and move and we want to perform works
that challenge us physically and intellectually. We collaboratively create dances by utilising
the individual strengths of each performer.

Why do we exist? Because older dancers can be cool, strong, fierce, creative and powerful.
We're romping into old age!

Thrive Youth Dance Company

Piece:                Bridges Not Walls
Music:                Run Boy Run (Instrumental) by Woodkid
Choreographer:        Sarah Poekert in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers:              Mia Gibson, Cordelia Kelly, Arabella Scott, Jamie Barrett, Noa Gold,
                      Savvannah Joubert, Esther Waring, Christina Hilari-Bratland, Rosie
                      Gordon, Nima Sanei, Jess Hilder-Bailey, Maya Demetriou, Rafaela
                      Araujo da Conceicao

We seem to build too many walls and not enough bridges…

The students explore how to build walls and how we might break them down in order to
make connections and build bridges.

Christ’s School

Piece:                Stone Cold
Music:                Stone Cold
Choreographer:        Ciara Wynn-Davies
Dancers:              Gabriela Bolokan, Zara Hussain, Ana Branford, Jenna Boyce, Poppy
                      Seaborn-Johnson, Grace Chesters, Candela Gil Fonfria, Ella Slade,
                      Cherry Seed, Roya Vajdi, Sonya Khalafina, Elizabeth Asante, Maya
                      Scahuiu

Stone Cold explores a range of emotions. The dancers have been challenged to listen to the
words and the music, and communicate their own story and range of emotions to the
audience through dance and performance.

Lowther Dance Squad

Piece:                Just Dance
Music:                Medley of songs-The XX- Intro, Sigrid- Strangers, Sia- Chandelier,
                      Lady Gaga- Just Dance
Choreographer:        Abbie Mason
Dancers:              Adelaide Prance, Cassidy Taylor-Charter, Anusha Keating, Sophia
                      Lefebure, Olympia Henningsson, Kitty Shone, Keziah Blake, Ameliah
                      Mckoy, Isabelle Fawcett, Emily Mali, Amelia Reynolds, Jessica
                      Teichert, Elle Rosser, Catherine Esin, Lexie Macias, Sophia Khalil,
                      Betsy Rolton, Francesca Yerby, Harvey Vanrell, Nyla Lavrado, Maddy
                      Harverson

Lowther Dance Squad is a group of children aged 7-11 that attend Lowther Primary School.

When creating this piece, the children thought about how space and direction can change
the dynamics of a dance along with formation. They also spent time thinking about
expression and how we are able to portray how we feel through movement. The songs that
have been chosen showcase technical abilities as well as the diversity of styles the children
have learnt.

ENBYouthCo

Piece:                We Are Here
Music:                We Are Here- composed by Alex Paton
Choreographer:        Jo Meredith
Dancers:              Eliza Wade, Ella Vanson, Emilia Shanley, Gabriella Goldfarb, Harry
                      Walkow-Foster, Isabelle Evans, Jessica Fordwoh, Jessica Turner,
                      Joshua Frederick Pilgrim, Louis Barras-Hargan, Maiya Beazley, Megan
                      Bale, Natnael Dawit, Ross Black, Salvador Thylmann Foster, Sasha
                      Leigh, Sofia Cotterill, Spike King, Violet Savage, Zack Tidswell, Zahra
                      Van Nguyen

ENBYouthCo is English National Ballet's youth dance creative performance company for
young people aged 14-19 training in Ballet and Contemporary technique weekly.

This piece, choreographed by Jo Meredith reflects on the themes in English National Ballet's
repertoire, Lest We Forget and what these mean to the young people of today. Highly
physical and dynamic in nature, this work explores control and manipulation within today’s
society.

St Mary’s and St Peter’s School

Piece:                Come Alive
Music:                Come Alive from The Greatest Showman
Choreographer:        Mary Greco

Dancers:              Lilia Barnes, Eirian Barrell-Fox, Amelie Cherry, Flint Dyer, Mia Everett,
                      Lily Faichney, Jocelyn Fong, Eliana France-Williams, Lola Hardwick,
                      Charlotte Helyer, Nancy Kerr-Elliott, Daisy Ksiazek, Isadora Persad,
                      Andreas Pieros, Henry Sampson, James Scobie, Theo Scruton, Tamsin
                      Seguin, Zahra Siddiqi, Alfie Winpenny, Dylan Winpenny, Samuel
                      Worrall

                      ***20 MINUTE INTERVAL***
                              Drinks available at the bar

Gypsy Queens

Piece:                Seguiriya con Castanuelas
Music:                Seguiriyas Traditional
Choreographer:        Andrea White
Dancers:              Alison Barrington, Anne Gooding, Martine Stickland, Johanne
                      Thomas, Geraldine Welsby, Pauline Kavanagh, Catherin Tidmarsh,
                      Yolius, Sallie Berriff, Angela Manke, Maria Hanrahan, Andrea White

Broomfield House School

Piece:                Brand New You
Music:                Brand New You from 13 The Musical (Original West End Cast)
Choreographer:        Emily Bowers
Dancers:              Darya Jahanbani, Hanna Renz, Freya Silvester, Iona Abb0tt, Charlotte
                      Hand, Poppy Lawrie, Maia Akhtar, Mona Torkpour, Suzi Crocker, Milly
                      Gallagher, Rosie Matthewson, William Jenkin, Anjali Reddy, Emma
                      Brooks, Ayda Mandic, Karmen Gill & Ananya Rawat

A mix of Year 5 & 6 children from an independent Primary school.

Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Piece:                Foolery, Sir
Music:                Papirosn- Klezmic Zirkus
Choreographer:        Rosie Reith & Oscar Li
Dancers:              Rosie Reith & Oscar Li

Foolery, Sir is about two street performers who are passed it. Through this duo’s pronounced
physicality and exaggerated expressions, we witness these characters understand that there
is both eternal hope and futility in performance.

Ricards Dance Collective

Piece:                Lives Not Knives
Music:                Mix: Trap mash instrumental (Hope Dealers); Woke (Big Tobz); Lay Me
                      Bare (Stormzy) and spoken word/ news report excerpts
Choreographer:        Jessica Barron and Eva Kovalenkaite
Dancers:              Eva Kovalenkaite, Kellis Hylton, Mya Sammy, Briyana Ofori, Kinza
                      Nithiandan, Fay Dawkins, Jessica Annin Adjei, Abigail Channer,
                      Rosalie Robiti, Jin Hee Jeong, Megan Namiiro, Chhaya Ivey, Caitlin
                      Richards, Taliyah Grant, Tiyohni Grey, Tiana Adonli, Lydia Marezana,
                      Blessing Acquah, Joelle Zonga, Alliana Johnson, Jizel Onwuchekwa,
                      Kasey Sarpong, Yasmin Naouli, Hanna Wainwright

Suicide and homicide are two of the biggest killers of men under 45. After speaking to young
people, we found that many young men in London suffer with mental health as a result of
the rise in knife crime and youth violence. This piece aims to raise awareness for these two
social issues and send a positive message of hope and compassion, as well as signposting
charity organisations that can support those affected by the themes presented in the dance.

Lopa Dance

Piece:                Bollywood
Music:                Medley of Bollywood songs
Choreographer:        Lopa
Dancers:              Oskar, Kanak, Naina, Sophia, Arjun, Manu, Ania, Sheroon, Kavya,
                      Prisha

An energetic, vibrant and colourful dance piece to a medley of Bollywood songs.

Alliance Dance Unit

Piece:                So Fantastical
Music:                Custom Mixed Set
Choreographer:        Torriarna Dewar
Dancers:              Annalisa Maspes, Tyzja Dewar, Caitlyn Flower, Amy Molla, Taylor
                      Forde, Morenike Allinson, Manveer Mann-Soor, Torriarna Dewar

This piece surrounds the mentality of finding the inner strength to break free from madness.

Shuffle

Piece:                Felt
Music:                Familiar- Nils Frahm
Choreographer:        Ihsaan De Banya

Dancers:             Aida Aquilina, Ben Renton, Biba Cox, Bram Bullmore, Caitlin
                     McGuigan, Dylan Hill, Edie Hindmarch, Ella Ben-Ezra, Ella Ben-Amar,
                     Eloise Neil, Eve Salama, Gabriela Demetriou, Laurie Burke, Madeline
                     Gaydu, Maud Morris, Maya Demetriou, Molly Hayes, Orla Markey,
                     Radha Andrews, Sam Loza, Sean Dodgson, Sisay Eyob, Sophie
                     Jenkins, Stella Nodine, Liza Kasyansky, Willow Wilson

Shuffle is The Place's junior youth dance company, for young dancers aged 9 to 14 years.
They meet weekly with their Artistic Director Ihsaan De Banya. In Felt, Shuffle explore
feelings, atmospheres and textures created in the sound to inform and inspire their
movement.

K-Motion

Piece:               Big for your Boots
Music:               Big for your Boots- Stormzy
Choreographer:       Fern Crosbie
Dancers:             Lily Williams, Lola Williams, Maya Papa, Sophia Papa, Ava Rouine,
                     Mia Turrent, Anya Morgan, Cristina Fullana, Rory Harris, Harrison
                     Tincknell, Paloma Cajigao, Maddie Todd, Poppy Hand

Today our junior crew (K-Motion) will be performing a hip hop piece using foundational
street dance styles to a UK Grime track. Focusing on musicality and power to bring a
presence to the stage. There are a mix of dancers aged between 7-12 years old and all train
in street dance styles at Studio K in Richmond.

BOP Jazz Theatre Company

Piece:               Clap Your Hands
Music:               Liquid Spirit- Gregory Porter
Choreographer:       Dollie Henry
Dancers:             Martina Farkasova, Illaria Belinni, Lucia Cardona, Maria Quero
                     Sanchez, Marite Querel, Kerri de Aguiar, Emily Kate Pettite, Elizabeth
                     Holmes

Jazz dance theatre choreography – Exciting, up-tempo, athletic and exciting!

                            *** SHOW ENDS ***