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MARI HA!

Come and celebrate the yearly cycle of life and the Welsh folk customs and rituals that bring people together at the turn of the seasons. ‘Mari Ha!’ is a folkloric exploration of some of Wales’ oldest traditions, bringing together the solstices and equinoxes, the Mari Lwyd and the Cadi Ha in an energetic contemporary dance performance for the outdoors.

 

This new work combines dance, design and music in a way that breaks new ground, celebrating nature's power to bring communities of people together to express themselves culturally. 

 

This work is a co-commission by Menter Bro Morgannwg and The National Eisteddfod of Wales with additional support from National Dance Company Wales and Green Man Festival

UN3D

Fascinated by the dynamic of a trio and the power of the number 3, this work explores the synchronised, the silly and the sublime. UN3D is a work that champions synchronous connection over synchronised perfection; striving for unity, harmony and balance.

Created for the National Dance Company of Wales as part of their 4x10 project (August 2023).

Performers: Faye Tan, Paulina Porwollik and Sam Gilovitz

Lighting: Matthew Robinson

Music: Synchronicity by The Police + Unison by Björk

QWERIN

Charged with Joy, QWERIN is inspired by the weaving and flowing patterns of traditional Welsh folk-dancing, combined with the pulsating energy of Queer nightlife. QWERIN comments on notions of Queerness and Welshness through a contemporary dance performance celebrating culture, identity and community. To an original soundtrack by some of Wales’ most renowned musicians and costumes that give a new edge to the Welsh traditional dress, QWERIN truly is a feast for the senses.

 

QWERIN was created in 2021 as a commission from Articulture and the Wales Outdoor Art Consortium and was developed into a full-length work in 2022 with funding support from Arts Council Wales and additional support from the National Dance Company of Wales.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director and Choreographer: Osian Meilir

Performers: Bethan Cooper, Cêt Haf, Deborah Light, Elan Elidyr, Mike Williams, Osian Meilir, Richard Pye with Samiwel Humphreys (Shamoniks)

Design Team: Becky Davies and Amy Barrett

Music Composition: Tic Ashfield, Benjie Talbott and Shamoniks

Mentor: Marc Rees

Producer: Sophie Holland

Film by Eddie Adamson Film and Guto Thomas​

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Palmant | pridd (PAVEMENT | PASTURE)

Palmant | Pridd explores a young person's relationship with two very different places. Raising questions around identity and the importance of place in relation to our identity, can we exist, and be content, in two very different places at the same time? What happens when both worlds collide? What effect does labelling within society have on us as we try to find harmony between two opposing worlds and within ourselves?

Created for Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch in July 2018 under their ‘6x1’ programme to encourage and support young artists to create new work.

Choreographer and Performer: Osian Meilir

Film / Projection: Gwenllian Llwyd

Lighting Design: Eleanor Higgins and Marc Thomas

Past Performances:

 

2018

Canolfan Arad Goch, Aberystwyth​

2019

Opening Doors Festival, Aberystwyth

​Mas ar y Maes, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol

2024​

Opening Doors Festival, Aberystwyth​

MAAS Festival, Lahore, Pakistan

Mentor: Jeremy Turner

MILK AND TWO SUGARS

Created as their final presentation of work for his degree at Trinity Laban in 2016, Milk and Two Sugars is a ‘trip down memory’ lane to find the similarities in our differences. Exploring the memory of home, it displays the beauty in the ordinary deeds and daily rituals, celebrating culture, tradition, and how these influence and sculpt us as individuals. It is the bringing together of people from different places and celebrating this unity.

Performers: Giulia Avino, Charlie Dunne, Blanche Jandin, Loren McKillop

Mentor: Marina Collard

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