Lost in a world of his own, a character's cabin fever and mental loops produce an exhilarating and hypnotic performance. This startlingly expressive piece of physical work becomes a metaphor for a contemporary state of mind.
CHOREOGRAPHY: TOM DALE
PERFORMANCE: Tom Dale or Stephen Moynihan
LIGHTING DESIGN: BEN PACEY
COSTUME: NICOLA FITCHETT
SOUND DESIGN: TOM DALE including tracks; 'Something has got to give' by Shackleton, 'Sad.ay' by Concetta, 'You bring me down' by Shackleton
Running time: 15 min; Number of Performers: 1
Cabin Fever has been created with funding from Arts Council England, and the support of London Metropolitan University, Dance Digital, The Place, Laban Theatre and The Albany, Deptford.
Tour Dates
| 02 MARCH | LIVERPOOL, UNITY THEATRE |
| 04 MARCH | LONDON, ROH2 |
| 06 MARCH | BATH, ICIA ARTS THEATRE |
| 13 MARCH | CAMBRIDGE, THE JUNCTION |
| 17 MARCH | BARNSLEY, THE CIVIC THEATRE |
| 19 MARCH | HAMBLETON, FORUM |
| 26 MARCH | DERBY, DEDA |
| 27 MARCH | NOTTINGHAM, LAKESIDE ARTS CENTRE |
| 24 APRIL | LEEDS, RILEY THEATRE |
Biography
Tom Dale Company was founded in 2001 by award winning dancer and choreographer, Tom Dale. Tom grew up in Essex during the nineties in a culture, which produced a prolific amount of musicians. An involvement in electronic music encouraged Tom to seek out a career in dance. Tom was awarded a scholarship to train at Laban London where he won the Centre’s award for outstanding achievement in choreography 1998. His own choreographic work includes, Eddystone Raver, created to unreleased music by Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, which was broadcast on BBC2, and stage pieces including RISE (his most recent touring work), I Infinite, Dual and Spheres. Tom is also regularly commissioned by other artists and organisations to create original dance and movement based pieces.
Alongside his company work, he has danced with a number of leading choreographers including Fin Walker, Jochen Heckman, Barak Marshall, Philippe Girardeau, Tom Roden, Chris Tudor and Matthew Bourne. In 2006 he was a semi-finalist for the prestigious Place Prize with, Whose Futures.
Tom comes from a background in electronic music and its various subcultures; this is obvious in his work however he has a passion for an eclectic mix of musical genres, which always forms part of the company’s creative process.
Biography of Piece
A startlingly expressive piece of physical work based on a latent need to "let go", the building up of potential energy and its release. Cabin Fever is a voyeuristic look at how we operate creatively within our confined mental, physical and social realities.
Tom Dale uses investigations of gravity, fragmentation, and sequencing patterns, to create explosive yet relaxed movement forms. Music features as a central part of the company’s work.
Press Quotes
"Dale’s edgy new work takes the temperature of Britain. "
Pick of the Week/Guardian (on previous work Rise)
"Exhilaratingly beautiful and simmering with danger ."
British Theatre Guide (on previous work Rise)
Online Media
Video clip of previous work Rise on YouTube
