SURGE
“A mesmerising union of sound and movement” ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN
... Blade Runner, 90s club culture, cyberpunk, and yet it captures a conversation that is completely now, in a tightly put-together piece that feels like a genuinely original four-way collaboration between performer, choreographer, music and design.
A Future human on the bridge between the digital and organic world
A duet between dancer and animated light in a gripping kinesthetic relationship.
A character pushed to their limits to ‘feel’ – to ‘sense’ – to ‘exist’.
“Dazzling, ingenious, thought provoking” Tom Dale Dance Company’s latest double bill... marries dance and technology to dazzling effect.”
★★★★ CULTURE WHISPER
Four stellar artists collaborate to create a brand new staged concept album.
“Immersive and genre busting….ingenious’
★★★★★ THE ARTS DESK
An immersive, audio-visual, genre-breaking performance, touring exclusive new music from British music producer ITAL TEK. Featuring live vocals from the performer and digital design by Vent Media.
“Humanity is pushing at the boundaries of evolution; the digital world is on a quest to re-create life and does this by making ever more real copies of our world which means we’re increasingly sharing the planet with a new life force: technology.
Audiences are completely immersed inside the digital environment ,and we have created what is actually more than a solo – it’s a duet between dancer and the digital landscape created by Barret Hodgson of VENT MEDIA” - Tom Dale.
Experience, Interact, Play.
SURGE can be performed both in the round, and in a traditional theatre set up. When in the round, the audiences can get really close to the dancer as they can stand or sit around a centralized dance mat.
SURGE has been performed in LIGHT NIGHT festivals, and theatres in the UK and across the world, including children’s festivals in Europe and in Sharjah, UAE.
SURGE CREATIVE TEAM:
Direction: Tom Dale
Choreography: Tom Dale in collaboration with Jemima Brown
Concept Developed by: Tom Dale, Jemima Brown and Barret Hodgson
Digital Design: Barret Hodgson
Dance & Live Vocals: Jemima Brown
Specially Commissioned Music: Ital Tek
Costume: Geraldine Wharrey, Cristiano Casimiro and Kate Morgan
Photo Credit: Alice Underwood
Production Manager: Chris Flux
Photography credits on page: Alice Underwood, Julian Hughes and VENT Media.