A powerful collaboration between five international choreographers – Sébastien Ramirez, Mafalda Deville, Pascal Merighi (guest artist, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch), Ivan Blackstock and Simeon Qsyea (BirdGang) – and the RIOT Company, an intergenerational cast of 100, brought together to create a unique dance piece performed to Igor Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring played by Southbank Sinfonia.

In 1913, the unfamiliar sounds of The Rite of Spring were enough to ignite rage and rioting in a passionate public. 100 years later, prompted by recent riots, the cast of 100 dancers in RIOT Offspring explore their own perceptions of rites, rituals and riots, creating a powerful piece of dance theatre.

As part of a double bill with

National Youth Dance Company

Thursday 11 April 2013

MIMBRE Youth Company Diary Entries


My Time at Sadler’s Wells so far.
 10.04.2013
Julia

“On Tuesday in the morning we were working with Mafalda on floor work. We had to walk with our hands on the floor. It felt really tiring and good at the same time.
The music started really relaxing but suddenly the music changed and went all terrifying, I really liked the music.

In the afternoon some of us were working with the teenagers. I was lucky enough to work with them, first we had to jump on their backs – and then they carried us like babies.

I like to work with the paper at the beginning of the piece, we put our hands out; it feels like I’m at a graveyard and dead bodies come alive!!!!!”

Ravi

“Our first session at Sadler’s Wells was on Friday 5th of April. We met the people who would be working with us, Simeon, Pascal and Mafalda. We did some work with Pascal and Mafalda. My favourite part of the day was when we worked with Simeon on dancing. We did some hard moves, but it was fun.”

Ciar

“This week we got covered in paper which was fun, it was part of a dance. We also did a lot of movement on the floor, like shaking on our backs and on our belly. Plus, I got to do the worm through the paper. We also got carried away by the teenagers.”

Manuela

“On Friday we created a clapping game, this was done by copying Simeon. We also did a dance routine. In one of our routines we split into groups and got our moves from the clapping game, my move was first.”

Kieran

“In our rehearsal for the show, we were all covered in newspapers. We lifted our arm up and I tried to reach as far as I could.”

Anthony

“I had a great time working with the teenage group, when they carried me away. The pattern game was hard at first, but after a few days I got much better. I enjoyed playing with the papers.”

Nyle

“First we put our hand up, and then we put it down. Second we started to shake on the floor. Next we walked around sideways on the floor……Mafalda called number six; I jumped up and threw papers.”

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Welcome to the official blogspot for RIOT OFFSPRING, this blog will follow the participants and their experiences during the creative process of this project, through diary entries, photos and video clips.