Shaking All Over: Sadhana’s The Shiver to tour UK

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Shaking All Over: Sadhana’s The Shiver to tour UK

The Shiver – the first work from Subathra Subramaniam’s new dance company Sadhana – will begin a 14 date national tour at the Corn Exchange Dorchester on Friday 15th October.

The Shiver features dance, music, image and spoken word in a performance that blurs the boundary between each. Three dancers explore the psychology and physiology, the emotions and events, behind what makes us shiver.

Based on an original idea by the South Bank’s internationally acclaimed Associate Artist Lemn Sissay, The Shiver features original text from Lemn and cutting-edge science from Oxford neuroscientist Professor Morten Kringelbach. As well as the piece exploring and raising questions about why we shiver – whether through pain or pleasure – most performances will be followed by involving the audience in a Café Scientifique discussion chaired by Quentin Cooper, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Material World.

Sadhana - from the Sanskrit for the pursuit of a spiritual goal, “the purpose for which we have come to this place” - is a new dance company under the direction of Subathra Subramaniam, former Artistic Co-director of Angika.

Combining perfection of execution with study and reflection, it represents her vision for the company’s role in 21st century British dance – inventively building on the rich vocabulary of the ancient South Indian dance form Bharata Natyam to create engaging and eye-catching contemporary choreography.

Subathra Subramaniam is an Associate Artist with South East Dance and Artist-in-Residence (2008-09) at the UCL Environment Institute. The Associate Artist Programme is a two year pilot project. It aims to support four artists whose work reflects the creative and cultural diversity of dance in the South East.

For media enquiries please contact: Louise Hennessy , Associate Artist Programme, South East Dance Tel: 01273 645269. Email louise.hennessy@southeastdance.org.uk

Tour dates:

Friday 15th October, 8pm

Corn Exchange, Dorchester

01305 266926

Tuesday 19th October, 8pm

Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

01539 725133

Thursday 21st October, 7:30pm

The Showroom, University of Chichester

01243 816000

Saturday 23rd October 7:45pm

The Hawth, Crawley