Yorke Dance Project

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Young Composers Competition 2012

Yorke Dance Project is pleased to invite young composers to create a short composition using the same starting points choreographer Yolande Yorke-Edgell will use to create a new work entitled “Noted”. This will be the closest we can get to collaboration without working together and gives the Read more »

Words Worth – the touring production for 2012

Words Worth is our new production for 2012. The global theme for our show is text, or words. Each piece is based on words which ranges from letters and songs to text from books and whatever our guest choreographers are inspired to do. This year we have special guest Anton Du Beke Read more »

Research and Development for 2012 performances

The company’s R and D work at the end of last year was very successful and I feel that we have a strong beginning for completing the new work in the Summer. We made material based on letters from three historical
figures, Naopleon Bonaparte, Beethoven and Queen Victoria. Each had a very different ‘voice’ and each letter was about love but Read more »

Yolande selected as resident artist.

Artistic Director Yolande Yorke-Edgell has been selected to be a resident artist at the prestigious Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California, during the 2012 season. The Program is a true artists’ retreat. Artists will be working in an atmosphere of professional support among a small group of artists of Read more »