Category: News
January 31st, 2012
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 »
January 31st, 2012
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 »
October 26th, 2011
A night at the Ivy with Anton Du Beke
Yorke Dance Project presents a night with Anton Du Beke and sporting friends in the Loft Room, at the Ivy on November 15th at 7.30pm. Anton steps out of Strictly Ballroom and into the world of sport, with guests Lawrence Dallaglio, Lee Dixon and Ian Wright. Read more »
September 26th, 2011
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 »
August 25th, 2011
What’s next – Autumn 2011
The company is planning on getting back in the studio later this year to start some research and development for our new production in 2012 with the working title of “Words Worth”. As we have done in the past with our productions, Read more »
April 19th, 2011
California Touring
The company is very busy right now planning for our residency and performances in California this coming December. We will be sharing an evening of work with our Lewitzky collaborator and fellow dancer John Pennington and his company Pennington Dance Group, The evening is entitled Across Connections. Both companies will perform a work from Read more »
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April 19th, 2011
West Wave Dance Festival
San Francisco – Yorke Dance Project was selected to take part in an exciting dance festival that is held every year in San Francisco called West Wave Dance Festival. Guest dancers Jonathan Goddard and Joe Walkling joined Yolande Yorke-Edgell in performing excerpts from YDP’s critically acclaimed City Limitless. Read more »
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February 17th, 2011
Performance at the Shunt – 5th March
Yolande will be presenting work that she made in a recent choreographic workshop with the People Pile with guest artist James Cousins. Join them at SHUNT on Saturday 5th March for details go to http://www.shunt.co.uk/
February 8th, 2011
Whats OnStage Review – City Limitless
From Whats on Stage
In Americana, The Yorke Dance Project presents three short dance pieces inspired by the Land of the Free. Post Etiquette is an amusing morsel on manners; Read more »
October 24th, 2010
The Stage review by Sarah Frater
Americana
Published Tuesday 19 October 2010 at 14:47 by Sarah Frater
Director-choreographer Yolande Yorke-Edgell has had a varied career, including dancing for Rambert and Richard Alston, setting up her own troupe in Los Angeles, and teaching Read more »
October 17th, 2010
Oxford Times Review
Yorke Dance Project: Burton Taylor Studio
Monday 11th October 2010
* By David Bellan »
Yorke Dance Project was founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by the English dancer Yolande Yorke-Edgell, Read more »
October 17th, 2010
First reviews are in….
‘elegant, witty, emotional and smart’ …..the first two reviews are in – one from Oxford Times and the other from What’sOnStage.com
Americana (On Tour)
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Where: Inner London
Date Reviewed: 7 October 2010
Rating: 3 stars
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September 28th, 2010
Artist Sally McKay draws the company
Sally McKay joined the company in rehearsals to sketch the dancing body. She has now uploaded some of her drawings onto her blog. You can see them here:
http://www.blog.sallymckay.co.uk/
September 24th, 2010
New Americana photos are up…
The photos from the Marcus Renner photo shoot are up…and they look gorgeous[...] Read more »
September 24th, 2010
Production week and we’re almost there…
We have been in residence at Bath University’s Arts Theatre all this week, with lighting, set and and costume designers all finalising their works. the dress reherasal is tomorrow night at the ICIA theatre on campus, and cross fingers, all will go smoothly. [...] Read more »
September 1st, 2010
The creation of META 4
The following is an article printed in an online magazine in California prior to the world premiere of Meta 4 by the Lewitzky Dance Company.
Choreographer builds a new ‘Meta-4′ for dance.
California has once again become a hotbed of modern dance, at least in trailblazer-choreographer Bella Lewitzky’s eyes. [...] Read more »
August 3rd, 2010
Mount Haven to host John Pennington
Mount Haven Hotel and Restaurant in Marazion has offered to sponsor John Pennington’s stay in Cornwall when he arrives to remount Meta 4 on the company. Mount Haven owner Orange Trevillian said ‘I am very excited about Yolande’s project. It will be wonderful for the kids down here. So many of them are creative and talented.’ [...] Read more »
July 13th, 2010
Frome Festival this Friday 17th July
Yorke Dance Project will be performing a sneak preview of City Limitless at this year’s Frome Festival. The company will be closing an evening of new dance works brought together especially for the Festival by Take Art, Somerset’s arts agency. [...] Read more »
June 24th, 2010
A Wiltshire Dancing Associate Company
Yorke Dance Project are proud to announce that they are now a Wiltshire Dancing Associate Company. It was announced this morning by Wiltshire Dancing Director Paula Hammond who met with our producer Cath James to finalise arrangements.
The company will deliver a range of CPD Read more »
June 23rd, 2010
Filming in America
Yolande Yorke-Edgell and David McCormick are currently in America filming the background footage for City Limitless. Yolande will be sending a blog across the pond shortly, but in the meantime Read more »
June 8th, 2010
Check it – did you know….
Dance has higher audience satisfaction levels than theatre, musicals or opera, according to the latest Society of London Theatre research. Seventy-one per cent of dance attenders rated their experience as “very good”, compared to an average of 63% across theatre, musicals, dance and opera. Read more »
May 27th, 2010
Announcing the 2010 season
With our new look website now launched, and our new corporate sponsor waiting in the wings – we are ready to launch the 2010 Season – Americana. Find out about the 2010 programme and this year’s collaborators – what a treat we have in store – some familiar names but some new ones too. Read more »
December 8th, 2009
AUDITION – 9TH JANUARY 2010
Yorke Dance Project artistic director Yolande Yorke-Edgell will be auditioning for new dancers for the 2010 season. The audition will be held at the Siobhan Davies Studios on the 9th January 2010 from 12 noon until 6pm. Read more »
September 15th, 2009
Youth Group Platform Event
Yorke Dance Project held its Youth Group Platform event in Bristol last weekend with dancers, Caroline Hotchkiss and Greig Cooke leading class and workshops for the students. Read more »
September 15th, 2009
Gala Event
Adrian Chiles graciously hosted our fundraising gala event at the Tabernacle theatre last weekend which was a great success. The company performed to a full and very enthusiastic audience which concluded with an auction to raise money to further our Youth Group Project.
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September 8th, 2009
What next….
There has been a huge interest in GRACE and so we are currently looking into opportunities to perform this production in the early part of 2010. Ideas and plans for our next production are underway
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September 3rd, 2009
Divisions on show at Made in Somerset
Yorke Dance Project have been selected to appear at the Somerset County Platform event Made in Somerset, to be held at the Merlin Theatre, Frome from the 9th to the 11th September. The company will perform Divisions on a Ground with new costumes and choreography for 2009, after two very intense weeks in Cornwall Read more »
September 3rd, 2009
Making Strandgade 30
The company has been immersed in creating a new work based on the life and work of Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi which is titled “Strandgarde 30″. Each dancer has embodied the character Read more »
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May 13th, 2009
Lea Anderson confirmed for New Commission
Lea Anderson, of Cholmondeley and Featherstonehaugh fame will be the New Commission choreographer for Yorke Dance Project Season 09. Lea (MBE) is one of the UK’s leading female choreographers, and Yorke Dance Project are pleased to be working with an artist of her calibre. Read more »
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April 2nd, 2009
Richard Alston announced as Patron
Richard Alston has today agreed to be Yorke Dance Project’s patron. Yolande Yorke-Edgell, Artistic Director, said ‘This is wonderful news for the company. Read more »
