GUIDELINES

The dance “Noted” is made up of five individual dances. Each dance is based on an individual letter. We are looking for a short piece of music that will encapsulate the following from the letter:

1. General mood of the letter

2. Dynamic of the letter and or words

3. Reflection of music of the time (era) that the letter was written

4. Any rhythmical pattern of words clearly shown for example in Letter One  – “What I am about to communicate to you is the most astonishing thing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous, most triumphant, most baffling, most unheard of, most singular, most extraordinary, most unbelievable, most unforeseen, biggest, tinniest, rarest, commonest, the most talked about, the most talked about up to this day, the most brilliant, the most enviable, in fact a thing of which only one example can be found in past ages, and, moreover, that example is a false one; “

Or, as in Letter Two, a word that repeats can be used as a key rhythm; the words in this letter are Your Highness, or Your Royal Highness.  “As I had a couple of years ago the pleasure of appearing before Your Royal Highness, by virtue of Your Highness’s commands, and as I noticed then that Your Highness took some pleasure in the small talents that Heaven had given me for Music, and as in taking leave of your Royal Highness, Your Highness deigned me to honor me……….. “

5. Any instrument can be used although we would prefer no vocal accompaniment as in a song but voice can be included if it was used as a sound.

REQUIREMENTS

All submissions should be in the form of a CD clearly labeled with your name and contact details (telephone number and email address).

Each score must be no less than 3 minutes and no more than 6 minutes in length

Deadline for submissions will be postmarked by 31^st May 2012

Winners will be announced by email on June 15^th 2012

Young composers must be between the ages of 16 and 25 on the 31st May 2012.

Each applicant can make more than one entry for any letter. There has to be one application form per entry. So, if you want to submit two works then two application forms need to be filled out.

If your work is chosen then YDP will require a final recording of the work with real instruments instead of digital sounds unless you are using specific sounds that cannot be reproduced with instruments.

If you have questions or need more information please contact Lucy Field who is managing the competition in connection with Yorke Dance Project lucy@lucyfield.com

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

All materials sent will not be returned.

• For each individual  work  selected a fee of £100 pounds will be paid for the composition.    This fee will cover the creation and the use of the score for all performances of Noted that YDP perform from September 2012 until December 2013 worldwide.

• No royalties for this period will be paid, as this is included in the fee.

• YDP will own all rights to the music during this period of time and no use by anyone else including the composer will be allowed unless written permission is given by YDP.

• If YDP perform Noted after December 2013 an agreement will be determined with the composers on royalties for any performances.

If your submitted work is not chosen for this competition YDP agrees that they will not use any of the work submitted for future performances of new work unless the composer gives permission and a fee agreed upon.

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF THE APPLICATION FORM

BREAKDOWN OF LETTERS

Letter One  – dated 1670 – Madame De Sevigne

Hailed as one of the world’s greatest correspondents, Madame De Sevigne paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of France at the time of Luis XIV, in eloquent letters written to friends and family throughout her life.

This section is based on a letter bearing hugely excitable news of a royal engagement followed by a letter announcing the engagement being broken of by the king.

Letter Two – dated between 1717 and 1723 – J.S Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroqueperiod and brought it to its ultimate maturity.

This section is based on a letter Bach wrote to His Royal Highness, My Lord Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg. It is an overly grateful acknowledgement of Bach’s work and how honored he is at His Royal Highness’s request for some pieces of his composition and so providing him with some concertos. Bach then goes on to shower His Royal Highness with compliments signing the letter as Your Royal Highness’s most humble and obedient servant.

Letter Three  -dated 1861 – Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

Queen Victoria had an immense love for Prince Albert and was devastated after his death. The letters she wrote before and after his death show such extreme passion and beautifully describe her love for the Prince. This section will portray the time before and just after Prince Albert’s death.

Letter Four – dated 1961 – Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s

This section is based on a letter she wrote after being committed to a psychiatric clinic in New York suffering from mental exhaustion following a recent divorce. After a harrowing stay over four days her first husband, Joe DiMaggio, intervened and she wrote this letter to her other psychiatrist whilst resting in a New York Hospital. It describes her being in a padded cell and how she used her acting skills to play along with “acting like a nut” if they were going to treat her like one. Some of the letter is very dreamy and there is an overriding sadness and dream like descriptiveness throughout.

Letter Five – 2001- Hunter S Thompson

Hunter S Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is known also for his lifelong use of  alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine(among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism.

In 2001 he sent a letter to Holly Sorensen, then production Executive at The Shooting Gallery. The furious written rant concerned the movie adaption of a Thompson novel. This section will be based on this letter that is fueled by anger and frustration and contains many words that are underlined to get his point across.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE COMPLETE LETTERS

Anton will be hosting this special fundraising event, which will include a panel of top sportsmen giving their own insight into the world of sport, discussing their sport, past experiences and stories never before told.

The evening will also include a live performance by Anton Du Beke and Yorke Dance Project Artistic Director, Yolande Yorke-Edgell. The night will conclude with an auction to raise money for the Youth Dance Project, which works to reach underprivileged communities in the South West of England, inspiring them and integrating them into the professional world of dance.

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Upon graduation, James joined the cast of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
for a national and international tour including New York and Italy. He
also features in the new 3D film version of the show, filmed at
Sadler’s Wells, London, to be released this summer.

James has also danced professionally for the Marc Brew Company and
with choreographer Rachael Mossom.

As a choreographer, James has created numerous works that have been
performed throughout London and abroad to great acclaim, including
performances in Verona, Italy; the VIII International Burgos-New York
Competition, Spain; the opening of The Place’s 40th Anniversary
Celebrations, London; and Buckingham Palace, for the Duke of York’s
50th Birthday.

Words will be the theme for our next production and we are in the process of pulling together potential ideas. At the moment we are talking with the wonderful Wendy Houstoun about making a new work for us. I am in discussions with the Lewitzky Trust about the possibility of reconstructing another Lewitzky work and the final two works will be a new creation by myself and I will be re working City Limitless and spending a little more time character developing that work as it is so character driven.

We will be holding two national competitions, one for a young writer to create a story for my new work and the other for a young composer who will compose an original score for the new work. More details on all of this to follow. We will of course be running our Youth Leaders Programme with new ideas and a new format to enrich the whole experience. For more information please email us.