Date and time: 07/05/2008

Location: Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth

Event details:

This will be a night of dance created expressly out of the synergy of events, ideas, accidents and occurrences of this particular evening.  With a fierce commitment to pure improvisation without script or structure 5 Men Dancing promises to invigorate the audience and re-new the vision of what improvisation is all about.

5 Men are wild, edgy and humorous and herald an openness to emotional risk rarely seen on stage.

5 Men dancing arose from an original idea by Thomas Mettler, Director of "on.off Werkstatt" in Bern.  Mettler was interested in performers and makers experienced in dance, theatre, voice and movement and, having invited numerous artists from around the world to teach in Switzerland, it was his long held dream to bring some of these people to work together.  He invited the founders of 5 Men Dancing, amongst them Jordi Cortes, Rick Nodine and Adam Benjamin, and in 2004 they embarked on a period of research in Bern at on.off and in London at The Place.  From this emerged the principle that formed the basis of their performance work.

The show may include strong performance and naked language.

We recommend this piece for ages 16 and over.

Tickets: £10 (£8 students, over 60s, UoP staff and Friends Plus)

8.00 pm