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Planning is underway for Critical Moment 24, the event I promote, which brings together older choreographers and their companies for one evening of thought provoking dance theatre.
Silvana and Natasha have joined Function of X for our new work ‘Every Three Days’ which will be premiered at The Place Theatre on Saturday 30th November. We are incorporating projection and spoken word in this piece. Follow its development on our blog.
We have a new company member! Silvana Desira has joined us as an associate. Here is a precis of her experience:
Silvana’s love for the stage began when she was 11 years old and part of a group of children who performed at the Royal Opera House over two seasons. In Othello, she found herself talking in Italian with Dame Gwyneth Jones and practising scales alone in her dressing room.
As an adult Silvana worked as a supporting artist on many productions, from films (Hugo, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Street Dance, The Dig, Bond’s Skyfall), TV dramas (The Crown, Gangs of London, Rev), comedies and music videos (Manic Street Preachers, Groove Armada, Rumour Said Fire, Florence and the Machine) to TV adverts.
Forty years flew by before Silvana found dance and reignited her love of live performance. This happened while as a mature student at the Royal Drawing School, she found herself compelled, like many other visual artists before her, to draw dance and dancers.
Inspired by movement, Silvana, now in her 50s, started her dance journey. The first classes she took were in Tribal Fusion. A whirl of artistic developments followed, taking in choreographing, performing and creating stage costumes for herself, using aged thrift shop finds.
Silvana enjoyed solos and collaborations, both in the UK and abroad, including Sicily and Vienna. In 2015, she co-created Seraphima, a platform for Tribal Fusion events and hosted international dancers with workshops and performances.
Then turning her attention to contemporary dance Silvana become a member of Counterpoint Dance Company and performed inThe Elixir festival at Sadlers Wells. She has also performed at The British Museum, The Tate Modern’s Clore Gallery, The Place Theatre in ‘Terpiscore’ choreographed by Luke Brown and in ‘Earthworks’ produced by Vicki Lant, plus taken part in Move It with Rambert’s Mercury Movers.
More recently, in 2022, Silvana was selected to perform at The Place with Chistopher Bannerman in Theo Clinkhard’s ‘The Days.’
We are very pleased to be dancing and creating with Silvana
Our young dancers has left the company due to coursework and her graduation commitments. Lily, who is one of Katy’s ex students joins us.
