In addition to choreographing a new work for rambert in 2016 she is developing the dark chorus, a new lucy guerin inc. Jan 23, 2018, joe hillgibbins a midsummer nights dream, measure for measure and carrie cracknell macbeth, codirected with lucy guerin. Music by will gregory and alison goldfrapp create a haunting, violently painful soundtrack well up to comparison with film scores and lucy guerin s tortuous choreography for the chorus comments on the action as eloquently as the words they speak. Following joe hillgibbins revamp of measure for measure the young vic stages another shake up of shakespeare courtesy of directorchoreographer duo carrie cracknell and lucy guerin.
Light for macbeth is by neil austin and costumes are by merle hensel. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she. Following their acclaimed collaboration on medea at the national theatre, carrie cracknell and lucy guerin have together created a new version of shakespeares supernatural tragedy, macbeth, premiering at the young vic, london when the prophecy of three witches proclaims that macbeth is destined to become the king of scotland, he and lady macbeth embark upon a murderous journey of power. Codirectors carrie cracknell and lucy guerin set this modern dress production in a mediaobsessed, militaristic dystopia. As john heffernan prepares to open in a new interpretation of macbeth, he talks about the production, his student days and the success of oppenheimer john heffernan in rehearsal for macbeth richard hubert smith this has been a good year for actor.
They have made the business of war the agonised impotence of the everyman. Jan 20, 2016 directed by ken loach, raining stones is one of allens best loved scripts. The genesis foundation is an arts project based in the united kingdom and the principal activity of the studs trust, a registered charity established by john studzinski in 2001, the genesis foundation works in partnership with the leaders of uk arts organisations including lamda, the national theatre, royal court, the sixteen and the young vic. Conversation piece 1934 broadway tickets, news, info. Explore the companys archive, meet the staff and board and donate, here. Medea will also be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on thursday 4 september. Carrie cracknell s production quakes with female rage and powerlessness. It was the playwright who ignited the actors love for theatre. It fulfills its purpose well and lucy guerin s choreography can be loosely described as minimalist. Whatever the losses, director carrie cracknell s vision powerfully survives. Following their acclaimed collaboration on medea at the national theatre, director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin create a new version of. John heffernan and anna maxwell martin lead the company in carrie cracknell and lucy guerins ambitious new staging of macbeth at birmingham.
A look at how the untrained approach the act of moving, and what it reveals about them as individuals. Linda nylind for the guardian w hen carrie cracknell set about creating a new version of medea for the national theatre, she faced two. Lucy guerin a dance and text integration dance direct. Aug 11, 2014 medea by euripides in a new version by ben power starring helen mccrory directed by carrie cracknell screening from october 4, 2014 as part of national theatre live find cinemas at. Director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers published. Four dancers two trained, two untrained, a square taped to the floor, and instructions on stage for them to follow as best they can. The production, directed by carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin, is performed in modern dress and has no hint of being set in scotland.
Macbeth at the young vic in pictures stage the guardian. Mar 21, 2017 lucy guerin is one of the powerhouses of australian contemporary dance, known for her work in australia and abroad. Its a highly visual production exploring the main themes of macbeths breakdown and the supernatural through a fusion of shakespeares original words. Dec 05, 2012 a number of the dances that the excellent lucy guerin has brought to these shores from her native australia have been pretty creepy. Jonathan strange and mr norrell and anna maxwell martin south riding. I am primarily interested in understanding womens engagement with sex, sex work, and. John heffernan as macbeth and anna maxwell martin as lady macbeth.
Tristram kentonthe guardian guerin was expecting the result to be dry and clinical and abstract and. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She has been commissioned by chunky move, danceworks rotterdam, ricochet uk, mikhail baryshnikovs white oak dance project usa, lyon opera ballet france among many others. John heffernan and anna maxwell martin star in carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s ambitious new staging of macbeth. Explore the choreographies, dance performances and curated seasons of lucy guerin inc. Sheridan smith can sing, dance and yes, shes a very funny. For the sake of her husband, jason, shes left her home and borne two sons in exile. Young vic 2015 season brochure by young vic theatre issuu. Born in 1961, lucy began her dance career by studying dance with many teachers, followed by a two year dance course at adelaides centre for performing arts. Working with choreographer lucy guerin, director carrie cracknell has created a danceinfused version of shakespeares play. Dec 22, 2015 the directors, carrie cracknell and lucy guerin have concocted a brew so toxic in this production that there may be no full recovery. The national theatres new production addresses itself to the modern condition, helped by music from the artpop duo. To find out more about the foundations partnership with the young vic, click here.
In macbeth, which cracknell codirects with choreographer lucy guerin. Poppy shakespeare lead the company in carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s ambitious new staging of macbeth. If i could untrain myself in one thing, it would be. His extensive inventory of remixes for the likes of massive attack, depeche mode, battles, nils frahm and max richter were collected in 20 on the feastbeast double album. Lucy guerin is one of the powerhouses of australian contemporary. Dance and theatre combine in the world premiere of carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s take on macbeth starring john heffernan and anna maxwell martin as the title character and his ruthless wife betrayal, jealousy and suspicion reign in scotland as shakespeares tragedy of the desperate desire for power is redrawn in an ambitious new staging by the duo, whose creative partnership began. Born in adelaide, lucy guerin graduated from the centre for performing arts in 1982 before joining the companies of russell dumas dance exchange and nanette hassall danceworks.
Its a highly visual production which explores main themes of macbeths breakdown and the supernatural through a fusion of shakespeares. Carrie cracknell and lucy guerin have done something very creative with their new production of macbeth thrilling at times. Aug 27, 2014 helen mccrory talks to genista mcinosh about her preparation to play medea and reflects on her acting career. Rehearsal image of lucy guerins conversation piece 2012 featuring dancers rennie mcdougall and harriet ritchie. Director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers. Lady macbeth star anna maxwell martin backs benedict cumberbatchs appeal to fans to stop filming. Director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerins macbeth at the.
Lucy guerin inc studio melbourne conversation piece premiere season, belvoir, sydney first run september conversation piece premiere season, belvoir, sydney cont. Sophia amy evans when the prophecy of three witches proclaims that macbeth is destined to become the king of scotland, he and lady macbeth embark upon a treacherous journey of murder, paranoia. She graduated from adelaides center for performing arts in 1982 and found employment in sydney with russell dumas dance exchange in 1983. Lucy guerin a dance and text integration lucy guerin is an australian choreographer based in melbourne. An adelaide native, lucy fell in love with contemporary dance and pursued this love to new york in 1989, dancing there for seven years. Music by will gregory and alison goldfrapp create a haunting, violently painful soundtrack well up to comparison with film scores and lucy guerins tortuous choreography for the chorus comments on the action as eloquently as the words they speak.
Following the success of macbeth, lucy was commissioned by rambert to make the work tomorrow. The dark chorus recalls the roots of ancient theatre where. Pastyfaced people convulse, attempt suicide, and the like. When the prophecy of three witches proclaims that macbeth is destined to become the king of scotland, he and lady macbeth embark upon a murderous journey of. Tristram kenton the guardian guerin was expecting the result to be dry and clinical and abstract and. Following their highly regarded collaboration on medea at the national theatre, carrie cracknell and lucy guerin create a new version of shakespeares. To deal with this latter question, cracknell turned to a theatrical dark art, contemporary dance, calling in australian choreographer lucy guerin. Carrie became artistic director of the gate theatre london in 2007 at the age of 26. Yuyu rau methods for misunderstanding the nature of thing.
Director carrie cracknell tells maddy costa why she. She moved to new york in 1989 for seven years where she danced with tere oconnor dance, the bebe miller company and sara rudner, and began to produce. Born in adelaide, lucy guerin graduated from the centre for performing arts in. Lucy guerin inc are a worldrenowned australian contemporary dance company. Macbeth 2016 young vic, birmingham rep, home lucy guerin. New productions are generated through an experimental approach that may involve voice, video, sound, text. The young vics macbeth stuns with its creepy, affronting style. This conversation covers everything from current works, working with. Lucy guerin, is a contemporary dancer and choreographer born in 1961 in adelaide, australia. To deal with this latter question, cracknell turned to a theatrical dark art, contemporary dance, calling in australian choreographer lucy guerin to bring medeas magic to life.
Metal is a new work by dance company lucy guerin inc and ensemble tikoro, a heavy metal choir from bandung indonesia led by robi rusdiana. In 2016 she choreographed new work, tomorrow, for london dance company rambert. In 2015 lucy codirected a new production of macbeth, alongside carrie cracknell at the young vic, london. Yuyu rau is a dancer trained in ballet, contemporary and chinese classical dance. Betrayal, jealousy and suspicion reign in scotland as shakespeares tragedy of the desperate desire for power is redrawn in an ambitious new staging. I joined leicester in 2017 and currently lecture in criminology. Anna maxwell martin to star as lady macbeth at londons young vic.
Lucy guerin was born in adelaide, australia, and began her dance education at local dance schools. Carrie cracknell and lucy guerin reunite to direct a new vision of macbeth using dance and theatre in this world premiere. Allens first collaboration with director roland joffe is an immensely powerful examination of a family struggling to stay afloat as benefits are slashed and britain celebrates the queens silver jubilee. Rory kinnear leads young vic season official london theatre. As well as this, shakespeare is given a new spin with carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s dancetheatre collaboration macbeth 26th november 16th january 2016, while romola garai makes her young vic debut in the deliciously dark measure for measure 2nd october 7th november. Writer and director nadia latif is named genesis fellow at. She moved to new york in 1989 for seven years where she danced with tere oconnor dance, the bebe miller company and sara rudner. Born in adelaide, australia, lucy guerin graduated from the centre for performing arts in 1982 before joining the companies of russell dumas dance exchange and nanette hassall danceworks.
Featuring john heffernan as macbeth and anna maxwell martin it is coming to the birmingham repertory theatre on the 26th january. They have plumbed the depths of inner guilt, inner ambition, inner envy, inner abandonment. Untrained 2009, human interest story 2010, conversation piece 2012. The production, in which director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin create a new version of shakespeares supernatural tragedy, stars john heffernan oppenheimer, jonathan strange and mr norrell as macbeth, and bafta awardwinning anna maxwell martin south riding, poppy shakespeare as lady macbeth. John heffernan and anna maxwell martin lead the company in carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s ambitious new staging of macbeth at birmingham repertory theatre from 26 30 january. Lucy guerin is one of the powerhouses of australian contemporary dance, known for her work in australia and abroad. The directors, carrie cracknell and lucy guerin have concocted a brew so toxic in this production that there may be no full recovery. They have made the business of war the agonised impotence of.
Now, for macbeth at the young vic, cracknell and guerin share equal directing credit as they attempt to fully integrate dance with shakespeares text. In 2015 lucy codirected a new production of macbeth, alongside carrie cracknell at the. Carrie cracknells mesmeric 2012 production of a dolls house was. Join facebook to connect with lucy cracknell and others you may know. She has been commissioned by chunky move, dance works rotterdam, ricochet uk, mikhail baryshnikovs white oak dance project usa, lyon opera ballet france among many others. Carrie cracknell directs sea walla life on broadway. Director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin have teamed up for a new version of macbeth at the young vic starring john heffernan and anna maxwell martin. The second shakespearean production to play as part of the young vics newly announced season, macbeth will be reimaged by directors carrie cracknell and lucy guerin through the mediums of dance and theatre from 26 november press night 3 december to 16 january. Dec 10, 2015 this production, directed by carrie cracknell and lucy guerin at the young vic, marks a welcome return to shakespeare for heffernan.
John heffernan and anna maxwell martin star in carrie cracknell and lucy guerins ambitious new staging of macbeth. Carrie cracknell and lucy guerin create a new version of shakespeares supernatural tragedy, weaving powerful and unsettling choreography throughout the story. But the explosive start to carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s production isnt maintained throughout. Lucy guerin inc 2012 annual report page 2 of 21 2012 timeline.
Directed by carrie cracknell and lucy guerin, this production is startlingly different to any other versions of macbeth i have seen before. When carrie cracknell directed medea at the national, lucy guerin s choreography was singled out as a major part of the productions atmosphere. Lucy has increasingly been working across forms, working in the uk with carrie cracknell first on medea 2014 and then macbeth 2015. Nov 20, 2015 interviews daisy bowiesell london, offwest end 20 nov 2015 source. Culture whisper says dance brings welcome release from the grim brutality of this stylish production. About lucy guerin inc contemporary dance company melbourne. The company is dedicated to challenging and extending the art of contemporary dance. Lucy guerin inc lucy guerin inc is an australian dance company established in melbourne in 2002 to create and tour new dance works. Macbeth in collaboration with carrie cracknell at the young vic in 2015. A scene from macbeth at the young vic, directed by carrie cracknell and lucy guerin. Lucy codirected a new production of macbeth, alongside carrie cracknell at the. Londons sexiest directors theatre piles everything into this visceral dancetheatre version of macbeth. Works choreography and performance lucy guerin inc.
Anna maxwell martin backs benedict cumberbatchs plea to stop. Following their acclaimed collaboration on medea at the national theatre, carrie cracknell and lucy guerin create a new version of shakespeares supernatural tragedy. My current research explores extreme weather events in the uk from c. Set in greater manchester this moving story brings both humour and poignancy to another tale of a family trying to make ends meet in the face of adversity. Medea by euripides in a new version by ben power starring helen mccrory directed by carrie cracknell screening from october 4, 2014 as part of national theatre live find cinemas at. Dec 12, 2015 the other big idea behind carrie cracknell and lucy guerins the team behind a fine medea at the national incoherent, monochrome, moderndress dancetheatre revival is to make much of the. Jan 14, 2014 new theatre show blurred lines, provoked by last years summer pop smash, puts misogyny and rape culture across all the arts in its sights. I am working with an english director, carrie cracknell, choreographing the play medea at the national theatre in london.
Born in adelaide, australia, lucy guerin graduated from the centre for. In 2015 lucy codirected a new production of macbeth, alongside carrie cracknell for the young vic in london, home in manchester and birmingham repertory theatre. For a while, the codirectors, carrie cracknell british theatre director and lucy guerin australian choreographer, even considered giving their new young vic production of shakespeares most. He has also worked in theatre providing original music for macbeth at the young vic, directed by carrie cracknell and lucy guerin. The pair of directors say its important to integrate their working methods across the media of theatre and dance, but this raises the question. John heffernan and anna maxwell martin lead the company in carrie cracknell and lucy guerin s ambitious new staging of macbeth at birmingham repertory theatre from 26. Director carrie cracknell and choreographer lucy guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers skip to main content the guardian back to home. In addition to choreographing a new work for rambert in 2016 she is developing the dark chorus, a new lucy guerin inc work to premiere in melbourne. Lucy guerin inc will be touring its works untrained and conversation piece to. Her many awards include the sidney myer performing arts award, a new york dance and performance award a bessie, several green room awards, three.
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