Earthfall is seeking a new member of staff to join the core team.
Earthfall enters its 25th year of activity in 2014/15 and is seeking a creative thinking Development / Touring Officer to join the producing team. In 2015, the company will be producing a new mid-scale work, which will tour the UK (including a London season), with potential mainland European touring.
The Role would suit someone who has some experience of working in the arts and wishes to develop their experience in a general management / producing role. Earthfall is committed to providing personal and professional development opportunities for its entire staff.
Click below for full role and personal specification:
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER ROLE (word)
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER ROLE PDF (PDF)
Please send a full CV and a covering letter by email only, outlining your reasons for wanting to work with Earthfall, along with your professional experience and how it relates to the role, to: jobs@earthfall.org.uk. Please put the title DEVELOPMENT OFFICER in the subject line.
CV’s and accompanying letters must be received by noon on Monday 5th January 2015.
Earthfall led a week long residency with Coleg Ceredigion performing arts students, involving dance, physical theatre and music.
Over a period of five days, students under the direction of Earthfall’s artisitc team, devised a body of physical performances entitled Time is Constant. The team leading the project included Jessica Cohen, Co-artistic Director, Daniel Connor (At Swim Two Boys) , Rosalind Haf Brooks (Gravitas, Gig, The Factory, Chelsea Hotel, Stories from a Crowded Room) and musician and technician
The performance is based on the students’own personal family trees and what they would put in a box that they wanted to leave as a memory of themselves including their most treasured items. The work discusses themes such as ‘what would be their last words when they only had a little breath left?’, and the work also took into account different conflicts from around the world, such as current struggles in places like Ukraine and Syria.
“This is the second year running that we have been lucky enough to distract Earthfall from their busy international schedule to get them to work alongside our theatre and dance students to create a show,”explained Ashley Wallington, curriculum manager for the performing arts at Coleg Ceredigion. “Once again the experience has been incredible for all involved – the process and performance work has been exciting, cutting edge and life changing. Together they have created everything from scratch in a week, including choreography, lyrics, design and all of the musical composition. None of the students will ever make a show in the same way again.”
Jessica Cohen, artistic director of Earthfall commented: “It was great to come back for a second year and once again the students were absolutely fantastic to work with. Enthusiastic, talented and hard-working, we couldn’t have asked for a better group. We get just as much out of it as we hope they do, and we are looking forward to continuing our relationships with Coleg Ceredigion in the future. The work we do with these students directly help us feed into our next production Stories from a Crowded Room, which will tour from Spring 2015 onwards.”
Earthfall return to Bath Spa for their week long residency with year 2 dance students.
Victor Explains the Mysteries
Who is Victor and what is he to to you?
Surround yourself in the world of hopes and fears, loves and loses as Earthfall explore the immersive theatre experience, with dynamic dance, live music and striking imagery. Working with the Bath Spa 2nd year students, Earthfall utilise the state of the art, video wall along with musicians and artists to explore the world in Victor Explains the Mysteries. The piece is the culmination of a week long residency with Earthfall and Bath Spa Students exploring technology and dance across art forms in this immersive promenade performance.
Tickets are free for the perfomance and can be booked here:
http://www.bathspalive.com/events/who-is-victor-and-what-is-he-to/1415991600/
Earthfall have been working alongside Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU) to deliver a series of workshops to all three years, across the academic calender. On the 25th and 26th September Earthfall led four workshops at CMU as part of their fresher activity.
Thursday 25th Sept, Workshops 1&2:
Fri 26th Sept, Workshops 3&4:
Led by two teams of 2, Billy Brown and Jennifer Johannson along with Joanne Young and Cêt Haf. The workshops were based around a range of elements such as technique, improvisation and lifts and were specially designed to engage and inspire all three years and to encourage collaboration between the year groups.
Led by Sally Varrall the CMU dance course is a three year BA (Hons) Dance, covering all spectrum from pedagogy to performance. The course is located on the CMU sports campus, so they can benefit from the expertise within the well established sports departments and can utilizes the skills and resources available.
At the end of each academic year there is a showcase combining all three years, with performances open to the public. You can find out more about the course, check out their website.
Earthfall have a long standing relationship with CMU, this year we are leading on conditioning evening classes to improve fitness levels to a professional performance standard and we also lead audition workshops to help prepare the dancers for professional dance auditions. The students will also engage with the company through attending performances and rehearsals where possible.