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LANTERN DANCE THEATRE COMPANY
Integrated Contemporary Dance
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SPIRITUS V 2009
This year was number five in the series of Spiritus performed by the Lantern Dance Theatre Company in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. The production also happened to coincide with the 90th birthday of a sprightly John Lowe.
Lantern Dance is an integrated company based in East Anglia. Earlier in the year the company performed as part of the U-Dance programme at the Mermaid Theatre, London.
More details about U-Dance can be found on the Youth Dance England web site.
More photographs from Spiritus can be found here on the SPIRITUS V page.
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SPIRITUS IV
The Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral 22nd August 2008
"An award wining dance company.... The Lantern Dance will perform their acclaimed show, Spiritus, in the cathedral's Lady Chapel.... The special one-hour performance will include new works by young dancers along with the appearance of guest artists. The show follows the company's sell-out performance of Prokofiev's ballet, The Stone Flower, at the Maltings earlier this year, which attracted worldwide media attention for the 88-year old star John Lowe. The Witchford grandfather-of-eleven, who began dancing at the age of 79, appeared on TV and radio shows across the world inclusing This Morning with Richard and Judy, after his ballet dancing skills were first spotted by the Weekly News."
Weekly News Thursday August 21, 2008
The performance was the result of a week-long intensive workshop in which 21 dancers took part, learning and preparing to perform a lot of new work. This year's Spiritus features new choreography by three young dance makers in the group. Tim Rayne, Rebecca Rowson and Ella Joel. It's great to see such creative work by these core members of the company, and great to see new people join the company for the occasion.
photographs © copyright Arvon Wellen
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THE STONE FLOWER-
Sergei Prokoviev
LATEST NEWS AT LDTC January 2008
The Stone Flower, with music by Sergei Prokoviev, was performed at the Maltings Ely, by the Lantern Dance Company, on Sunday 13th January 2008. The cast of talented young people also included John Lowe whose remarkable achievement was reported in many UK national newspapers as well as television and the internet.
The BBC reported, under the headline 'Ballet dancer, 88, takes to stage':
John Lowe took up ballet and tap dance nine years ago
An 88-year-old man is set to star in his first ballet show after taking up dance at the age of 79.
Grandfather to 11, John Lowe, of Witchford, Cambs, took up dancing having watched his daughter Alison become a professional dancer. '
The Daily Telegraph used the headline:
'Grandpa-de-deux prepares for his ballet debut'
While the Independent reported:
Helen Pettit, artistic director with the company, said: "John did the first steps well, but I didn't expect him to improve so dramatically, particularly in areas such as flexibility."
photographs: Arvon Wellen
copyright © Arvon Wellen 2008
Helen Pettit, Artistic Director for Lantern Dance and John were interviewed for Channel 4.
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LDTC Artistic Director Helen Pettit with a workshop group at ARTE VIVA 2006, including students from Czech Republic, Germany and the company. In front: LDTC member Ben Evans. Photo: ARTE VIVA
ARTE VIVA 2006
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LANTERN DANCE THEATRE COMPANY
web page design Arvon Wellen • e-mail: arvon(at)fincafilms.com
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