Name: CHAMELEON PRESENTS: UPLIFT
Start: 2024-11-15T19:00:00Z
End: 2024-11-15T21:30:00Z
Location: Company Chameleon

CHAMELEON PRESENTS: UPLIFT

Company Chameleon started when Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner met at Trafford Youth Dance Theatre in the mid-1990s. Two ordinary lads from Manchester, they shared an ambition to dance professionally. After developing their talent at Trafford, they went on to train with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and after graduating travelled and worked with some of the world’s most innovative dance companies and choreographers.They came home in 2007 with the aim of setting up their own dance company – and Company Chameleon was born. Today, Company Chameleon tours internationally, staging over 50 indoor and outdoor performances every year. Wherever we perform, we lead a dance class or a workshop. As a result, we have introduced thousands of young people, from countries all over the world, to a different side of dance and movement. In 2019, Company Chameleon welcomed Dame Darcey Bussell on board as the Company’s first-ever Patron.

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Join us for a triple bill of new commissions, from some of the North West's most exciting Dance Makers.

PLEASE READ: IMPORTANT UPDATE ON FRIDAY’S PERFORMANCE: Please note, due to injury, UPLIFT artist Jen Malarkey’s work will not be featured as part of the triple-bill programme. Instead, we're excited to share a short excerpt choreographed by Alice Bonazzi for a new production we’re creating with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), which premieres in January. <h2>Chameleon Presents: UPLIFT</h2>This November, We are proud to share 3 new works in progress made by this years’ UPLIFT Artists! Throughout autumn, we are hosting 3 companies in residence at our home studios. The artists have had the chance to create, adapt and develop dance works with the support of Chameleon’s Creative team.Join us, on Fri 15 November, for a chance to see what they've been up to and have the opportunity to feedback on the work so far!This Year's Supported Artists are:UMAMI! : A new collaboration from Lily Antonia (She/They) and Maisha Kungu (they/them)Lily is a dance artist, performer, teacher, and choreographer. Her work centres around storytelling and human relationships, using dance as a form to share inner and outer worlds. As a neurodivergent queer artist, Lily says “I’m here to celebrate individually and empower others to express themselves.”Maisha is a neurodivergent queer artist, choreographer, performer, and movement director, whose vibrant, kind-hearted, educational, and actively anti-racist work uses structured improvisation to harness authentic groove within body and soul. On Instagram at: @umami_movement Max Lee (he/him) Max is a choreographer, dancer, actor, movement coach and video designer. He is currently Art Director of creative platform, Room 9 Dance Theatre. After graduating from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and London Contemporary Dance School, he studied contemporary dance at The Place in London.Max has choreographed for the Hong Kong Arts Festival, performed at the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games and created a short dance film, Fish, which was commissioned by Jumping Frames as part of the Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival.On Instagram: @ Max_daily_9yeah Jen Malarkey (she/her) Jen is Artistic Director of Encounter, making work across dance, theatre and screen. She has toured and collaborated with organisations including Northern Stage, Soho Theatre, The Yard, The Lowry, The Place, The Albany, Live Theatre, Lancaster Arts, Z Arts, Traverse Theatre and Fuel Theatre. Alongside creating shows with Encounter, she freelances as a movement director and teaches actor movement in Higher Education with a special interest in access and inclusion.As part of her residency, Jen will work with Carl Harrison, an award-winning performer from Manchester, who has worked with Punchdrunk Theatre, Protein Dance, Encounter and Thick &amp; Tight. Carl recently directed the cabaret in Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City, and he is currently making a solo show called Apocalypse Wow!On Instagram: @jennifermalarkey

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