Project Y 2009

PY08 were based at RSAMD (Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama) from 6 July to 29 July and then completed the following tour dates:.

RSAMD - Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 July

Eden Court - Friday 31 July

Aberdeen International Youth Festival - Saturday 1 August

An unknown caller sent me this text in 2008. Who was it from? Where did they get my number? Why did I not reply? And more importantly what did they think I had done. Was it theft, murder or just the dishes?

Andy Howitt (Choreographer)

Do you think that you are free in life? I think not, because we are all in a jail called Time. This piece is punctuated by pauses, slow motion and sequences that rewind and fast forward combining Street Dance, Contemporary and Breakdance energies. What can happen when the God of Time plays with us?

Daniel Aing (Choreography)

This piece celebrates the foundation and inspiration YDance provided me with and reflects the happy memories I have of working with the company as a dancer or choreographer since attending the first Scottish Youth Dance Festival in 1988.

Allan Irvine (Choreography)

Inspired by a recent trip to India and Nepal this work explores a fusion of dance styles to create a high energy yet touching piece which takes both the dancers and audience on an emotional rollercoaster. We are always on a journey, short or long, physical or emotional. It can take us far away or take us home. The reason we start may change by the end, the end may only be the beginning. We might never find what we were looking for, or lose ourselves along the way, but there is always a change, big or small, physical or emotional!

Anna Kenrick (Choreography)

Project Y 2008

PY08 were based at RSAMD (Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama) from 7 July to 30 July and then completed the following tour dates:.

RSAMD - Wednesday 30 July

Brunton Theatre - Thursday 31 July

Eden Court - Friday 1 August

Aberdeen International Youth Festival - Saturday 2 August

This work strives to celebrate our presence, while tempering the festivities with the tang of sorrow at the potential of the losses to come. We know what may be coming, but with thoughts of what the future may bring, let us give thanks for our existence. The 3 songs used in this work are in the tradition of Son Huasteco from the eastern part of Mexico. The songs themselves are jubilant in musical form while speaking of sorrow, longing and loss.

Duncan Macfarland (Choreographer)

What happens if you just let go? Release, cry, laugh, collapse. This energetic yet touching piece explores how holding onto emotions, people or memories alters how we live in the present and impacts on who we are.

Anna Kenrick (Choreographer)

This continuous movement phrase combines group, partner and solo work in an exploration of the notions of focus. Where is the eye drawn? Where can it be made to look?

Alan Greig & the Project Y Dancers (Choreography)

Ferocious yet gentle, explosive and calm, tough but delicate - this dynamic exploration of contradictory dance moods and styles takes a journey through the extremes of opposites.

Andy Howitt(Choreographer)

Project Y 2007

PY07 were based at The Space in Dundee from 9 July to 28 July and then completed the following tour dates:.

The Space - Saturday 28 July

The Arches - Tuesday 31 July & Wednesday 1 August

The Lemon Tree - Friday 3 & Saturday 4 August

Inspired by the journeys of the 17th century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park examines themes of change resulting from exploration of unknown territory, the need for peacemakers and the alchemy of interaction between peoples meeting for the first time.

Andy Howitt (Choreographer)

A high energy creation, from Ex-Motionhouse Dance Theatre performer Lisi Perry, explores how and where we get our information.

Lisi Perry (Choreographer)

What happens when there is a break? What are the choices? What comes of a pause? Lyrically dynamic in style Hiatus combines elements of chance and improvisation with an original musical score.

Katy McKeown (Choreography)

Highly-charged and very physical, this new work from award winning choreographer Thomas Small is a fast paced fusion of contemporary dance styles.

Thomas Small (Choreographer)

Project Y 2006

PY06 were based at Broughton High School and then completed the following tour dates:.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre - Saturday 5 August

Aberdeen International Youth Festival - Tuesday 8 & Thursday 10 August

GOMA Youth Festival - Friday 11 August

McRobert Arts Centre - Saturday 12 August

Youth culture, dynamism, contrasting images, extreme physicality and partner work in this fast and furious exploration of energy - how to channel it and use to open new, exciting dimensions.

Filip Van Huffel (Choreographer)

A re-work of Combo, choreographed by Allan irvine in 1998 originally performed by Freshmess. Combinations In... uses various dance styles such as contemporary, breakdance, poppin', lockin' and street dance. These styles are merged together to create a new vocabularly of movement resulting in an energetic and entertaining work.

Allan Irvine (Choreographer)

Based on a features music track by 0 Paradise, this piece celebrates the exhilarating times of the transitional period between child and adulthood, whilst also depicting the struggle this brings.

Yolanda Aguilar (Choreographer)

Celtic in flavour and contemporary in style, Howitt's work is a passionate, whirlwind of our hoemland. Using Scotland's rich, cultural landscape as inspiration it combines the traditional with the cutting-edge and blurs the boundaries of past and present.

Andy Howitt (Choreographer)