June 23, 2014

Witness Review – The Observer

Witness was presented at The Place Theatre, London. See our 4**** review by Luke Jennings "Jo Fong is something of a legend on the UK contemporary dance scene. She's worked with everyone, from Rosas to DV8 to Rambert, and has a reputation as a charismatic performer and a relentlessly inquiring choreographer."
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June 21, 2014

  13th - 17th Oct Professional Open Contemporary Classes Oct The Place Theatre, London 6th October Jo performs in HIDE by Deborah Light at Galeri Caernarfon 18th - 25th August An Invitation... will be presented at Zoo Southside, Edinburgh. Daily at 10.45am Click here to see the Trailer 14th June Witness - to be presented at The Place London 8pm 13th June Jo performs HIDE by Deborah Light at The Place London 8th May - 6th June Dance Roads International Tour Dialogue - A Double Act 8, 9, 10th May Montreal 14, 15, 16th May Bordeaux 30, 31st May Turin 5th, 6th June Arnhem 1st May Jo's new work Dialogue - A Double Act previews as part of a mixed bill of work with Heloise Godfrey-Talbot at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 18th and 19th March Jo performs HIDE by Deborah Light at Clywd Theatre Cymru, Mold. 15th March Jo performs in Stupid Women at Juncture Festival, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds - A homage to Nigel Charnock's directed by Wendy Houstoun 13th March Witness is presented at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 21st February Witness is presented at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 6th and 7th February Jo performs in HIDE by Deborah Light at Volcano, Swansea 1st Feburary Witness is presented at British Dance Edition 2014. Tramway 4, Glasgow 31st January Jo performs in HIDE by Deborah Light at British Dance Edition 2014 27th January Witness - Galeri Caernarfon 24th and 25th January Jo performs in HIDE by Deborah Light at Chapter Arts Centre 6th December 2013 Jo collaborates with artists Steve Geliot and Tanya Raman. Jo will be performing Trajectory a combined arts performance taking place at The Depot in Cardiff.
20th and 27th November 2013  4th and 11th December 2013 Join Jo for Open Adult Contemporary Classes at Rubicon Dance in Cardiff. 6 - 7.15pm £5 / £3
11th - 15th November 2013 Professional Open Classes London The Place Theatre 9 - 10.30 am
31st Oct - 2nd Nov 2014 Half term Intensive Open Classes and Nurture Workshops Rubicon Dance - Cardiff
27th October 2014 Bristol Class and Workshop 10 - 5pm Dance Space theislandbristol.com
16th and 23rd October 2013 6 - 7.30pm Adult Contemporary Classes Rubicon Dance - Cardiff
16th - 28th September Dance Roads Open Process residency at Chapter Arts Centre
26th, 27th and 28th September 2013 7pm Witness - Sherman Cymru - Cardiff - 029 2064 6900
 20th, 21st, 27th and  28th July 2013 The Audience professional open research workshops at Chapter Arts Centre.
10th July 2013 6.30 and 8pm Witness - Merlin Theatre - Frome Festival - 01373 465949 - fromefestival.co.uk
3, 4, 5th July 2013 Quarantine's Dyas Sisters premiers at Contact Theatre in Manchester. Jo performs with both Grace and Veronica Dyas, directed by RIchard Gregory.
4th May 2013 Premier at Riverfront Theatre, Newport. Jo Fong collaborates with Ballet Cymru on a new production of Romeo & Juliet.
21, 22, 23th February 2013 Jo will be performing Hide by Deborah Light at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
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May 28, 2014

Danceroads Review

Dialogue - A Double Act has been touring internationally with Danceroads with performances in Montreal, Bordeaux, Cardiff, Turin and Arnhem. Check out the first review
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April 11, 2014

Witness Touring 2014

Witness  – Portraits of Women Who Dance Coming soon to The Place Theatre - London 14th June 8pm theplace.org.uk   ‘A beautiful piece of work, moving, inspiring and thought provoking – about dance, about women, about being in front of cameras…’ An invitation to witness three exceptional dancers as they collaborate in the making of their own choreographic portraits in this revealing documentary. Three women talk candidly about their relationship with dance, performance and what it is to be watched. The unique performances that result are both elaborate and supremely personal: as idiosyncratic as the women who dance them. Excellence, intimacy and honesty in performance. 'The audience witnessed a process of candid exposure that was as moving as it was aesthetically pleasing.' CCQ Magazine
Choreography and Direction | Jo Fong Filmmakers and Editing | Filipe Alcada and Dawn Collins Dancers Ino Riga,  “Theatre is a rehearsed life, pre-planned, you know your role.” Eeva-Maria Mutka,  “Is this dancing?” Annabeth Berkeley,  “You can’t always say the truth, sometimes you have to pretend.” “The films draw a fine line between what is real and what is performed and ask how is it to be watched or exhibited.” Jo Fong See trailer – Witness
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April 7, 2014

Witness Review – Sherman Theatre

CCQ magazine review by Emma Geliot Click Here “Fong’s thoughtful editing, always mindful of what she’s revealing about her subjects, is what makes this piece so compelling.” “Over the course of just over an hour the audience witnessed a process of candid exposure that was as moving as it was aesthetically pleasing. And ‘witness’ really is the word here, for it implies more than passive engagement.” CCQ magazine. Review Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
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March 20, 2014

New works – Cardiff

Dialogue - A Double Act New works by Jo Fong and Heloise Godfrey–Talbot. 1st May, 8pm Chapter Arts Centre This mixed bill features performance, audio-visual work and the premier of Dialogue – A Double Act. The collaboration is an evolving archive of work, a collecting machine, a gathering of material, instigations, ideas and dialogue. It is inspired by Amanda Baggs’ moving film entitled In My Language. “I’m playing in uncertainty, miscommunication, communication, conversation, lost in translation, getting to know one another, the desire to be understood… the list goes on.” Jo Fong The aim is to make something that is alive, spontaneous and honest. The drama is in what is happening right now. Jo Fong is a director, choreographer and performer working in dance, film, theatre and the visual arts. Heloise Godfrey-Talbot is an audio-visual artist who works with people and communities as her main medium. heloisegodfrey-talbot.com £12/10
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February 17, 2014

The Audience – Workshop

The Audience - Workshop led by artist Jo Fong When             1.30 - 4pm 21st February 2014. Where            The Castle Theatre, Aberystwyth. How much     £5 This event has been subsidised by Aberystwyth University and Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Workshop - I have been working on a way to perform The Audience. It is about connection, spontaneity, but also about uncertainty. The workshop stages a process, the frame is there, we now need to fill it. The Audience appears as though it is being created right now. In places it is. What happens or doesn’t happen is influenced directly by the people in the room. We play the performer. We play the audience. We are the show. Is it now? The original research was strangely playful, alive, joyous and imaginative and therefore weirdly powerful and human. We opened the studio and discovered a profound way of meeting people. For more information on The Audience click here https://www.jofong.com/portfolios/1049/ “Jo has a truly distinctive practice. It is deceptively simple, yet from simple parameters has managed to generate a potentially radical new interface between performers and audience, one based on empathy, similarity and the everyday rather than on “otherness”, competition or confrontation.” Richard Huw Morgan. Pitch, good cop bad cop.
About JO FONG I am a director, choreographer and performer working in dance, film, theatre and the visual arts. As a performer, I have worked for over 20 years including performances with Rosas, DV8 Physical Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Mark Bruce Company, Nigel Charnock, Igloo and Quarantine Theatre. Current performance projects include Stupid Women at Juncture Festival, Yorkshire Dance – A reworking of Nigel Charnock’s inspired Stupid Men and directed by Wendy Houstoun. I will also be working with Unfinished Business on a new work entitled Change My Mind. I am Associate Artist with Coreo Cymru and my artistic work is supported by Arts Council Wales and Sherman Cymru. Witness – Portraits of Women Who Dance was presented at British Dance Edition 2014 and is currently touring the UK. Currently I am developing three new live works and an installation all of which are born out of a period of research entitled The Audience. The first; Dialogue – A Double Act will tour internationally with Dance Roads in May and June 2014. As an independent artist I present work that is thought-provoking and centred around people, dancers or players who translate, reveal or perform. The work is grounded in the idea of honesty in performance and looks under the skin: the psychological drives, motivations or inherent characteristics of an individual or group, creating a shared and considered relationship with an audience. The body is my first language, though text and voice work are regularly a part of the whole. I combine physical technical knowledge, agility and experience with a raw, rebellious and curious spirit. I endeavor to understand further and explore the scope for movement to communicate and to cultivate work that is generous, engaging and embodies an alternative beauty.
Witness Tour 2014 1st February British Dance Edition 2014 Glasgow - Tramway 21st February Aberystwyth Arts Centre 13th March Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon) 14th June The Place Theatre (London) Dialogue - A Double Act is new work to be presented at Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff) on 1st May 2014. Photo credits John Collingswood and Heloise Godfrey If you are interested in taking part please get in touch with Louise Ritchie lhr08@aber.ac.uk
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September 30, 2013

Bristol Class and Workshop

Neshima Dance Company presents DANCE THEATRE WORKSHOP with Jo Fong Sunday 27th October 2013 | 10.00 - 5.00pm | DanceSpace Bristol Places are limited Special Price: £15 To book, please email Veronica Cortes at: vcortes1976@gmail.com For further  information click here
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August 15, 2013

Classes and Workshops

Cardiff  Rubicon Dance 16th Oct and 23rd Oct 20th, 27th Nov 4th, 11th Nov 6 - 7.30pm Adult Contemporary Classes Half Term Intensive 31st Oct - 3rd November Open Classes 10.30 - 12pm 3 day Nurture Workshop 1st - 3rd November 12.15 - 5.30pm Nurture is a group of artists, dance teachers and graduates who gather to explore choreographic and performance work. Jo will devise and choreograph a new work for the group to be performed as part of Rubicon's Community Dance Platform on 29th November 2013. If you are interested in taking part please contact Paul Davies at Rubicon pauldavies727@btinternet.com
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July 26, 2013

Witness – Sherman Theatre – Cardiff

Witness  - Portraits of Women Who Dance
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 26, 27and 28th September 7pm 02920 646900 | shemancymru.co.uk 'A beautiful piece of work, moving, inspiring and thought provoking - about dance, about women, about being in front of cameras…’ An invitation to witness three exceptional dancers as they collaborate in the making of their own choreographic portraits in this revealing documentary. Three women talk candidly about their relationship with dance, performance and what it is to be watched. The unique performances that result are both elaborate and supremely personal: as idiosyncratic as the women who dance them. Excellence, intimacy and honesty in performance.
Choreography and Direction | Jo Fong Filmmakers and Editing | Filipe Alcada and Dawn Collins Dancers Ino Riga,  “Theatre is a rehearsed life, pre-planned, you know your role.” Eeva-Maria Mutka,  “Is this dancing?” Annabeth Berkeley,  “You can’t always say the truth, sometimes you have to pretend.” "The films draw a fine line between what is real and what is performed and ask how is it to be watched or exhibited." Jo Fong See trailer - Witness
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