April 4, 2019

Surf the Wave Showcase

 
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April 4, 2019

Cardiff classes with Groundwork Pro

With Groundwork Pro
Wednesday 12 - Friday 14 June, 2019
 
For more details click HERE 
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February 13, 2019

A day in Bristol – Gather Up

MOVEMENT WORKSHOP AND GATHERING WITH JO FONG - TOGETHER Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:00 AM 4:30 PM Circomedia St Paul’s Church, Portland Square, Bristol BS2 8SJ UK Jo Fong is an artist living and working in Cardiff. Her work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Her practice has been informed by notions of inclusivity, participation and is about being present, this moment, communication, listening, face to face encounters and the idea of forming community. Gather up is a new artist-led initiative offering a programme of dance activity with a particular focus on contemporary movement practice and choreography For full details see their website GATHER UP
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January 30, 2019

Wallflower Lancaster and Findhorn

Quarantine’s Wallflower is touring February and March 2019. Jo will be performing alongside Karl Jay-Lewin, Charlie Morrissey, James Monaghan, Caroline Dubois and probably some other familiar faces. For details click HERE See the trailer HERE **** ‘A magical experience…’ Theaterkrant, Netherlands The people on stage in Wallflower are trying to remember every dance they’ve ever danced. Some are professional dancers, some are not. Spanning a lifetime of music, fashion, politics, friendships, parties, love and loss, Wallflower is a show about how dancing shapes our lives. Quarantine are internationally acclaimed for creating theatre out of everyday life.
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December 15, 2018

Touring January 2019

Neither Here Nor There is a new work created and performed by artists Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes. The show will be part of Chinese Arts Now’s annual festival in London and Centre For Chinese Contemporary Arts’s Season for Change in Manchester Details on the performances London HERE Manchester  HERE
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November 27, 2018

CAN Festival – Early Bird tickets

Book before the 21st December for Chinese Arts Now Festival 2019. 10% off all festival ticket prices. Neither Here Nor There will be presented at venues across London January 2019. Created and hosted by artists Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes. Venues: London Chinese Community Centre 2 Leicester Court WC2H 7DW 22nd January 14:00 - 15:30 Toynbee Studios (Artsadmin) 28 Commercial Street E1 6AB Box office tel: 020 7650 2350 23rd January 18:00 - 19:30 23rd January 20:30 - 22:00 Photographer’s Gallery 16–18 Ramillies Street W1F 7LW 24th January 11:00 - 12:30 24th January 14:00 - 15:30 Photo Solomon Hughes
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November 19, 2018

Wallflower – Autumn 2018

Quarantine's Wallflower is touring this autumn. Jo will be performing alongside Karl Jay-Lewin, Charlie Morrissey, James Monaghan, Caroline Dubois and probably some other familiar faces. New Adelphi, Salford – 19 October 2018 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton – 23 & 24 November 2018 Square Chapel, Halifax – 30 November & 1 December 2018

**** 'A magical experience…' Theaterkrant, Netherlands

The people on stage in Wallflower are trying to remember every dance they've ever danced. Some are professional dancers, some are not. Spanning a lifetime of music, fashion, politics, friendships, parties, love and loss, Wallflower is a show about how dancing shapes our lives. Quarantine are internationally acclaimed for creating theatre out of everyday life.
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October 30, 2018

An Invitation… in Liverpool

An Invitation... joins the fantastic programme of female makers and choreographers for Liverpool’s LEAP Dance Festival 2018. 6th Nov 2pm and 6pm **** “An Invitation... is performance distilled to its essence” The Observer LEAP Dance Festival Liverpool The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Hope University Creative Campus. Tickets : £9.50 / £7.50 To book tickets click HERE
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October 25, 2018

Tenancy – Manchester/Salford

Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes will be in residency in Manchester as part of Quarantine’s Tenancy Project which is about people and place. Jo Fong is a director, choreographer and performer based in Cardiff and Sonia Hughes is a writer and performer who lives in the Colne Valley in Yorkshire. They collaborate on artistic events that explore the power of conversation, authentic encounters and finding ways to form community. For full details on the project - Click HERE The artists will be exploring and developing their new work entitled Neither Here Nor There. Try - out presentations will take place at the house 2a Springfield Lane, Irwell Riverside, Salford, M3 7FH, UK. 9th Nov 7pm 10th Nov 11am and 4pm 11th Nov 4pm To book a ticket please contact info@qtine.com
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August 20, 2018

China Changing – A Discussion and A Movement Workshop

Southbank Centre, London This October Jo will be leading a "Kitchen Table" discussion and Physical Workshop for China Changing Festival at the Southbank, London.  For details on the whole festival 4 OCT 2018 - 7 OCT 2018 see the LINK 
Ways of Being Together is part a series of workshops, discussions and performances centred around the idea of Belonging.  Both events are FREE to attend, places are limited so do book. SEE BELOW. Ways of Being Together - A discussion led by Jo Fong Friday 5th Oct 2018 6pm - 9pm Join Jo for a table discussion  - the kitchen table is where many a good idea will start.  This gathering is suitable for artists from any genre music, dance, visual arts, film... or perhaps you are someone who is interested in the question, What is Community?  Jo is interested in spontaneity, authentic encounters and drawing on our own experiences.  She wants to stimulate fresh conversation, empowerment and action, creating an art action or a pledge, something positive however small or potentially groundbreaking.  This project stimulates conversation around collaboration, participation, inclusivity…  We have also talked about parties, friendship, responsibility, gardens, permaculture and other things.   As part of China Changing there will conversations about "Chineseness" in Britain. Presence. Visibility. Audibility.
Suitable for all aged 16+. Places are limited so please sign up HERE
 
Ways of Being Together - A movement workshop led by Jo Fong
Saturday 6th Oct 2018
2pm - 6pm
This session is suitable for people who love to move and are interested in moving together: dancers, actors, circus folk, pilates teachers, japanese drummers, martial arts... experts and non-experts.
Choreographer Jo Fong leads a warm-up followed by pair work, group work and games that she has devised and developed as part of her creative process.  Working from the inside of the body to the outside and using guided improvisation, the process incorporates a sense of play and experimentation. Jo is interested in spontaneity and authentic encounters. The interaction is live and people adapt, make room, save, lead, follow, get out of the way, care, grow an energy and awareness, whether that be spacial, a shared joke or about the knowledge of what each human carries with them.  
Suitable for all aged 16+.
Free but ticketed. 
Places are limited so please sign up HERE 
Jo Fong is a director, choreographer and performer working in dance, film, theatre, opera and the visual arts. Jo’s practice is influenced by her eclectic experiences in many dance and theatre making processes and performance. She has performed with companies such as Rosas (Belgium), DV8 Physical Theatre and Rambert Dance Company.  Current projects and collaborations include Wallflower and Engish with Quarantine and National Theatre Wales, Neither Here Nor There with artist and writer Sonia Hughes and An Invitation... as part of LEAP Festival in Liverpool.
Jo is an Associate Artist with Chinese Arts Now (CAN) and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff and this project forms research for a new commission entitled Assemble for CAN Festival, 2020.
 
Photo credit Simon Banham and Jamie Morgans
 
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