April 4, 2019
Surf the Wave Showcase
Jo will be part of Surf the Wave in Bournmouth this May
The showcase runs over a four day period 16-19 May 2019 For more details please click HERESurf The Wave is a ground-breaking programme created to provoke a change in how dance is toured in the UK. Through a series of events including a four-day showcasing opportunity, this project aims to create a wave of new thinking and initiate new opportunities for dance.
April 4, 2019
Cardiff classes with Groundwork Pro
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Suitable for all aged 16+. Places are limited so please sign up HERE
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.
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