In the studio with The Shadow

A dark and psychological thriller told through dance and movement.

Tomorrow isn’t coming.

As this knowledge bites, unpredictability grips the air and rationality disappears. Social conventions, conformity and the rules by which we live are stripped away.

Six characters and their shadow counterparts are swept into different stories and places, revealing inner worlds, hidden personalities, desires and motivations. The unevolved, primitive, inferior and awkward parts step into the light.
In his first full-length work since Beauty of The Beast (The Guardian four stars), choreographer Anthony Missen, uses an end of the world hypothesis and Carl Jung’s model of the psyche to delve into the theme of unconscious desires.

Powerful and thought-provoking, Company Chameleon use their athletic and original dance and movement style to explore human behaviour and our darker selves. The result is a gripping piece of dance theatre that questions the identity of our personal shadows and those of our era.
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Production Details

Choreography and direction: Anthony Missen

Lighting: Ben Ormerod

Composer: Ben Chatwin

Costume: Natalie Johnson

Dramaturg: Andrew Loretto

Performers: Theo Fapohunda, Juliana Javier, Lee Clayden, David Colley, Reece Marshall and Lisa Ziemann

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Company Chameleon makes original, inspiring dance theatre in Manchester, and performs across the UK and the world.

Co-founders, Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner, met at Trafford Youth Dance Theatre in the 1990s and trained professionally at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. After graduating and working extensively around the world, they returned 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.

Learning and participation is an integral part of Company Chameleon’s work. The Company leads classes, workshops, residencies and projects in tandem with the national and international touring programme. As a result, Company Chameleon has introduced thousands of 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.

www.companychameleon.com