Tabula Rasa Dance Company
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Name and description
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Tabula Rasa Dance Company
Contact Details:
Claire Pençak, Artistic Director
Tabula Rasa Dance Company
Keepers Cottage, Amat, Ardgay, Sutherland IV24 3BS
Telephone 01863 755315 Mobile 07768 172891 Email tabularasadance@btinternet.com
Founded in 1999 the creative vision of Tabula Rasa Dance Company comes from the desire to make dance performances that transcend stylistic boundaries – performances that are imaginative, inspiring and highly visual.
Led by artistic director Claire Pençak, the company’s distinctive style is forged out of its collaborations with a wide range of creative artists. We begin each project with ‘tabula rasa’ – literally a clean slate - in order to seek afresh for new creative solutions. |
Tabula Rasa Dance Company creates performances for both adult and children’s audiences and tours throughout the UK. The company presents its work in both theatre and non-theatre venues in rural and urban communities. |
 | | Un Si Long Chemin: Dancer - Claire Pencak; Photo - Kenny Bean |
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Previous Productions
1999 openwork - Solo performance and screenworks project
“ a handsome goddessy performance.” Dance Europe |
 | | Openwork: Dancer - Claire Pencak; Photo - Kenny Bean |
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2000 Spring Tour - Triple bill of dance
“this is dance that deals in crafted details.” The Herald
“…establishes tabula rasa’s potential as a force in modern dance.” The List
“...a dream like performance of charmed otherworldliness. ..Sensuality on every level is obviously a defining force for tabula rasa.” Press and Journal
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2001 One Crowded Hour - Collaboration with Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust and visual artist Keiko Mukaide
“…borders on the breathtaking at times.” The Scotsman
“…a simple meditation of three artists.” The Stage
“..a real pleasure to watch.” Letter from audience member |
 | | One Crowded Hour: Dancer - Rachel Morrow; Photo - Paul Watt |
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2002 The Birdcatcher - Performance for children 6 years and over
“A magical presentation – one of those occasions that glow in the memory hereafter.” Argyllshire Advertiser
“….a sweet compelling little story that provides quality, captivating entertainment – and the adults wont be bored either." Evening News, Edinburgh
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 | | The Birdcatcher: Dancer - Shamita Ray; Photo - Graham Clark |
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2003 Vis a Vis/ Face to Face - Solo dance recital
“ Simply stunning ….strikingly poetic.” The Herald
“Deeply atmospheric.” The List
“You held me for one, spellbound the length of the entire performance.”
Letter from audience member
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 | | Un Si Long Chemin: Dancer - Claire Pencak; Photo - Mike Zolker |
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2004 The Bright-Eyed Mariner - Dance theatre production for 14 years and over
“….full of imaginative touches that make good use of her crew’s individual strengths.” The Herald
“ Beautifully lit, dynamically staged and with an inspired approach to physical theatre.” The Scotsman
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 | | The Bright -Eyed Mariner: Dancer - Iain McCulloch; Photo - Kenny Bean |
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2004 Huff Puff and Away! - Dance performance for children 3 – 6 years old
“Pençak’s work has a lovely poetic yen to much of it, as well as a playfulness.” The Herald
“Huff Puff and Away! truly describes the performance. Choreographer Claire Pençak has a real gift in being able to devise movement that can appeal right across a huge age range, entertaining and holding young children while keeping adults interested too. “ Courier and Advertiser
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 | | Huff Puff and Away!: Dancers - Tara Hodgson, Michael Scott; Photo - Graham Clark |
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2006 The Winter Room - toured
A poetic interpretation thorgh dance, music and visual images of a Northern winter, isolation and our desire and need to keep warm. Music by Malcolm Lindsay,Choreography by Claire Pencak and Design by Brian Hartley |
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 | | The Winter Room - Dancer Brian Hartley; Photo Fin Macrae |
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Future Projects
2007 The Crossing - Collaboration with writer John Clifford and landscape architect Lisa McKenzie
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 | | The Crossing R&D - Photo Lisa Mackenzie |
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Contact
Keepers Cottage, Amat, Ardgay, Sutherland IV24 3BS
Telephone 01863 755315 Mobile 07768 172891 Email tabularasadance@btinternet.com
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