Sadhana's 'The Shiver' dance performance tours UK

15 October 2010

Why do we shiver? Is it pleasure or is it pain? A new dance performance exploring the physiological response of the shiver begins a14-date national tour tonight at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester.

'The Shiver' is the first work from Subathra Subramaniam’s new dance company Sadhana and is part-funded by an Arts Award from the Wellcome Trust.

The show features dance, music, image and spoken word in a performance that blurs the boundary between each. Three dancers explore the psychology and physiology, the emotions and events, behind what makes us shiver.

Based on an original idea by the South Bank's internationally acclaimed Associate Artist Lemn Sissay, 'The Shiver' features original text from Lemn, informed by a unique collaboration with Oxford neuroscientist Professor Morten Kringelbach.

Most performances will be followed by involving the audience in a Café Scientifique discussion chaired by Quentin Cooper, presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'The Material World'.

Sadhana - from the Sanskrit for the pursuit of a spiritual goal, "the purpose for which we have come to this place" - is a new dance company under the direction of Subathra Subramaniam, former Artistic Co-director of Angika. Combining perfection of execution with study and reflection, it represents her vision for the company’s role in 21st-century British dance - inventively building on the rich vocabulary of the ancient south Indian dance form Bharata Natyam to create engaging and eye-catching contemporary choreography.

Tour dates

Friday 15 October | 20.00
Corn Exchange, Dorchester
Tickets: £10/£8/£6
T 01305 266926

Tuesday 19 October, 20.00
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
T 01539 725133

Thursday 21 October, 19.30
The Showroom, University of Chichester
T 01243 816000

Saturday 23 October, 19.45
The Hawth, Crawley
T 01293 553636

Wednesday 3 November, 19.30
Norden Farm, Maidenhead
T 01628 788997

Thursday 4 November, 19.30
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
T 01823 414141

Saturday 6 November, 19.45
Merlin Theatre, Frome
T 01373 461360

Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 November, 20.00
University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich
T 01473 338000

Friday 12 November, 19.45
Town Hall Studios, Swindon Dance, Swindon
T 01793 601700
www.swindondance.org.uk

Wednesday 17 November, 14.15 and 19.30
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London
T 0208 365 5450

Wednesday 24 November, 19.30
The Point, Eastleigh
T 023 80652333

Saturday 27 November, 20.00
Robin Howard Theatre, The Place, London
T 0207 121 1100

Image courtesy of Mark Pepperall