Cascade Dance Theatre

Cascade Dance Theatre Stylish, humorous, gorgeous – with hugely entertaining new shows. Cascade Dance Theatre is a pulse-racing company with its first Wales tour this autumn.

Cascade Dance Theatre is a repertory touring company working with the Creu Cymru dance touring network to provide ensemble dance that is artist-led with a Wales and international perspective, having high production values and with an equal emphasis on quality of the art and a passion to speak to a general public audience. The Company works with many other arts partners in Wales such as Ty Cerdd fo

r commissioning a composer and Theatr Taliesin for technical and marketing support. Artistically, the Company creates and tours mixed programmes that offer a wide perspective on contemporary dance with commissions that cross from pure dance to dance/theatre, presenting work that pushes boundaries in the artform and also inspires and entertains audiences. The Company believes high production values are achieved when there is a fertile balance between the contributing artists in the productions. The Company commissions strong and experienced choreographers with something to say, using dancers of international quality as they are the raw material of the show. The quality of music, design and lighting will match the high aspirations of the dance team, working in harmony to create total works of theatre in the artform of dance. Along with this is a philosophy of outreach work and audience development through engaging with local communities especially within the education and youth dance sector, all in partnership with the local theatre that is presenting the Company. Based in Cardiff, the Company has strong international links in India with ongoing choreography and teaching relationships in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and Bangalore. The vision is to develop more international links so that artists’ exchange programmes take place helping Wales to be a culture of innovation and inspiration with a world-perspective. In Wales, the scale of work is focused on the Creu Cymru dance touring network that reaches across the whole of the country in venues as disparate as Theatr Taliesin in Swansea, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Blackwood Miners Institute and Neuadd Dwyfor in Pwllheli. To reach a general public audience there will be exciting marketing and PR strategies behind the work so it is seen as an attractive and flattering component of each theatre’s programming and audience development strategy.

Frantic headed to the very lively Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea
25/01/2019

Frantic headed to the very lively Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea

Theatre review of The Unreturning (Anna Jordan) from Frantic Assembly at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth - reviewer: Karen Bussell

This late addition to our Frankenstein reviews is a lovely Christmas present for us
17/12/2018

This late addition to our Frankenstein reviews is a lovely Christmas present for us

The literary story of Frankenstein was turned into a modern, thought-provoking performance filled with dance, physical theatre and music.

What a fabulous way to end our gothic adventure...’The strong narrative, powerful score and compelling imagery keep one ...
02/12/2018

What a fabulous way to end our gothic adventure...’The strong narrative, powerful score and compelling imagery keep one engaged throughout; and, needless to say, the dancing (as far as I could tell) is flawless. I fully expect this Frankenstein to rise again.’

Theatre review of Frankenstein (Phil Williams after Mary Shelley) from Cascade Dance Theatre / Taliesin Arts Centre at Seligman Studio, Chapter, Cardiff - reviewer: Othniel Smith

And so our creature retreats to the frozen north. Thank you to everyone who has supported , and of course to our creati...
01/12/2018

And so our creature retreats to the frozen north. Thank you to everyone who has supported , and of course to our creative team and wonderful cast. It has been intense and epic...just as it should be.

"Phil Williams has carefully assembled an excellent adaptation that is small in scale but large in style and ambition, f...
30/11/2018

"Phil Williams has carefully assembled an excellent adaptation that is small in scale but large in style and ambition, fulfilling the heart of Shelley’s tale in creative new ways...There are scenes in this production so haunting and beautiful that I will never forget them...A stunning production that I cannot recommend highly enough"
Beautiful review of http://getthechance.wales/2018/11/30/frankenstein-cascade-dance-theatre-at-chapter-arts-cardiff/
Two shows left at Chapter

2018 has been quite the Franken-tastic year. With conferences a-go-go and a veritable funfair of Frankenreads events, the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s game-changing masterpiece has been quite fully, and rightfully, celebrated en masse. Having studied the book in-depth for thesis-y reasons over t...

And so the prep continues at Chapter
29/11/2018

And so the prep continues at Chapter

Another share of this short doc on our fabulous designer Paul Shriek. His gorgeous costume designs have really brought ...
27/11/2018

Another share of this short doc on our fabulous designer Paul Shriek. His gorgeous costume designs have really brought to life https://youtu.be/qfQPhg9hn3w

26/11/2018

Some more fabulous feedback from audiences across Wales. Turn your sound on to hear a new edit of the music from

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