Improvisation
Where are the Children by Rockinghorse
New River Studios | London, August 2016
Rockinghorse is a duet of live improvisers where an electroacoustic musician, Cos Chapman, and a dance theatre performer, Sofia Figueiredo, play with old and abandoned objects, sometimes even found in the specific site of the performance, to generate sound, movement and words. The objects transcend the ordinary to become characters of a sonic and visual theatre. Each Rockinghorse piece is a composition in real time, unpredictable and ephemeral for both performers and audience.
Cos Chapman: Electroacoustics
Sofia Figueiredo: Dance theatre improvisation
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Witch of the Gate by Rockinghorse
Hundred Years Gallery | London, May 2016
“The work of Rockinhorse is expressively challenging for both the participants and the audience and is enthralling to experience as a result. Sofia Figueiredo and Cos Chapman explore, test and shatter the boundaries of modern dance and abstract music respectively – it’s as if each other’s endeavours spurs the other on – and we, the audience are eager spectators – anxious to see how the spectacle culminates. Riveting from beginning to end.…” Lee McFadden of Mudkiss Magazine and The Evening Star
Cos Chapman: Electroacoustics
Sofia Figueiredo: Dance theatre improvisation
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The Re-Awakening of The Wake
Hundred Years Gallery | London, March 2016
Extract from 1-hour ensemble improvisation of the piece 'The Re-Awakening of The Wake', as part of Jill Rock 'Dark - The Festival of the Unseen' at Hundred Years Gallery, London, March 2016.
Grassy Noel: Vocalisations from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce and Improvised Pieces
Giles Leaman: Percussion and a Plethora of his own hand-made instruments;
KMAT
Graham MacKeachen: Upright Bass
Paul Shearsmith: Pocket Trumpet, Pipes and Percussion
Keisukei Matsui: Electric Guitar & Amplified Objects
Ivan in "The Dron" on Viola.
Mark Rathmell on Celestial Keyboards.
Sofia Figueiredo: Dance theatre improvisation
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River
Inter-scape Mnemonic city, River Lea | London, September 2013
Integrated in the Inter-scape Mnemonic city event of 21th of September 2013, 'River' was a dance-theatre piece presented on the banks of the River Lea.
A site-specific solo improvisation, inspired by river's potential concept and symbolism, as well as by the actual reading and experiencing of a particular landscape, through the continuous presence of its river.
Sofia Figueiredo: Dance Theatre
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