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Founded in August 2009 by Brazilian born choreographer Jean Abreu, with the support of The Hat Factory and Arts Council England East, Jean Abreu Dance has emerged from Abreu’s desire to build on the work he has created over 12 years as an independent artist, and establish a dance company that creates innovative performances marked by interdisciplinary artistic collaboration and international cultural exchange.
Jean Abreu Dance produces emotionally powerful and provocative dance theatre performances that explore contemporary issues
PRS for Music Foundation’s grant will support the creation of a new work, Blood. Inspired by the intensely beautiful images of Gilbert and George’s Fundamental Pictures collection that depict microscopic images of bodily fluids, (link to image?) BLOOD will utilise cutting-edge motion-capture technology and animation to heighten the audience’s experience of the body in motion. Abreu pushes himself to the limit as he delves deep into the body in search of the raw experience of being alive.
This ground-breaking new solo will be created with an outstanding team of collaborating artists including: Italian software artists Mirko Arcese and Luca Biada (www.bcaa.it), award-winning production designer Alan Macdonald, critically-acclaimed composer Paul Wolinski of 65daysofstatic with whom Jean collaborated on INSIDE (www.65daysofstatic.com/ www.polinskimusic.net), voice coach Nia Lynn and dramaturge Lootie Bibby-Johansen.