About the performance....
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TEN |
| Information |
Award winning visual artist Hetain Patel presents TEN. This new live work for three performers exists between dance, music and spoken word, exploring the rich spectrum between British and Indian identities.
Devised in collaboration with acclaimed writer/dramaturge Michael Pinchbeck (The White Album, Nottingham Playhouse) and Tabla player Hiren Chate (Complicite, A Disappearing Number), TEN is visually stunning, as sharp as its captivating rhythm, and seductively physical.
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| Artform |
Live Art |
| Strand |
Work in Progress |
| Key Personnel |
Hetain Patel: Choreographer, writer, co-composer, performer
Hiren Chate: Co-composer
Mark Evans: Performer
Dave ‘Stickman’ Higgins: Performer
Michael Pinchbeck: Dramaturge
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| Production Information |
Suitable for all ages
Medium use of text
Requires a clear understanding of English
Live music used in performance
Not currently available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning
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| Touring Information |
No. of performers: 3
No. on tour: 3
Suitable for small scale (up to 400) venues
Appropriate settings: Black box theatre, Art Gallery space, Studio with basic lighting rig
Suitable for rural touring
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| Outreach and Educational Work |
Provides rhythm workshops, including Indian/African drumming, body drumming and Indian vocal percussion.
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| Company History |
Hetain Patel has exhibited primarily as a visual artist since 2004. Since then his mutimedia and live works have been shown nationally and internationally.
From 2006 challenging his culturally questioning solo practice he has collaborated with musicians and dancers. With TEN Hetain is making work that operates between cultures and art forms. With a classical musician composing for live art and percussionists working as dancers, Hetain hopes to push what a creative practice can be.
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| Recent Productions / Tours |
Sine Language, Jan 2007 – Jan 2009
Large scale multimedia Installation with accompanying live performances in collaboration with beatboxer Jason Singh. Toured to London, Leicester, Nottingham and Oldham.
Raga Erhu, November 2007
Experimental performance collaboration with Bharatanatyam dancer Shane Shambhu and musician Ling Peng. Performed at Usher Gallery, Lincoln and Tate Britain, London.
Copy/Paste, November 2007
Durational performance involving body decorative ritual in collaboration with textile artist Line Jonike at the Textile Biennale in Lithuania.
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| Reviews |
“It is Patel’s skilled precision in realising an almost seamless harmony of his culturally and historically divergent source material that gives his installations a distinctive resonance.”
Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide, Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2007
(reviewing Coded Gestures at the Usher Gallery, Lincoln)
"Hetain Patel distills all that is amazing about true creativity. There is magic and innovation in his work. There is real depth in what he does. Here is someone who is not only a great ambassador for Nottingham, but a creative who inspires"
Mark Shaw, Nottingham Creative Business Awards chairman, and Founder and owner of Jupiter Design,
Nottingham Evening Post, Oct 2, 2008
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