AUGUST

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two dancers twist together under a strange blue light, there is a red neon line running horizontally across the page behind them

Frontiers | Gorwelion

Autumn 2024

Escape to the edge of your seat A double bill with life-affirming choreography by Matthew William Robinson and Melanie Lane

AUGUST is inspired by sunsets - a space between restraint and recklessness. AUGUST is about endings and saying goodbye. About the changes that fling us together and tear us apart.

Bathed in the fading colours of dusk and the neon accents of night, AUGUST navigates a sensual landscape shifting between the perilous and the beautiful.

An artistic collaboration between choreographer Matthew William Robinson, composer Torben Sylvest, designer George Hampton Wale, lighting designer Emma Jones and the artists of National Dance Company Wales.

Creative Team

Choreographer: Matthew William Robinson
Composer: Torben Sylvest
Costume Designer: George Hampton-Wale
Lighting Designer: Emma Jones

Created with Dancers: Alys Davies, Samuel Gilovitz, Jill Goh, Niamh Keeling, Mario Manara, Edward Myhill, Tom O’Gorman and Faye Tan

Matthew William Robinson
Matthew Robinson (he/him) is a practicing artist currently based in the United Kingdom.

Collaborating internationally in a variety of contexts as dancer, choreographer, facilitator, rehearsal director and artistic director, he is currently Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales.

His choreographic work has moved extensively across the United Kingdom and internationally to venues and festivals in Europe and beyond. Built from the body, the work seeks to translate contradictions and complex emotions, through highly physical choreographic construction. Collaborating across forms, Matthew is engaged in ongoing and emerging collaborative partnerships in the fields of sound, fashion, theatre and technology.