Watch Together | National Dance Company Wales
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Watch Together

Watch some of our most popular pieces, as well as some specially created dance films, and learn about how they were made.

Dancing Together Whilst Apart

dancers together in a grid, all in their own homes but dancing together

Short Dance Film (1 minute)

Created during the first week of the COVID-19 lockdown, our dancers wanted to highlight that isolation in our homes brought a new immersion in domestic life - but with that a potential to find moments of creativity and personal expression within this new normal.

Afterimage

repeated image of two girls dancing, reflections of them appear like ghosts behind them

Full Production (20 minutes)

Afterimage is a dance of fleeting images; that uses mirrors to create a unique and beautiful experience of appearance and disappearance. 

Rygbi: Annwyl i Mi / Dear to Me

a huddle to the left on a rugby picture

Full Production (24 minutes)

Rygbi: Annwyl i mi / Dear to me is a short outdoor dance performance that celebrates rugby in Wales and the hopes, glory and passion of rallying together on and off the pitch.

Clap for Carers

5 dancers, 1 in the middle leaping the other 4 watching and clapping

Dance Film (1 minute)

The short video is a thank you to NHS, carers and support workers across the UK and beyond.

BBC Culture in Quarantine

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'As Live' Class

National Dance Company Wales In partnership with BBC's Culture in Quarantine and BBC Wales Cymru.

Join our professional  contemporary class:  We teamed up with BBC Culture in Quarantine to stream our daily contemporary class world-wide. Watch the recording here- Join in, or just watch and see how we’re continuing to dance together whilst apart.

2067: Time and Time and Time LIVE

1 dancer against a black background arms spread out

Full Production & Q&A (45 minutes)

A totally live version of a new work for 2020 by Alexandra Waierstall.

10 dancers recall a shared experience and turn towards one another through invisible walls to recreate time and space. Created during COVID-19

The performance is followed by a post show talk with Alexandra Waierstall and Company dancers, Joshua and Faye.

Tundra Online

8 dancers in a row heads facing down

Full Production (31 minutes)

Tundra is a barren landscape where ultra-modern creativity blinks into life and tears pages from history books about Russian folk dance, the USSR and revolution. 

Reflections

hands held together reflections image

Dance Film (14 minutes)

Reflections is a touching and uplifting film danced by participants of the NDCWales’ Dance for Parkinson’s programme. The film is the best example of National Dance Company Wales’ ongoing commitment to making dance for every body, and every ability; as it has the power to improve both mental and physical wellbeing.