Dance in the East of England

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C-12 Dance Theatre: The Chair

Venue	The Hat Factory, Luton
Date	4 March, 7.30pm
Price	£9 / £7 concs / £5 NUS  Vibe Card
Box Office	01582 878100

An electrifying, gripping dance theatre performance which captures; love, loss and injustice.

Established in 2005 by Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, Nasae Evanson and Adam Towndrow, C-12 Dance Theatre fuse dance and theatre creating a unique blend of physical dance performance with a theatrical narrative.

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Earthfall: GIG

Venue	Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
Date	11 March, 7.30pm
Price	£9 / £6 concs / £4 University of Essex students
Box Office	01206 573948

Venue	The Junction, Cambridge
Date	29 March, 8pm
Price	£12 / £6 concs
Box Office	01223 511511

Gig is a high octane satirical rampage through the human condition with dark humour, bold dance, live music and film from the multi award winning company Earthfall.

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Junction Sampled: Dance

Venue	The Junction, Cambridge
Date	12 - 14 March
Price	Individual tickets from £3 / Day tickets (Sat or Sun) £15, £10 concs / Weekend tickets (Fri - Sun) £30, £20 concs
Box Office	01223 511511

Junction Sampled will be a weekend full of captivating performances, fresh choreography and imaginations running riot.
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Balletboyz: the TALENT

Venue	Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
Date	30 March, 7.30pm
Price	£12 / £14 / schools £8
Box Office	01553 764864

BalletBoyz Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are thrilled to present their latest and most dynamic project to date!

The show features a mixed programme of brand new commissions, including choreography by rising star Freddie Opoku-Addaie (Place Prize finalist, ROH2 Associate Artist), and an exciting re-working of Russell Maliphant's Torsion.

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Richard Alston Dance Company 2010

Venue	The Norwich Theatre Royal
Date	30 - 31 March, 8pm
Price	£5 - £17.50
Box Office	01603 630000

Richard Alston Dance Company's programme includes the Norwich premiere of Alston's VERDRIVE, powered by the relentless push of Californian composer Terry Riley's thrilling Keyboard Studies.

As the music creates ever more complicated layers of urgent rhythm, Alston's dancers are hard pressed to keep up with the pace and euphoria. The result is wild, energetic and thrilling.

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Ballet Central

Venue	ADC Theatre, Cambridge
Date	7 April, 7.45pm
Price	£7 - £9
Box Office	01223 300085

Ballet Central returns to the ADC Theatre with an exciting new programme, which showcases some of the world's most talented young dancers.

Ballet Central is comprised of graduate year students from the Central School of Ballet, offering them a unique opportunity to experience the 'life on the road' of a touring company.

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Akademi and Kadam: Daredevas

Venue	The Hat Factory, Luton
Date	8 April, 7.30pm
Price	£9 / £7 concs / £5 NUS & Vibe Card
Box Office	01582 878100

Daredevas gives you the brightest young talents in contemporary Indian dance. British-based with international roots, these artists provide a fresh take on traditional Indian dance styles, showing a mix of bold and original choreographies.

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Ballet Black

Venue	Cambridge Arts Theatre
Date	9 - 10 April, 7.45pm
Price	£10/£15/£20
Box Office	01223 503333

Ballet Black is a neo-classical ballet company. Inspirational and innovative, it strives to honour the traditions of classical ballet while breaking new ground with cutting edge choreography. The company provides the perfect showcase for dancers of black and Asian descent, and is a wonderful platform for choreographers, established and new.

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Candoco Dance Company: Renditions

Venue	The Junction, Cambridge
Date	29 April, 8pm
Price	£12 / £6
Box Office	01223 511511

Candoco Dance Company return with three new works that show the richness, beauty and diversity of contemporary dance.

Acclaimed dance and theatre artist Wendy Houston combines movement with text, and meaning with humour. Award winning choreographer Emanuel Gat delights with his attention to detail to create beautiful, fluid movement. Whilst Manchester born Sarah Michelson is known across the Atlantic for her quirky take on our time.

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Lone Twin Theatre: The Festival

Venue	Colchester Arts Centre
Date	3 May, 7.30pm
Price	£6
Box Office	01206 500900

A chain of events discretely alters a private world to devastating effect when two lives cross at a festival of music and song. Told against a backdrop of the here and now The Festival is a simple story of love and expectation, of family and companionship, of the mundane and the extraordinary.
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Ballet Central

Venue	Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Date	18 May, 7.30pm
Price	£8.50 - £22.50
Box Office	01206 500900

The stars of the future from the Central School of Ballet present a new programme combining ballet, contemporary and jazz dance from some of the world's leading choreographers.