To celebrate their 30th Anniversary AMICI Dance Theatre Conpany members and supporting professional artists created Tightrope.
Tightrope is a touching show that fuses dance, music, circus and text to tell the story of a 30 year old circus company who have stuck together struggling against the odds to survive; reflecting the unique and challenging history of AMICI.
In Tightrope AMICI’s members learnt a range of circus based skills - juggling, clowning, aerial and acrobatics - taught by professional circus artists.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Wolfgang Stange
DIRECTOR
Michael Vale
WRITER
Chrissie Kugele
DESIGN SET & COSTUMES
Tina Bicat
LIGHTING DESIGN
Phil Supple
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER
Colm Gallagher
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AND LIVE MUSIC
Nao Masuda
PRODUCED BY TURTLE KEY ARTS
"Throughout the piece, physical and mental impairments are not only unblinkingly acknowledged but placed centre stage. For Stange, they are attributes to be harnessed in the service of character and story and at no point do you sense the slightest compromise. This is real theatre, of which it can truthfully be said that it changes the way you see the world." Luke Jennings - The Observer
Funded by Arts Council England, Hammersmith & Fulham Fast Track, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation and City Bridge.
