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TEN
Click on thumbnails for larger images. Documentation from 50 min live piece TEN. Performed at Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of nottdance, Oct 09. Photographed by Julie Perry.For short trailer of the work please see following youtube link:
TEN TRAILER
TEN
“I always thought counting to ten was easy. This was before I came across the ten beat rhythm cycle as I started learning Indian classical music. This was the start of an unexpected personal journey” Hetain Patel.
Somewhere between Bolton, Barbados, Scotland and India, three men- Hetain, Mark
and Dave -make a journey of discovery. Taking music and the Indian rhythm cycle of ten as a starting point, this performance delves with endearing honesty and humour into the usually dry questions of cultural identity.
Just as we all constantly negotiate our multiple and overlapping identities in Britain today, Ten looks at the meeting place between the red dot on the Hindu forehead and the red St George’s cross on the English flag. What is behind this need to belong?
Performing in unfamiliar territory in a show between theatre, live art and dance, drummers Mark Evans and Dave ‘Stickman’ Higgins make beats without drums
and visual artist Hetain Patel presents his first piece for theatre. Here stand-up humour meets spoken text and strong physical movement, to the intoxicating backdrop of Indian rhythm.
Credits: Produced by Dance4. Commissioned by Dance4 and New Art Exchange. Supported by Lakeside Arts Centre and supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Duration: Approx. 50 mins
Written by Hetain Patel
Performers: Hetain Patel, Dave "Stickman' Higgins and Mark Evans
Dramaturge: Michael Pinchbeck
Composer: Hiren Chate
Choreographic Associate: Matthias Sperling
Lighting: Jackie Schemesh
Thanks also to Eva Martinez for additional critical feedback.
TEN started as an experiment for visual artist Hetain Patel to translate his video pieces into live works. This has resulted in his first piece for theatre, which tours nationally in Autumn 2010:
25 September - Rich Mix, London
26 September - Greenwich Theatre
30 September - Colchester Arts Centre
13 October - Salisbury Arts Centre
14 October - Arnolfini, Bristol
15 October - Brewhouse, Taunton
19 October - Drill Hall, Lincoln
20 October - Embrace Arts at The Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
21 October - MAC, Birmingham
22 October - Greenroom, Manchester
04 November - Nuffield, Lancaster
