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Contact Dance Company
was founded in 1998 by Artistic Director and Choreographer
Francesca Abela Tranter. CDC tours with a company of 7
dancers, this combination of people offer a variety of
workshops, events and performances. CDC has created work
aimed specifically from extensive workshop elements
culminating into site specific events, these can be performed
in unusual spaces, environments and high profile theatres.
CDC exists
to explore and express an idea through dance, which reflects
it's Mediterranean society. Its philosophy is to create innovative
work by using sources outside mainstream dance traditions
and to communicating the diversity of dance vocabulary
to its wide range of audiences. CDC's repertoire ranges
from fast, dynamic, bizarre, intricate, lyrical and sometimes
physically brutal. Constantly evolving they have
received reviews from some of the most articulate and visually
stylish comments on their dances. Contact Dance
Company thrives to keep on the cutting edge of dance making.
All members come from an extensive
dance training background. The company occasionally engages
guests to enhance their knowledge and understanding of various
culture forms. Exploring further the use of visual imagery,
projection and various theatre dialogues.
The company performs on invitation
locally and abroad to international platforms. Throughout
the year the company sets up workshops within its residency
at the Dance Workshop, National Pool, Malta.
OFFICE
ADDRESS
Madeley Too
Triq it-Terz
Swieqi SWQ2272
Malta
email : contactdancecompany@gmail.com
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RESIDENCY
ADDRESS
The Dance Workshop
M. Spinelli Street,
National Pool Complex
Msida
Tel. no. (+356) 21 242 464
www.thedanceworkshop.com.mt |
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ABOVE :
Francesca Abela Tranter (right) together with friends
Donald Hutura, Dance Writer (centre) and Jasmin Vardimon
(right) Artistic Director and Choreographer, taken after
the EU Dance Festival held in Malta in October 2002.
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EARLIER WORK
