{"id":676,"date":"2013-06-21T20:40:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahkategardiner.com\/?page_id=676"},"modified":"2020-01-13T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T13:03:00","slug":"mt-gap-dance-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarahkategardiner.com\/?page_id=676","title":{"rendered":"MT Gap Dance Company (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director\/Choreographer, Performer, Designer<\/p>\n

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\"MT<\/a>MT Gap Dance Company <\/strong>has grown a unique reputation for crafting tailor-made dance works for weird and wonderful locations. During 1995 to 2000 t<\/span>he company created location performances, residencies, workshops & large-scale community dance projects. <\/span>Professional and community participants were brought together in intimate and large-scale productions both locally and internationally. <\/span>Public and private spaces gave the company access to building new audiences with locations ranging from museum, to park benches and libraries.\u00a0 Their company signature has always been to tease the what, where<\/em> and for who<\/em> of dance. As the only soley site-specific dance company in the UK they were sighted as case studies for the UK A’ Level Performing Arts curriculum. MT Gap’s final work ‘Castle’ (2000) was selected for The Year of The Artist<\/strong> by the Arts Council of England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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MT Gap was originally founded by Katy Lee, Karen Mc Bride and Sarah Kate Gardiner, later to be joined by Justine Reeve(s) and guest performer Lucy Griffith. The original members first met performing together in the site-specific peformance Up On The Roof<\/em> (1995) directed by choreographer and architect Andrew Fifield, from the Julyen Hamilton Dance Co. The work was created for Portsmouth’s notorious Tricorn Centre, an infamous icon of 60’s brutalist architecture. \"Beloved<\/a>This experience fired up their passion for location work leading the three dancers to create and specialise in site-specific dance works as the collective MT Gap, later in 1997 to become a partnership between Katy and Sarah Kate. All the members have since gone on to build successful careers in dance as; choreographer, performer, teacher and educational dance examiner.<\/p>\n

Commissioned & supported by: Portsmouth City Council, Arts Council of England & City of Caen, France. Festivals & Commissions: Millennium Commission UK 2000, Year of the Artist Residency UK 2000, Summer Arts Across Portsmouth Festival 1996-2000, CAEN Artist & Community Exchange 1998-1999, CAEN Peace Festival France 1997-1999, ShoreLines Literature Festival UK 1998, International Womens Festival UK 1997, One World Festival 1997, Prime Movers Dance Festival 1996<\/p>\n

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MT GAP DANCE COMPANY 1995-2001<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLadderbacks<\/strong><\/em>
\nLarge\u2013scale en promenade performance for sea front historic ruins, foot bridge & tunnel
\nIntergrating professional & community performers in dance, voice, sound & art installations\u00a0 Commissioned for PORTSMOUTH CITY MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Southsea seafront, Portsmouth
\nUK summer \u00b400<\/p>\n

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\nTaking Stock<\/strong><\/em>
\nDance Theatre Spectacular for chateaux grounds.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Directing performances & workshops for youth groups from low income families\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 twinning UK & french communities in a cross-cultural exchange \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Portsmouth & Paulsgrove UK, Le Chateaux Ducal & Calvaire St. Pierre districts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY TWINNING SCHEME & CAEN PEACE FESTIVAL ‘A CAEN LA PAIX’
\nUK & France \u00b498-\u00b499<\/p>\n

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\nSUMMER ARTS ACROSS PORTSMOUTH FESTIVAL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aug\u00b498<\/p>\n

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\nLock Up Your Daughters<\/strong><\/em>
\nCommissioned by INTERNATIONAL WOMENS WEEK
\nBasingstoke Lime Quarry, ONE WORLD THEATRE FESTIVAL
\nWesley Community Centre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cascades Shopping Centre, Portsmouth
\nUK Feb-June \u00b497<\/p>\n

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\nSUMMER ARTS ACROSS PORTSMOUTH South sea Promenade
\nUK Aug \u00b496<\/p>\n

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\nWatery Kiss<\/strong><\/em>
\nFor museum & ornamental gardens
\nPortsmouth City Museum SUMMER ARTS ACROSS PORTSMOUTH
\nUK Aug \u00b496<\/p>\n

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Unplugged Trilogy<\/em> <\/strong>
\nFor townhall, park & fountain
\nGuildhall, Victoria Park & Commercial Rd Highstreet
\nPRIME MOVERS DANCE FESTIVAL
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