To celebrate their first exhibition dedicated entirely to sculpture The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery has invited The Place to realise a one-off special event of contemporary dance to be performed in the various spaces of the gallery by Richard Alston Dance Company.
Richard Alston will be creating dance especially for this event in response to the magnificent spaces of the Duke of York HQ building.
Sculpture inspires a physical response in the viewer, and so does dance. The Place and the Saatchi Gallery have teamed up to explore further the possibilities of interaction between the two.
The event is conceived as a loose promenade show, in which the audience is invited to discover dance episodes scattered throughout the exhibition. Figurative and abstract sculptural forms on both a monumental and miniature scale will create a dramatic backdrop against which the dancers will engage with the space in new ways.
The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture provides an unprecedented look at the work of 20 leading and emerging sculpture artists today, including David Altmejd, John Baldessari, David Batchelor, Peter Buggenhout, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Matthew Brannon, Bjorn Dahlem, Folkert de Jong, Roger Hiorns, Martin Honert, Thomas Houseago, Joanna Malinowska, Kris Martin, Matthew Monahan, Dirk Skreber, Anselm Reyle, Sterling Ruby, David Thorpe, Oscar Tuarzon and Rebecca Warren.
Details
Date: Wednesday 7 September
Time: 19.30 – 21.00
Address: Duke of York’s Square, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square
Price: £10
Tickets for the event are available from The Place box office:
www.theplace.org.uk / 0044 (0)207 121 1100
The event has a limited capacity; book your place in advance to avoid disappointment.
Contacts
For further information, use of images, interviews:
The Place Communication Office: Marta Bogna, 020 7121 1025/
Saatchi Gallery Press Office: Natasha Hoare, 0207 811 3076/