The Air Between Us

 

STREET THEATRE | OUTDOOR

The Air Between Us
Chloe Loftus & Rodney Bell

Fri 12 July | 3pm
Sat 13 July | 3pm & 8pm

Event Details

Times & Dates:
Fri 12 July | 3pm
Sat 13 July | 3pm & 8pm

Duration:
25 minutes

Event Categories:
Dance, Outdoor

Admission:
Free

Age Suitability:
All ages

Venue:
Queen Maeve Square, Stephen Street, Sligo

An inimitable and mesmerising duet, spiralling into the air, harnessing their differences and strengths into dance.

The Air Between Us is a joyful aerial collaboration created and performed by acclaimed dancer and choreographer Chloe Loftus and award-winning Māori dance artist Rodney Bell, who performs in his wheelchair. Arriving at this point in time from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, they explore our innate capacity to exist in symbiotic harmony, with each other and our environment.

Using a unique counterweighted system, this extraordinary dance soars above and captivates your imagination.

The duo have been touring The Air Between Us to international acclaim, including New Zealand, Sydney, Seoul, Cardiff and London.

 
 

Chloe Loftus
Italian born, NZ bred, Chloe Loftus emigrated to the UK in 1997, gaining a BA (Hons) Dance Performance at Middlesex University, London. Alongside working internationally as a freelance dancer, she founded Chloe Loftus Dance in 2005. Her work is routed in contemporary dance-theatre, specialising in outdoor performances, harness aerial dance and Mass Movement Direction for large-scale events. Chloe was nominated for a Theatre Critics of Wales Award for Best Small Scale Dance Production and winning Welsh Independent Dance's 'Dance Bytes' choreographic competition. She has choreographed for Cultural Olympiad events, collaborated with National Theatre Wales and the Welsh School of Architecture. Chloe returned to NZ in 2016 and has been Auckland Parks Artist in Residence 2017, choreographed on Touch Compass Dance, toured extensively across NZ and is co-founder/director of Conscious Dance Aotearoa.

Rodney Bell
Rodney Bell, Ngāti Maniapoto, is a renowned dancer and performer. His artistic expression demonstrates elements of traditional Maori culture, and at the same time he's continually seeking new ways to enhance his creative process.

Rodney received the 2017 Arts Access award for artistic achievement and the 2016 Atttude award for Artistic achievement both recognising his most recent work MEREMERE which has toured NZ and Australia. His career has been exceptional, which was recognised in 2020 when he became the inaugural recipient of the Te WakaToi Te Tohu Iho Pūmanawa award for contribution of a Māori artist with the lived experience of disability.

Rodney has been dancing professionally since 1994 beginning as a founding member and now co-Artistic Director of Touch Compass Dance Trust, an internationally renowned physically integrated dance company based in Auckland, New Zealand.

 
 
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