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recent projects
Time - Space And the Body:
part of Nocturne (2019-20)
Joelle Pappas and composer Joseph Kay presented an exciting residency for emerging choreographers and composers, in partnership with DANSOX at St Hilda’s College.
Nocturne (2019)
Nocturne was a collaboration with pianist Diana Hinds and tenor Rory Carver.
Sound Moves (2019)
Sound Moves was a weekly creative movement class for patients & outpatients at Warneford Hopsital.
Each week provided something new and exciting, with guest musicians to accompany their class and performance.
This project was made in collaboration with Ajos Trust and Oxford Health; supported by Arts Council England and Oxford City Council.
Felix Klee’s Puppet Theatre (2019)
A collaboration with Douglas Young (composer) & Christopher Redgate (oboe). Image by Stu Allsop.
Douglas Young writes:
“I first saw the paintings and drawings of Paul Klee in Munich in 1970, but it was twenty years before I composed a work for the Lindsay String Quartet based on Klee images. In 2007 Joëlle Pappas choreographed my 2 piano work derived from Klee’s Pedagogical Sketchbook.
Around that time I discovered that the new Zentrum Paul Klee in Berne had a complete collection of the hand puppets Klee had made in the 1920s for his son Felix. These were highly original, amusing and infused with the spirit of Dada. Since then I have planned to create a work with Joëlle based on these hand-puppets ̶ of which today’s offering is the first sketch.”
Traits (2018)
A collaboration with Bruno Guastalla (Cello & tape) and James Ball (Lighting Designer); commissioned by Dancin’ Oxford and Pegasus Theatre for Moving With The Times 2018.
Dancing the Tree of Life (2016)
A contemporary dance interpretation of the genetic ancestry we share with all life on earth with evolutionary biologist Yan Wong,.
Dancing the Tree of Life, a piece for 7 dancers and 1 musician, is loosely based on Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong’s 2016 book The Ancestor’s Tale, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of all life on earth.
Performers of the piece included Melissa Bori, JJ Formento and Ségolène Tarte.
Made possible through funding from RDFRS.
Duet² (2016)
A programme of contemporary dance pieces to piano duets by Maurice Ravel and Erik Satie, played live by Diana Hinds and Elizabeth Kreager.
This varied dance programme also included music by Douglas Young and Benjamin Britten.