CREDITS
Concept, Direction & Choreography
Jasmin Vardimon MBE
Performed by
Paul Blackman, Luke Burrough, Tim Casson, Mafalda Deville, Christine Gouzelis, David Nondorf, YunKyung Song, Elena Stavropoulou
Associate Director & Dramaturgy
Guy Bar-Amotz
Rehearsal Direction
Mafalda Deville
Animation
Michael Klega
Lighting Design
Chahine Yavroyan
Sound Design
Nick Kennedy
Set & Media Design
Guy Bar-Amotz
Costume Design
Linda Rowell
Sound Engineer
Nik Kennedy
Production Manager
Steve Wald
Technical Crew
Panos Koutsoumanis & Nia Wood
Set Builders
Factory Settings Ltd
Ballet Teacher
Franziska Rosenzweig
Campaign Image Photography
Ben Harries
Production Photography
Alastair Muir
Promo Video
Guy Bar-Amotz
Length
75 mins no interval
Premiere
2008
Presented in association with
Brighton Dome
Supported by
Sadler’s Wells, National Theatre Studio and The Place
Funded by
Arts Council England
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
THE OBSERVER
'Beautiful. A deft theatrical touch'
THE GUARDIAN
'The hard-hitting, attention-grabbing combination of anarchic energy pins us to our seats'
LONDONDANCE.COM
'Oozing with originality and invention'
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
'They are virtuosi of contemporary physical dance, and whereas some do it pretty well, Jasmin Vardimon Company do it to perfection'
BRIGHTON MAGAZINE
'Never stopping and never boring, a damn fine rollercoaster ride of a production'
THE TIMES / 6 Nov 2008 ★★★★
'Packed tight with striking images and fierce, sometimes funny and rarely tender actions, this production is both a distillation and an edgy, extremely clever refashioning of much of the work she has made to date.'
Read moreTHE OBSERVER / 14 Sept 2008
'Israeli choreography combines startling moves with cutting-edge camerawork'
Read moreMANCHESTER EVENING NEWS / 28 Oct 2008 ★★★★★
'Jasmin Vardimon Company are energy-filled and entertaining, with very physical dance – tumbling as much as dancing, much of it - allied to text, video and very clever use of projection… They are virtuosi of contemporary physical dance, and whereas some do it pretty well, Jasmin Vardimon Company do it to perfection.'
Read moreWHATSONSTAGE.COM / 28 Oct 2008 ★★★★
'This highly original dance piece works on many levels. Vardimon refuses to be pigeonholed and simply repeat herself, which gives the show a fresh appeal even for audience members who know her work. As Jasmin herself says: “There is no central narrative”- but this does not matter. Visually, this is absolutely stunning.'
Read moreTHE GUARDIAN / 24 Nov 2008
'Yesterday clearly hit the spot for its vociferous and largely very youthful audience.'
Read moreLONDONDANCE.COM / 21 Nov 2008
'Jasmin Vardimon is a trailblazer in the sense that she takes onboard serious content and uses the stage to grapple with the underbelly of life; nasty, uncomfortable issues rarely touched upon in dance.'
THE ARGUS / 5 Sept 2008
'Yesterday took the capacity audience on an imaginative and disjointed journey through memory and experience, utilising an incredible combination of technology and pure movement.'
Read moreBRIGHTON MAGAZINE
'Never stopping and never boring, Jasmin Vardimon’s Yesterday, a damn fine rollercoaster ride of a production, does a lot more than it says on the tin – at least technically and does it all in just 75 minutes at the Corn Exchange, Brighton.'
OXFORD TIMES / 6 Nov 2008
'Vardimon makes clever use of technology throughout her work. Yesterday (pictured) opens with a man lying on his back, feet in the air. On those feet stands YunKrung Song. She is holding a fishing-rod, from which dangles a camera. What she is filming – mainly us, the audience – appears on a huge screen behind her.'
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