Retina Dance Company :: Dance Production Videos

Retina Education Projects (2007-08)

Check out some examples of Retina’s education work
This is not a body (2007)

This is not a body is the second part in the triptych that Eleven Stories for the body, distance to the soul initiated last year. It takes its inspiration, not from text this time, but from visual art, developing surrealist themes through both creation and performance. (15 minute excerpt)
The boy who never grows old (2006)

The boy who never grows old is based on the period of growth in a graduate dancers life. A reflection of growing up in a world where life, love and work are driven by speed. Emerging from the cushion of childhood into a world of decisions and responsibility. (10 minute excerpt)
11 Stories for the body (2005)

Eleven stories for the body, distance to our soul: a physical translation of eleven impressions/expressions about the body in choreography, film and music for six dancers/performers. (15 minute excerpt)
Me:Mo (2003)

Me:Mo was a work inspired by memories of places and people. Live music from Jules Maxwell and film by Lucy Baldwyn. (excerpt)
Freeze (2003)

Freeze, a Dance for the Camera BBC/ACE production with director Lucy Baldwyn and composer Jules Maxwell, a beautifully serene film screened on BBC2 in March 2003.
X: (2002)

In 2002 Retina created X:,: abstracting our obsessions with game shows in TV culture. (excerpt)
Toxin (2001)

A work of contrasting purity in two halves, two natural poisons played against each other - INKT and FUNGUS. (excerpt)
Oxygenius (2000)

Oxygenius, a visually stunning quartet that explores the human reactions when the body is starved of oxygen. (excerpt)
Hard Shoulder (1999)

Hard Shoulder, a hard-hitting, brash, funky quintet with live music. (excerpt)