'Smoke' & 'The After Hours'
Spring Double Bill by X Factor Dance Company
In spring 2006, The X Factor Dance Company - Scotland's dynamic dance theatre company, will tour its 18th production. The brand new double bill by Artistic Director Alan Greig and exciting guest choreographer Colin Poole will premiere at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow in February and will tour to venues throughout February and March 2006
Colin Poole's 'Smoke' - a new specially commissioned work for X Factor - takes its cue from Merriam-Webster's online dictionary.
1: something of little substance, permanence, or value
2: something that obscures
3: an act or spell of smoking tobacco
These definitions form the framework of a thought-provoking examination into the American dream: the dream of individualism, democracy, free trade, the spread of that way of life throughout the globe and the nightmare of terror that accompanies this ideal.
Greig's new work 'The After Hours' is presented in his trademark humorous and eclectic style. The production is set in the surreal world of dreams - dreams of love and anger, people, places and the hauntingly unfamiliar. Greig creates a fast shifting mercurial world of athletic dance, spoken text, imaginative lighting and fascinating sounds (blending original music by Tom Murray with Jilted John, Bernard Herrmann and Andy Williams!).
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This new double-bill follows hot on the heels of the X Factor's many other successful shows including last year's fantastic double bill - Greig's 'Uncanny' and Stephen Petronio's 'Lareigne'. Prepare to be moved and captivated by one of Scotland's most innovative and respected companies. X Factor Dance Company has a passion for entertaining and engaging audiences, creating dance that explores universal issues with intelligence and humour.
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What the media said about The X Factor Dance Company and Colin Poole in 2005:
'Alan Greig's Uncanny 'punctuated with humour and a plethora of filmic references, Greig's piece jumps butterfly-like from one scene to the next' - The List
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Stephen Petronio's Lareigne - This 21-minute blast of fiendishly precise choreography from the inveterate New York rebel they [X Factor] seize the piece by the throat.' - Sunday Herald
'Colin Poole's The Box Office 'But Poole is a maverick. And Box Office - his look at black identity in blaxploitation movies - has a confrontational quality rare in dance. It's both edgy and brilliant.'
- Sunday Herald
Education programme
Education is an integral part of X Factor's identity and the company is fully committed to the long-term development of youth and community dance through workshops and residencies and has achieved national recognition for it's education work. The spring tour will include a college, schools and youth group education programme with both Alan Greig's 'After Hours' and Colin Poole's 'Smoke' forming the central inspiration for the dance workshops.
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