Choreographer Jane Turner

investigating existence in a complex world
through dance and performance

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>ALL NEWS Herd - new DVD Sean Damien Bruno has created a film from various performance streams of HERD. It is available for viewing: Vimeo.com/7641806 It was launched as part of THE FACILITY Performance as Research at London Metropolitan University event Thursday 24th September RECORDING THE PERFORMANCE Investigating performance and its documentation HERD conjures powerful responses. Six highly skilled dancers lead the audience into a journey of transformation. Mazes are used as both spatial setting and metaphor in this dynamic and visually rich dance performance that examines the delicate point where the individual and the group interrelate. Modern systems for understanding creation - the scientific theories of complexity and emergence - are overlaid with those rooted in ancient civilisations - ritual, patterns, dance, labyrinths. HERD reconsiders the age old pairing of Woman and Nature during the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, highlighting the creative potential of cross-fertilisation between the arts and the sciences. - Colchester Arts Centre, Essex 8pm Thursday 12th Feb - The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk 8pm Saturday 14 Feb. ’09 - The Facility, London Metropolitan University, 7pm Monday 16th March - The Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University 7pm Wednesday 18th Feb. as part of Cambridge Science Festival 2009 - The Hat Factory, Luton Thursday 8th October HERD is gratefully supported by the Arts Council England, the National Lottery, The Facility at London Metropolitan University, Sargasso Records