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E TOURING FROM OCTOBER 2011
FLEXIBLE PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, CURTAIN RAISERS
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O HIGH QUALITY DANCE, JUST FOR YOUR AUDIENCE.

Y ACE dance and music present their new production ICE. Co-directed by Gail Parmel & Akiko
O Kitamura, six quicksilver dancers will perform in a finely polished audio visual installation of
U movement, music & light. ICE will explore the integration of artificial & natural systems, the use of
R mechanics to extend the body & how our fragility & limitation drives us to enhance and transform.

Once again ACE dance and music are collaborating with world acclaimed Artists; creating ICE with
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choreographer & founder of the Japanese Leni-Basso company Akiko Kitamura & digital artist
E Akihiko Kaneko. Kitamura is a multi-talented avante-garde choreographer, academic & performer
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E “ Energetic, thought provoking and visually stunning, the thrilling experience had by all was confirmed
by a well-earned rapturous applause and a great atmosphere in the foyer afterwards. Sales exceeded
all expectations with a near sell-out show. ACE dance and music were a pleasure to work with and all
of us at NSCD look forward to welcoming them back again in the future.”
The Northern School of Contemporary Dance

ICE will explore dualisms through polarities such as body – spirit, life – death, memory – reverie;
these big universal concerns will be re-imagined as acts which make up daily life no matter what
age, gender or race – through the lens of a futuristic world.
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co-producer Akiko Kitamura, associated
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companies such as famous French avant-
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Digital artist Akihiko Kaneko will be
commissioned to create a stunning audio
visual installation.

We understand the challenges involved in generating audiences for dance, our track record
proves that our work sells. We have built a great reputation, a strong brand and we offer
exciting marketing materials, education and support to make your booking a great success.
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Founded in October 1996, ACE dance and music (African Cultural Exchange Ltd.) is a professional
F dance Company based in Birmingham in the West Midlands. Under the artistic direction of
Gail Parmel & musical direction of Ian Parmel, ACE dance and music fuse traditional African &
B Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary techniques to create high quality innovative
R performance work, outreach & education programmes for adults and young people in a variety
I of formal and informal settings within Birmingham, the West Midland region, across the UK and
N increasingly in mainland Europe. The Company’s work involves dance & music collaborations, the
G use of new digital media and techniques from other disciplines including theatre. The ACE dance
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N To be a nationally & internationally recognised leader in the field of contemporary African and
G Caribbean Dance

D ACE Dance and music’s Artistic Director Gail Parmel, who after being nominated as one of the
A Cultural Leadership programme’s 50 Women to Watch in 2010/11, has now been voted one of 20
N Inspirational Women from the African Diaspora in Europe (ADIPWE): in celebration of the 100th
C anniversary of International Women’s Day.
E “Full of energy, creativity and promise.”
WestMidlandsDance.com
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O “Highly-stylised contemporary movement with borrowed timing and execution from
Hip Hop... the production quality and the dancers’ technique was second to none.”
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U “another step forward for a company on the edge of breaking into the big league.”
R Keith Watson, Metro

V “... Dancers perform with style and discipline... Technical ability and sheer physicality...
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N 5 star review, Terry Grimley, Birmingham Post
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The Stage
“It made me want to leap out of my seat and dance…the dancers moved with such ease
and flexibility. The atmosphere was almost electric. It was so alive and so visual. I was
completely speechless and so was everyone around me! Overall I thought it was a 10
out of 10 performance and a night I’ll never forget!”
Norwich Evening News
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Performers move as if initiated by an
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body isolations, martial arts, taut control,
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N Contact Charlotte in the ACE office:
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O “My experience of working with ACE dance and music was a
Y very positive one, the company were easy to deal with at all
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