Choreographed by / Wedi coreograffu gan: Joanna Young
Created with and performed by / Wedi creu gydag ac wedi perfformio gan: Kirsty Arnold
Mapping the real and the illusionary – drawing on personal reflections, memories, projections and references of both physical reality and imagined events – Army of Me is a portrait of many selves, presented as distorted echoes in a world made of small pieces. With inspiration from the work and process of visual artist Brychan Tudor, and a series of paintings by Amy Cutler.
She lies down, sits up, stands, and walks.
Yn mapio’r real a’r rhithiol – gan dynnu ar fyfyrdodau personol, atgofion, a chyfeiriadau o realiti corfforol a digwyddiadau dychmygol – mae Army of Me yn bortread o nifer o wynebau, wedi cyflwyno fel adleisiau gwyrgam mewn byd wedi ei greu o ddarnau bach. Gydag ysbrydoliaeth o waith a phroses yr artist gweledol Brychan Tudor, a chyfres o baentiadau gan Amy Cutler.
Mae’n gorwedd, mae’n eistedd, mae’n sefyll, mae’n cerdded.
Joanna Young
Joanna Young trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance before an apprenticeship with The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs in 2007. Since then she has created eight original works, exploring a variety of contexts, including stage; site-specific installations; film; and community responsive work. In 2012 Young made Re-creating PenGwyn, and was commissioned to create work for Adain Avion, part of the Cultural Olympiad. Young is currently studying Postgraduate Choreography at London Contemporary Dance School and has been commissioned to create work for Striking Attitude, a Cardiff based company directed by Caroline Lamb for dancers over 50.
Cafodd Joanna Young ei hyfforddiant yn Ysgol Ddawns Gyfoes y Gogledd cyn prentisiaeth gyda’r Cholmondeleys a’r Featherstonehaughs yn 2007. Ers hynny mae wedi creu, wyth gwaith gwreiddiol, yn archwilio amrywiaeth o gyd-destunau, gan gynnwys llwyfan; arsefydliadau penodol i safle; ffilm; a gwaith ymatebol cymuned. Yn 2012 creodd Young Re-creating PenGwyn, a chafodd ei gomisiynu i greu gwaith i Adain Avion, rhan o’r Olympiad diwylliannol. Ar hyn o bryd mae Young yn astudio Coreograffi ôl-raddedig yn Ysgol Ddawns Gyfoes Llundain ac mae wedi ei chomisiynu i greu gwaith ar gyfer Striking Attitude, cwmni wedi ei leoli yng Nghaerdydd ac wedi ei gyfarwyddo gan Caroline Lamb i ddawnswyr dros 50 oed.
Kirsty Arnold
Having worked on a range of productions/choreographies etc, Kirsty’s most enjoyable projects to date have been with Artists Seke Chimutengwende and Jose Vidal, as well as with Joanna Young-on Re-creating PenGwyn. With a keen interest in sound and movement Kirsty has received her own ACE funding for research involving recordings with Sound Artist Filipe Sousa and has been involved in independent projects with BBC Symphony Orchestra Outreach/Barbican collaborating with visual artist Alex Julyan and American composer Stephen Montague. She has additionally been involved series of short dance films shown on BBC2, and with motion capture research. She has learnt a lot from Simonetta Alessandri-regarding contact improvisation and credits Trumpet Creepers with invaluable Improvisation in Performance experience.
Ar ôl gweithio ar ystod o gynhyrchiadau /coreograffiadau etc, ei phrosiectau mwyaf pleserus hyd yn hyn oedd gydag Artists Seke Chimutengwende a Jose Vidal, yn ogystal â gyda Joanna Young – ar ail-greu PenGwyn. Gyda diddordeb brwd mewn sain a symudiad mae Kirsty wedi derbyn ei nawdd ACE ei hun am ymchwil sy’n gysylltiedig â recordiadau gyda’r Artist Sain Filipe Sousa ac mae wedi bod yn ymwneud â phrosiectau annibynnol gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Outreach/Barbican y BBC yn cydweithredu gyda’r artist gweledol Alex Julyan a’r cyfansoddwr Americanaidd Stephen Montague. Mae hefyd wedi bod yn gysylltiedig â chyfres o ffilmiau dawns byr a ddarlledwyd ar BBC2, a gydag ymchwil cipio symudiad. Mae wedi dysgu llawer oddi wrth Alessandri-yn ymwneud â chyswllt byrfyfyr ac mae’n rhoi clod i Trumpet Creepers am brofiad gwerthfawr tu hwnt mewn Ymarfer Byrfyfyr wrth Berfformio.