SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE: THE COLLECTION

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Following their critically acclaimed showing in London in spring 2009 at Victoria Miro Gallery, Siobhan Davies Dance again present contemporary dance and visual art simultaneously, this time at Birmingham's Ikon Eastside. The Collection looks at the interface of contemporary art and dance, and considers how movement can be conceived beyond stage performances. Ikon's Eastside space will be occupied by five dance artists performing the choreographed piece Minutes alongside artworks commissioned especially for it. Minutes has been created by Siobhan Davies with Catherine Bennett, Matteo Fargion, Henry Montes, Deborah Saxon and Matthias Sperling. Performed continuously for four hours each day, the audience is free to enter and exit the piece at any point, and move around the dancers as though they are components of a live installation. It is presented alongside A Solo in the Doldrums by Anri Sala, comprising a drum programmed to produce a rhythm taken from a dance piece previously performed by Siobhan Davies. Lying in Wait, a three-screen film installation by Idris Khan and Sarah Warsop, is also featured.