2004 Slither and Slice

2004 Bubble and Squeak

2003/04 Shed Show Tour

2003 Choreodrome

2002 The Walk

2002 Colour Stereo

2002 Shed Show

2001 Telling It Like It Is

2001 Secretly I Think You're Beautiful

2001 Arcade Games

2001 Something Between

2001 Opie

2000 In 24 Hours

2000 My Last Yellow Thought

Slither and Slice 2004

A special commission from Cafe Gallery Projects to create a performance for its 20th anniversary. Corali made the performance in collaboration with print maker Charlie Fox.

he performance included live accordion music and a specially commissioned cake. It was performed three times, each time to capacity audience.

Performed by: Nick McKerrow, Bethan Kendrick, Dennis Plummer, Jackie Ryan, Aisah Booth and John Long
Collaborators: Artists Charlie Fox and Jon Archdeacon
Musicians: Daniel Weaver and Matthew Wood
Choreographer: Donovan Flynn

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Bubble and Squeak 2004

In collaboration with undergraduate students from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Corali returned to the Cafe Gallery to create a short site specific performance inspired by the André Stitt exhibition. The performance was shown to an invited learning disabled audience.

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Shed Show Tour 2003/2004

Tour included Ikon Gallery in Birmingham and Lilian Baylis Theatre, London.

See Shed Show below for details.

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Corali spent three weeks in August researching and developing solos for the company as part of Choreodrome 2003. Corali worked physically to explore a movement vocabluary to suit each dancer. The company worked for the first time with Choreographer Donovan Flynn and long time collaborator Daniel weaver, and dramaturg Katalin Trencsényi. The solos were shown as a work in progress at the Place Theatre.

The solos' have also been shown at Sadler's Wells, Lilian Baylis theatre (2003) and Croydon Clocktower (2004)

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The Walk 2002

'The Walk' was a short film about the imaginations of the Corali dancers as they take a walk through the streets of London. It was shot on location around Bermondsey and Tower Bridge, including the company's regular haunt of Roses Cafe. It features Dennis as a crooner, Natalie as a Diva and introduces Christine Taylor the film maker. The final film is 5 minutes long and available on video.

Original music once again composed by Daniel Weaver.

It was supported by LWT and was part of their Whose London initiate. It was sponsored by
T. Clarkes Plc

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Colour Stereo 2002

'Colour Stereo' was originally inspired by a Terry Riley piece of music, 'Your No Good'. Taking this starting point the dancers created a piece of work which combined funky street dances with choreography based on the shapes and patterns of city architecture. The structural form of the piece was also inspired by music, and comprised of gently shifting choreographic motifs just like jazz.

This work marked a step away from other Corali shows by its more choreographed, less theatrical material. It was also performed to a pre-recorded sound track, by a smaller cast. The company are keen to develop this area of work.

Performed by Aisha Booth, John Long and Laura Hayman, and with original music composed by Daniel Weaver, 'Colour Stereo' premiered at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Rosebery Avenue on November 7th, 2002 and toured to Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Interaction Milton Keynes and Croydon Clocktower.

'Colour Stereo' was supported by Mencap City Foundation. An edited video is available.

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Shed Show 2002

The premise behind 'Shed Show' was to create an art installation based on the structure of a shed. The installation was designed for use as a performance space and incorporated surfaces for projection, casters for movability and other special features. This shed functioned as the site for Corali's new performance work as well as a site for education work and is totally self contained and tourable.

'Shed Show' was performed at the Café Gallery in Southwark Park, at Tate Modern and at a special launch hosted by Ken Livingstone at City Hall. It has also been seen in modified form at Beautiful Octopus.

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Telling it Like it is 2001

Corali received funding from the National Touring Programme of the Arts Council. This was the company's first Arts Council money and first national tour. 'Telling It Like it is' was an adaptation of 'My Last Yellow Thought'. We collaborated with each venue to make a performance that was suited to their current exhibitions.

The tour visited The New Art Gallery, Walsall, and The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford and The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. The tour included a programme of education and outreach work.

The tour was incredibly well received and we all felt a great sense of achievement to have been so positively received outside London. As a result of the tour, Corali has been commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and The Ikon to make new exhibition specific performances later in 2001.

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Secretly I Think You're Beautiful 2001

A commission from MoMA to make a performance for its 2000 season of work. Corali worked with three local day centres and created an exhibition performance in response to their Mark Lewis exhibition. The performance featured John Long of Corali and participants from the day centres. It was a fun and satisfying piece and exciting to be asked back and work in a new participative way.

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A short film commissioned by the Arts Council and Channel 4 for Channel 4's 'Slotart' season. Corali's first film! A short film made on location at Swing Beach Amusement Arcade in Swanage.

Originally conceived as a pun on 'slot art', the film traced the performers interaction with the rhythms and colours of the arcade, their feelings of being by the seaside and finally their winning moments as the sun goes down.

Arcade Games was made in collaboration with filmmaker Anna Lucas and Daniel Weaver composed the music.

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Something Between 2001

Corali was asked to teach the 'theatre in community contexts' module of the Contemporary Theatre Practice undergraduate course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

This meant seven students from Glasgow came to Bermondsey for a month and made a show with the Corali dancers. It was wonderful to see Corali interact with non-learning disabled actors.

It was very pleasing to see how much they had to show the Glasgow students! The project was a success and Corali hopes this link will continue in the future.

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Opie 2001

A commission from the Ikon Gallery. A performance made in response to the Julian Opie exhibition at the Ikon gallery in November 2001.

Corali was thrilled to be asked back to the Ikon and to make a show around such an exciting exhibition.

We made the show in under three days and it was hard work but all worth it.

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In 24 Hours 2000

In 24 Hours took as its subject matter the cycle of 24 hours in a city. It had been in discussion before the Whitechapel performance and was a set of ideas we were very keen to explore. Once again the show benefited from a long rehearsal period, enabling the performers to really own the material.

The turning point for this show was finding exactly the right site for it. Working to work one day I saw an empty shop unit next to the tube station. It was perfect! Glass fronted and a concrete shell in side, it even had a frosted glass window we could use for projections. After a long struggle with London Underground we eventually got permission. It was perfect and I shall never forget begin able to watch this performance with the real city life going on along side it.
Sarah Archdeacon.

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'My Last Yellow Thought' was a commission from Whitechapel Art Gallery and a London Hybrid award. The aim of the performance was to make an exhibition specific performance. Together with the education officer at the time Corali chose "Live in Your Head", a conceptual art exhibition, appropriate to Corali, enabling us to overtly explore and alternative way of thinking about things, something that Corali does all the time!

It was tremendous fun making this show. We played a lot of games to demonstrate how the mind works and thought a lot about the 'moment before thought'. 'My Last Yellow Thought' benefited from a long rehearsal process and was structurally sophisticated. It was the first show for us to perform within a gallery space, which was very exciting. We were able to fully embrace an ambient audience, which was very successful.
Sarah Archdeacon.

'My Last Yellow Thought' was the first collaboration with composer and cellist Daniel Weaver and filmmaker Anna Lucas.

Corali is a class act: radical art for our own times.
Viewpoint May 2000

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