THE END
A TRAMWAY AND BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CO-PRODUCTION (2016)
FUNDED BY CREATIVE SCOTLAND AND SUPPORTED BY DANCE BASE, CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY AND THE CONTRIBUTORS TO AN INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN

CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION - JACK WEBB
DURATION - 60 MINUTES
CAST - 3 DANCERS
LIGHTING DESIGN - SIMON GANE
PRODUCING AND MANAGEMENT - JENNIFER PHILIPS
​COMPANY ON THE ROAD - 5-6 PEOPLE


ABOUT THE END
THE END IS AN EXPLOSIVE NEW DANCE PERFORMANCE CHOREOGRAPHED AND DIRECTED BY JACK WEBB 'ONE TO WATCH' WINNER AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS. A COMPANY OF THREE EXCEPTIONAL DANCERS EXPLORE THE DRAMATIC NOTION OF END POINTS, THE END OF THE WORLD, THE END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, THE END OF GOOD, BAD AND ALL IN BETWEEN.   

EXTRAORDINARY AND IDIOSYNCRATIC CHOREOGRAPHIC STYLE AND POWERFUL SOUNDSCAPES COMBINE FOR A STARTLINGLY COMPELLING EXPERIENCE THAT LOOKS OUR VERY EXISTENCE STRAIGHT IN THE EYE. 

PRESS FOR THE END
"WEBB'S DANCERS ARE COMPELLINGLY FULL-ON TO THE END" 
THE HERALD

"WEBB CARVES HIS CHOREOGRAPHY FROM A DIFFERENT STONE AND IT IS ENTIRELY REFRESHING"
IAN ABBOT, WRITINGABOUTDANCE.COM

"THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE 3-STRONG COMPANY ARE EXCELLENT DANCERS WITH MASTERFUL CONTROL OVER THEIR BODIES. THE EXTRAORDINARY ISOLATIONS THEY PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE PIECE ARE SO ARTICULATE THAT AT TIMES THEY APPEAR INHUMAN; THEY LOOK DISCONNECTED TO THEIR LIMBS WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING COMPLETELY CONNECTED. THE EFFECT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH"  
ACROSSTHEARTS.CO.UK

"DEEPLY EFFECTING"
EXUENTMAGAZINE.COM

"BEAUTIFUL, UNSETTLING, FAST AND SEXY"
​SARAH MUNRO, DIRECTOR OF BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

ABOUT JACK WEBB

WINNER OF THE 'ONE TO WATCH' AWARD AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS 2016, JACK IS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S LEADING DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND TEACHERS WHO HAS WORKED AND PERFORMED INTERNATIONALLY WITH VARIOUS COMPNAIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS OVER THE PAST DECADE, MOST RECENTLY WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED FASHION DESIGNER HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AND CHOREOGRAPHER DAMIEN JALET ON THE MAJOR PRODUCTION 'GRAVITY FATIGUE' AT SADLER'S WELLS, LONDON. HE HAS RECENTLY APPEARED IN THE CENTENARY EDITION OF BRITISH VOGUE FOR HUSSEIN CHALAYAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY TIM WALKER. OTHER COMPANIES INLCUDE DAVID HUGHES DANCE SCOTLAND (WORKS BY KYLIE WALTERS), THE CURVE FOUNDATION DANCE COMPANY (WORKS BY HOFSH SCHECTER, HENRI OGUIKE, JONATHAN WATKINS AND MORGAN RUNACRE TEMPLE), COISCEM DANCE THEATRE, ALAN GEIG DANCE THEATRE, CROIGLAN INTEGRATED DANCE (WORKS BY DAVID BOLGER AND ADAM BENJAMIN), JOSE VIDAL COMPANY, DANCE THEATRE LUXEMBOURG, VIA NEGATIVA, COMPANY CHORDELIA DANCE THEATRE, CHARLES LINEHAN, SIMON VINCENZI, BEN WRIGHT AND MATTHEW HAWKINS AMOUNST MANY OTHERS. MAJOR TV AND FILM PROJECTS INCLUDE APPEARANCES IN RTE'S 'CENTENARY', IRELAND, CHOREOGRAPHY BY DAVID BOLGER AND SUNSHINE ON LEITH, UK, CHOREOGRAPHY BY ARTHUR PITA. IN 2016 JACK WAS NOMINATED FOR 'BEST DANCE PERFORMER' AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS.

AS A CHOREOGRAPHER HE HAS CREATED AN ACCLAIMED BODY OF WORK, ESTABLISHING A BOLD AND DISTINCTIVE CHOREOGRAPHIC VOICE WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN MAJOR FESTIVALS AND THEATRES IN THE UK AND EUROPE. MOST RECENTLY REMOUNTED HIS WORK 'DRAWN TO DRONE' FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY, SCOTTISH BALLET.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BOOKING THIS PRODUCTION OR REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PHILIPS - jenniferkphillips@outlook.com