I have been shortlisted for the Cameron Mackintosh Composers Bursary which will be at The Royal and Derngate Theatre in 2012.
In 2012 LOL Lots of Love will be undertaking a major national and international tour- please click here for details of the initial UK tour.
Also in 2012: I will have a new full length piece premiered in Athens in May for choreographer Zoi Dimitrou’s ‘You May!’- a small initial tour will take place in the Summer going to Laban, The Place and Arnolfini Bristol.
Then I will work for amazing sound artist Francisco Lopez in July. Later in the year I will begin a new collaboration with artist and choreographer Lisa May Thomas. Finally Luca and I will begin work on his next piece for Protein Dance in the Autumn.
I’m now in Singapore, but just before leaving I took this picture:
It resonates on two principle levels. Firstly, Aboriginal rights and land return seems to be very much on the agenda here in Australia.
Secondly, is it not wonderful to see these senior citizens out on the street protesting? How much more effective protest is when elders are involved. There is hope!
I had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Gladwin, artistic director of Back to Back Theatre here in Australia. Back to Back’s latest show Ganesh Versus the Third Reich has caused wonderful controversy at the festival. Sadly I was unable to see it but it will surely coming to Britain.
I have just bought a new camera and so I make many apologies for this very bad picture of Bruce and Ali:
Here is an audio transcription of the Artist Talk they gave in the foyer of the theatre:
It is our last day in Melbourne. Singapore beckons.
The show ‘Journeys of Love’ for which I wrote the music and sound has now opened! We are recovering from the combination of getting the show on and severe jet-lag. Life is good. http://www.andypink.co.uk
I have arrived in Melbourne. I am here to play Moti Roti’s ‘Journeys of Love’ at the Melbourne Arts Festival. There is myself, Steve and Ali.
One of the great joys about being asked to play in a festival such as this is that it is full of the wonders of art from around the earth. And tonight I experienced Rosten Abel’s ‘The Manganiyar Seduction’. Fourty three musicians and a dancing conductor have created music that reminded me that Heaven is here on Earth. I wept. From the program notes: “When you have true feelings you will have God inside of you”
If ever you have a chance to see this piece, please do not hesitate. Your life will be enriched. This Youtube clip explains what happens, gives a taste, but the experience itself is only live.
Luca Silvestrini is at his comic, imaginative best in this satire on love and the age of social networking, which has its Edinburgh premiere at this year’s festival fringe. Telling the stories of those who search for romance, friendship or just plain human contact in the worlds of Twitter, Facebook and online dating sites, this fine piece of dance-theatre is both wickedly accurate and tenderly humane, justifying both interpretations of LOL: “laugh out loud” and “lots of love”. The cast of six dancers, headed by the ever remarkable Sally Marie, are superb and the work comes with an intelligently composed original sound score by Andy Pink, with video animation by Rachel Davies to complete the colourful show.
It’s full steam ahead on Moti Roti’s ‘Journeys of Love and More Love’ which will be going to Melbourne Festival in October. Here is multi-instrumentalist Anthar Kharana today in my kitchen preparing the Khim for recording. Anthar worked closely with me on Protein’s ‘Crossroads’ for the Greenwich and Docklands Festival.
We also recorded his Shennai which is, without doubt, the loudest sound I have ever heard….
I am delighted to confirm that I will be collaborating with these two wonderful artists in separate projects.
With Ali and his company Moti Roti I will be working on ‘Journeys of Love and More Love’ which will show in Melbourne and Singapore in the Autumn.
For Zoi I will be writing a full length score for her next major work ‘You May’ which will have its world premiere in Athens in 2012.
I will begin to post more on these projects soon.
‘Crossroads’ for Greenwich Dance has been and gone. It was exhausting and fun! I think the work that emerged was special and unusual. I must thank my wonderful musicians Anthar Kharana, Cheng-Ying Chang and Michele Panegrossi for everything!
Luca Silvestrini and I will create ‘Crossroads’ for Greenwich Dance Agency and the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival. Follow this link to participate.
