Following it's creation on Studio Wayne McGregor's 2017 FreeSpace Program and first UK Tour, Richard Chappell Dance presents At the end we begin. The company's dynamic, compelling and first full length work uses T.S. Eliot's classic series Four Quartets as a point of departure by representing each poem with four arresting and emotionally fuelled quartets of dance, named after each poem. At the end we begin questions how time's circular nature affects our understanding of ourselves and inhabits the derelict and sometimes turbulent landscape of Eliot's poetry. Whilst combining Chappell's distinguishable blend of classical ballet, martial arts, improvisation and contact work with three other highly skilled performers, At the end we begin dives into each performer's unique and diverse skills. SPRING TOUR DATES: OXFORD Old Fire Station, Dancin’ Oxford Festival, 8th March 2018, 7.30pm Booking Link: http://bit.ly/2Drj5qB EXETER Exeter Phoenix, 26th March 2018, 8.00pm Booking Link: http://bit.ly/2BbG3gn DONCASTER Cast Doncaster, 11th April 2018, 7.45pm Booking Link: http://bit.ly/2Dny2ee LEEDS Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, 6th June, 7.30pm Booking Link: http://bit.ly/2rfzDx6 Choreographer: Richard Chappell Dancers in Video: Robert Anderson, Iris Borras, Richard Chappell, Faye Stoeser Dramaturg: Neus Gil Cortes Composer: Samuel Hall Costume Designer: Hannah Taylor

Taking inspiration from the views of Berry Head in Brixham and the Singaporean dancers who perform the work, Silence Between Waves frames a conversation through movement and sound, connecting two places across the sea by reflecting on home and far away. The work is fuelled by local stories of people in Brixham through a soundscape that features local people describing their relationship with the sea and communication over long distances.  RCD has commissioned filmmaker Daniel Martin to create a full film of the company dancers featured in Silence Between Waves, which will be uploaded across the internet on the 8th July. Silence Between Waves was commissioned by Torbay's Great Place Scheme for Eyeview's Extraordinary Festival and funded by Arts Council England and the National Arts Council of Singapore. The project was co-produced by EyeView and Dance in Devon and supported by Exeter Phoenix, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), ROC Creative and Sound Communities. Choreographer: Richard Chappell Filmmaker: Daniel Martin Dancers: Faye Tan. Shaw En Chew, Shaun Lim Composer: Samuel Hall Dramaturg: Neus Gil Cortes www.richardchappelldance.co.uk https://www.danmartinartist.co.uk

Exploring the relationship between three dancers and three human sculptures, Still Touch is a collaboration between the critically acclaimed ensemble Richard Chappell Dance and internationally renowned sculptor Anna Gillespie. Created initially for Royal Opera House’s Month of Sundays Festival, the work examines the sensitive dynamic of touch between performers who are alive in perpetual motion and individual sculptures of people fixed in time and constant stillness. Still Touch embodies the weight felt on the body when a person is devoid of human touch and the lightness that can be discovered from connecting with people. The work will be a continuation of RCD's unique and distinguishable use of contemporary dance, ballet, improvisation and partner work in an intimate and rich new collaboration with visual arts. Still Touch dives into the combination of what people can express in motion and what sculpture expresses through image. TOUR DATES: OXFORD, 6th March Pegasus Theatre Dancing' Oxford Festival https://pegasustheatre.org.uk LONDON, 13th March Watermans https://www.watermans.org.uk/ EXETER, 7th April Exeter Phoenix https://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Choreographer: Richard Chappell Sculptor: Anna Gillespie Composer: Samuel Hall Dramaturg: Neus Gil Cortes Rehearsal Director: Louise Bennett Dancers: Francesco Migliaccio, Iris Borras, Faye Stoeser Lighting Designer: Flora Wilkinson www.richardchappelldance.co.uk www.annagillespie.co.uk