Richard Alston Dance Company giving its final ever performances today and tomorrow 7th & 8th at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, bidding their goodbye after 25 years. ‘Voices and Light Footsteps’, taken from Henry James’ description of Venice, seems poignant and timely in many ways. Music by baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi, Costumes Peter Todd, Lighting Design Martin Lawrence, Photography Vanja Karas
VANJA KARAS – LIVE IN SINGAPORE
VANJA KARAS IS LONDON BASED MULTI DISCIPLINARY SERBIAN ARTIST
WORKING IN PRINT, IN SPACE AND ON SCREEN
The essence of her work reflects on the the timeless themes of impermanence, the irrevocable passing of time and transience as the core of our existence. Her works evoke conceptual vivacity, beauty and emotional poignancy often revisiting the major motifs of the old masters and still life translating them into the modern world.
Prior to moving into the the art world and since completing her MA at Kings College London and Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Vanja has worked commercially as a Creative Director in design and advertising industries in London. She is now mainly focusing on her Art working in and exhibiting across a range of different media: photography, conceptual art, site specific installation, sculpture, video art, textile design, print and VR.
Her work has been commissioned for a number of private, public, museum and corporate collections and published in books and magazines. Her photographic print has reached £10000 at a recent Bonham’s Auction.
She has featured wit her work in numerous international exhibitions, festivals and residencies across Europe, Asia and America. Only this year her work has been exhibited in Japan, USA, Mexico, Italy, UK and she is delighted now to be showing for the first time in Singapore. Earlier this month Vanja’s work was exhibited in the NaWei Gallery at the Fullerton Hotel, as one of the finalists of the Art Gemini International Art Prize.
She is also currently exhibiting in London as part of the God Save the Queen exhibition alongside some of the most celebrated artists such as Terry O’Neil, Rankin, David Swanell and Alison Jackson.
Earlier this year her work Flowers for Algernon was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts 251st Summer Exhibition, she also exhibited as part of this years 58th Venice Biennale and as part of a multi media video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Oaxaca MACO (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Oaxaca).
Other past exhibitions, participations and awards include: Royal Academy of Arts (2019 and 2009 Summer Exhibition), 56th, 57th, 58th Venice Biennale, The Hall of Awa Museum Japan, Museum of Contemporary Art Oaxaca (MACO), Institute of Contemporary Art ICA, The Photographers’ Gallery, Turner Contemporary, Somerset House, House of St Barnabas, New Orleans Photo Alliance USA, Les Rencontres d’Arles France, Art Brussels, Mall Galleries, Chelsea Arts Club, Royal College of Art, Mercers Hall, Tobacco Docks, Royal Overseas League, Association of Photographers, Jonathan Ross Gallery London, China House Malaysia, Alliance Francaise Malaysia, Siddhartha Art Gallery Kathmandu, Palazzo Ducale Cantelmo Italy, Cata Odata Bali, Q-Park Car Park, New Moment Serbia.
Staging Schiele by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
Dancers from Shobana Jeyasingh Dance give London premiere of Staging Schiele at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall , a work inspired by the viceral expressive work of painter Egon Schiele, commissioned by Southbank Centre. Inspired by the extraordinary work and life of the Austrian artist, famous for his unflinching nudes and searing self portraits, the piece scrutinises the eternal conundrum of the male artist and the female model. Colour, masterful lines and unusual perspectives: four dancers inhabit the highly charged world of the artist Egon Schiele, putting the human body on visceral display. Jeyasingh’s award-winning choreography matches the intensity of Schiele, engaging with his anxieties as well as his supreme self-confidence. Staging Schiele captures the artist’s own self-conscious framing of himself and his work. Both intimate and formal, it throws light on his brief meteoric rise to fame. Jeyasingh is joined by composer Orlando Gough, visual artist Ben Cullen Williams, lighting designer Adam Carree and costume designer Cottweiler. Dancers Sunbee Han and Catarina Carvalho.
World premiere at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre of “The Thread’ by Olivier Award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant & Oscar-winning composer Vangelis who composed the film scores for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, The Bounty and many others. Captivating and seemingly familiar traditional Greek sounds and folk dancing woven into Maliphant’s new forms of movement language and contemporary dance. Costumes by Mary Katrantzou. Lighting by Michael Hulls. Performances 15th- 17th March Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Photography by Vanja Karas
World premiere at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre of “The Thread’ by Olivier Award winning choreographer Russell Maliphant & Oscar-winning composer Vangelis who composed the film scores for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, The Bounty and many others. Captivating and seemingly familiar traditional Greek sounds and folk dancing woven into Maliphant’s new forms of movement language and contemporary dance. Costumes by Mary Katrantzou. Lighting by Michael Hulls. Performances 15th- 17th March Sadler’s Wells Theatre Photography by Vanja Karas
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Pure Dance, with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg performing The Leaves are Fading. Choreography by Antony Tudor.
Russian classical ballet dancer Natalia Osipova, formerly principal of the Bolshoi Ballet is currently principal of The Royal Ballet, performing with American classical ballet dancer, David Hallberg a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and resident guest artist at The Australian Ballet, and formerly a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Performances 12th-16th 2018 September Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Jakop Ahlbom’s homage to the horror-movie genre.
SOLO FOR TWO performed by Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, at the London Colliseum. Photography by Vanja Karas.
Delighted to have my work HM 90, Queen B Vanitas as part of the special English Garden Room installation, ‘In England We Dream of Garden’ room curated by Alice Shirley, as part of 29th Art for Youth annual art event in aid of charity UK Youth, creative director Caitlin Mavroleon. 12-15th September, with VIP Preview Night on Monday the 12th September.
Delighted that my work ‘Queen B Vanitas’ has been selected as one of the finalists for the 26th National Open Art 2016 exhibition. Some amazing venues to look forward to Mercer’s Hall, City of London, Arundel Castle and Pallant House Gallery Chichester.