THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Choreography: Maga Judd & Dancers

Composers:  Shan Yi Tee,  Jia Qi Eu & Alex Judd

Dancers: Naomi Jeffers, Blodwyn Jenkins, Joe Grisdale, Maria Karczmarczyk, Erin Kristiansen, Hoi Kui Lee, Thailee Nunes Malter, Alice Miano, Teleri Symons.

In a state of constant fear, anxiety, uncertainty, exclusion … surrounded by events that we try to give some meaning to... physically, emotionally, mentally provoked, exhausted ... in the world, in a society where actions seem to speak louder than words and words are no longer heard ... where we don't want to see and are afraid to look but we have to keep on going in order to survive together.

The Show Must Go On deconstructs the meaning of circus, portraying post-pandemic autobiographical stories connected to individuality, togetherness and breaking through a translation of society that is projected on to our bodies. Somewhere between passive following and rebellious action we overcome the struggle to obey, to comply and fit in a world that no longer exists as before. As with the show, life must also go on... exhausted but stronger than ever before, if we can find ourselves and come together.

MAGA JUDD

Maga Judd is a choreographer, performer, improviser and teacher, graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School and Middlesex University with an MA in Choreography. Prior to that Maga completed a BA in dance at Poznan University and an MA in pedagogy at the University of Zielona Gora, Poland.
 
With over fifteen years professional experience, Maga has created and performed in many pieces in international festivals across Europe and the Middle East. She has worked with choreographers and teachers as diverse as Jose Vidal Company, Bettina Carpi (CandoCo), Nadar Rosano, Ray Chung, Frauke Requardt, Rick Nodine, and toured internationally with Zawirowanie Dance Theatre from Warsaw. Since 2017, Maga has been co-devising and performing with Dancing Strong and recently became an Artistic Associate in their ‘Movement Lab’.

As well as teaching at Middlesex, Maga also regularly teaches release and contact improvisation in the UK and abroad, such as at Trip Space and LCI in London, Brighton and Bristol, Wurzburg and Freiburg in Germany, and Wroclaw and Lodz in Poland. Maga has been nominated for scholarships and won several awards, winning first prize in the Warsaw Polish Platform Choreography contest. Maga's award-winning work in the community sector has been presented across Europe and attracted interest from national media. Maga currently leads D2D elders community dance company based in High Barnet and also co-directs and choreographs the annual International Festival of Dance in Poland.

ALEX JUDD -MUSICIAN

Alex Judd is a composer and musician, studying violin, piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before going on to read music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Composing extensively for dance and drama projects, Alex is Co-Director and Associate Artist with Theatre Re and has performed and composed the music for the company’s six major productions. Alex has toured extensively with the company, both nationally and internationally, and his score for ‘The Little Soldiers’ received an Off West End Best Sound Design award nomination. Other recent composition credits include commissions by Wise Buddah, the Roundhouse Choir, The Point Eastleigh and Fourth Monkey Theatre Company, and performances at Sadlers Wells and the European Cultural Congress. Alex is an experienced session musician and performs with a wide variety of artists, including Austentatious and Bastien Keb, and is also a founding member of jazz trio Future Gold. www.alexjuddmusic.co.uk

SHAN YI TEE- MUSICIAN

Born in Malaysia, Shan is a classically-trained pianist, violinist, and a composer. Currently pursuing her final year of degree in Middlesex University, she is studying Classical Music (Performance/Composition), in which she often collaborate with different instrumentalists and musicians of other pathways such as pop musicians, jazz musicians, as well as music producers. During her time in university, not only do she enjoy collaborating with musicians, Shan also greatly welcome the opportunities to collaborate across various arts disciplines, for instance, dance and theatre shows, producing outstanding musical collaborations.

JIA QI EU- MUSICIAN

Eu Jia Qi is a music producer and composer. Her main instrument is electone and she also plays piano, violin, guzheng and drum. She has always loved music, and she has always loved sound. She enjoys experimenting various musical genres and and arranging different types of musics.