Vanessa Maria Mirza
  • CURRENT PROJECTS
    • ENSEMBLE Project
    • ENSEMBLE Research Blog
  • RECENT WORKS
    • PRODUCTION/ CURATION
    • ART/EXHIBITIONS
    • CHOREOGRAPHY/PERFORMANCE
    • WORKSHOPS
  • BIOGRAPHY
  • CONTACT
  • Menu Menu
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn

ENSEMBLE

‘ENSEMBLE’

Artist note:

The first phase of research for ENSEMBLE was completed in June 2024, with research with two dancers and a live musician. In developing this idea I would like to create it as a solo with live music. The research is part of a multidisciplinary project fusing the body/text/sound and visual imagery. This piece will give greater visibility to issues of migration, displacement and
integration in the UK. In this project I am focusing on the positive side of migrant joy arising from perseverance, conviction and tenacity fuelled by community connections that can drive being seen, heard and valued.

CREDITS
Concept & Artistic Direction: Vanessa Maria Mirza @vanessamirzacreations Vanessa Mirza Creations
Choreography: Vanessa Maria Mirza in collaboration with the performers.
Performance Research: Artur Vidal, Mickael Marso Riviere & Vanessa Maria Mirza @arturmatamorovidal @marsoriviere
Music & sound design: Artur Vidal
Text: Vanessa Maria Mirza
Voices: Artur Vidal, Marso Riviere & Vanessa Maria Mirza
Scenography: Vanessa Maria Mirza in collaboration with Artur Vidal and Pierre Palluet.
Producing support: Pierre Palluet /Centre 151/ Van Huynh Company @vanhuynhcompany & Reece McMahon/ Chisenhale Dance
Artistic Mentor: Dam Van Huynh @damvanhuynh1
Photography: Cheniece Warner
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Additionally supported by Centre 151, Chisenhale Dance and House of Annetta.

PHOTO GALLERY

COLLABORATORS

ARTUR VIDAL

Artur M. Vidal is a London-based and Spanish-born saxophone player who grew up in Paris where he studied music, philosophy, and history of Art. His work involves field recordings, sound walks, dance, and improvisation. He has been doing academic research on improvised music and environmental sounds and has become a certified teacher of Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening practice. He has published two collections of text scores: The Hum in the Valley (2021) and Friendly Algorithms (2018). www.arturvidal.com

VANESSA MIRZA

Vanessa is a London-based contemporary dancer, choreographer and visual artist of
Anglo-Indian heritage. She trained professionally in contemporary dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. She has also had further training in masterclasses and workshops
in varied dance forms and martial arts in Hong Kong, India, Germany, France, UK and USA. Her
choreography has been performed in Taiwan, UK and India. She has performed at Swiss
Church, The V&A Museum, House of Annetta, Centre 151 and Ugly Duck Gallery in London,
United Kingdom, and internationally at venues such as Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan and Rabindra Sadan, Goethe Institute, The British Council, Calcutta School of Music, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, International Institute of Management in Calcutta, India. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in London at Candid Arts Trust, Pulse & Pickle, Ugly Duck Gallery, House of Annetta, Sixfoot Gallery (Glasgow) Taj Bengal Hotel,
Mirage Art Gallery and The Country House Cafe (Calcutta) and are available online in the Saatchi Art Collection. www.vanessamariamirza.in
READ ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS
Scroll to top