Current
Overview
Productions
Army of me
Army of Me is a portrait of many selves, presented as distorted echoes in a world made of small pieces.
— October 2014
Recall
Recall sees Joanna Young return to Re-creating PenGwyn, an absorbing and critically acclaimed production she made in 2012.
— Spring 2014
The House Opposite
A playful and elegant trio in which three female performers explore their surroundings and relationship.
— December 2013
Re-creating PenGwyn
Re-creating PenGwyn has stark imagery, intricate & unexpected choreography and a playful juxtaposition between the subtle & the extreme.
— August 2012
Don’t think about a purple daisy
A collaboration between choreographer Joanna Young and composer Jamie McCarthy.
— Spring - Autumn 2015
Commissions
PenGwyn
PenGwyn is a visually magnetic and surreal mix of dance theatre inspired by the characteristics and connotations of a penguin.
— AUGUST 2011
Under Dark Skies
Under Dark Skies has been Commissioned by Foundation for Community Dance and produced by Powys Dance. The installation explores ideas of scale and time and what it means for people to look up at the night sky.
— November 2014
Re:Defining Beauty
Commissioned by The Place, Creative Teaching and Learning and The British Museum 'Re:Defining Beauty' was a three month process working with dancers and community participants over 50.
— Spring - Summer 2015
Responsive Spaces
Produced by The Place, Creative Teaching and Learning, Responsive Spaces was a performative response to Siah Armajani's retrospective An Ingenious World exhibited at The Pasasol Unit, London.
— September 2013
Unknown Places
‘Unknown Places’ explores how we can navigate, compose and find comfort within the unknown. Choreographed by Joanna Young, origial sound by Jamie McCarthy, performed by and devised with Contact Dance Company. 'Unknown Places' is currently available for festivals and theatre venues. Form more information please contact directorsidance@gmail.com
— June - October 2018
About Cardiff West
A community arts project with Ty Gwyn School, Woodlands High School and Michaelston Community College, facilitated by Joanna Young & Jamie McCarthy, commissioned by Cardiff Dance Festival.
— November 2015
And all the men we saw today
A sensory audio walk by Joanna Young, Kip Johnson and Jamie McCarthy. 'And All the Men We Saw Today' has evolved through a creative response to Man Food, a participatory research project looking at men, protein and the environment. Commissioned by University of Southampton. Man Food is led by Dr Emma Roe and Dr Paul Hurley, University of Southampton, with Windmill Hill City Farm and the Matthew Tree Project.
— Autumn 2017 - Ongoing
Conditions for possibility – ongoing research
My overarching question for this research then is: How can I sustain my artistic practice and what conditions are needed to make this possible? Approaches to this question I am interested in exploring are: How can systems and patterns observed in permaculture be applied to arts practices? Can these be adopted in order to de-border forms and create interdependent creative environments? What are the experiences, role and function of choreography beyond a performance and can choreography exist as a practice without a product? What daily practices can I apply to support, nourish and focus my work? How can these offer a grounding to my practice that protects against the turbulent nature of working in the arts that thrives on power, celebrity, and product over a enriched and awakened process. How can the process of making art be a political act or statement within itself?
— Ongoing
Leaning into Darkness
A one to one guided movement journey, exploring our sensory experience of darkness. Fore-fronting senses other than vision, we will explore a number of invitations and suggestions which give attention to the specific and special experience of moving into the night.
— September 2017
Film
Works on Grass
Works on Grass, is a visually hypnotic, multi media reflection of landscapes, tradition and ritual.
— 2010 / 2011
Community
Under Dark Skies
Under Dark Skies has been Commissioned by Foundation for Community Dance and produced by Powys Dance. The installation explores ideas of scale and time and what it means for people to look up at the night sky.
— November 2014
Re:Defining Beauty
Commissioned by The Place, Creative Teaching and Learning and The British Museum 'Re:Defining Beauty' was a three month process working with dancers and community participants over 50.
— Spring - Summer 2015
Responsive Spaces
Produced by The Place, Creative Teaching and Learning, Responsive Spaces was a performative response to Siah Armajani's retrospective An Ingenious World exhibited at The Pasasol Unit, London.
— September 2013
About Cardiff West
A community arts project with Ty Gwyn School, Woodlands High School and Michaelston Community College, facilitated by Joanna Young & Jamie McCarthy, commissioned by Cardiff Dance Festival.
— November 2015
And all the men we saw today
A sensory audio walk by Joanna Young, Kip Johnson and Jamie McCarthy. 'And All the Men We Saw Today' has evolved through a creative response to Man Food, a participatory research project looking at men, protein and the environment. Commissioned by University of Southampton. Man Food is led by Dr Emma Roe and Dr Paul Hurley, University of Southampton, with Windmill Hill City Farm and the Matthew Tree Project.
— Autumn 2017 - Ongoing
Community
Coming Soon
More information coming soon… Please contact for further information on community responsive projects and workshops.
Coming Soon
More information coming soon… Please contact for further information on community responsive projects and workshops.
Coming Soon
More information coming soon… Please contact for further information on community responsive projects and workshops.
Coming Soon
More information coming soon… Please contact for further information on community responsive projects and workshops.