2008 Fruit Pieces (Frucht-Stücke)
A series of solo dances for audiences of one.
From 1962 until the end of the GDR, the BRD
paid for the release of political prisoners in hard cash
and also in various goods. On 19 August 1964, the first
goods to be delivered were agreed: oranges.
Dancers, aged 18 – 80, duet with
oranges to explore the relative „cost“ of a
human being: What does the freedom of political prisoners
“cost”? Is a young body of more value than an
old body? What is the cost in human terms of growing and
transporting an orange to Germany?
To find out more about Fruit Pieces click here.
2008 Junction
A piece commissioned by DIN A 13 dance company. Jo created a site-specific, integrated dance piece at the Düsseldorf main train station and on the train line connecting the station with the REHACARE trade fair.
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2005 Spaces Between
A site-specific piece at the South Bank Centre with an integrated
cast of thirty performers aged 18 – 90. With Kelly
Davidson and Laura Davies.
To find out more about Spaces Between click here.
2002 Dancing Houses
A site-specific interdisciplinary piece at Stratford Circus
with a cast of forty professional and community performers
aged 14 – 80. With Anton Califano and Graham Jeffery.
To find out more about Dancing Houses click
here.
2001 The Chicken or the
Egg
A multi-media performance piece for the Millenium Stage
at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, with an intergenerational
cast of professional/community performers. With Krissie
Marty.
"…Parkes begins
with dry, analytic postmodernism and warms it up with a
rich mix of motion and emotion. Her solos with text –
which she delivers in a wonderfully flat midlands accent
– are extraordinarily intelligent and moving."
David Gere
Buzzweekly
Los Angeles
"It’s funny, exciting, insightful,
and immensely enjoyable….An eye-opener of a show!"
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