Billy
Cowie is
a Scottish choreographer/writer/composer
‘Billy Cowie is a poet of dance' Miguel Iglesias - director of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
‘The quirky, lyrical, imaginative,
arresting, romantic fantasies of Billy Cowie deeply impressed
me.’ Mikhail Baryshnikov
‘It is the most subtle and bereft solo, lost in sadness and solitude. A body leaning over an abyss, counting on nothing but itself to keep from falling' Susanna Temperley on Solos Extr3mos
'Billy Cowie is the Godfather of 3D dance movies' Gilles Jobin
'Morgen schon' is an almost perfect song. A true masterpiece. Tony Palmer - Isolde Films
'Beautiful, poetic, sensitive, profound, minimal and essential, esthetically perfect. I lack the words to define what I felt in front of your work' Philippe Priasso (Beau Geste)
'Artista del Año' Fiver International Festival 2018
SOLOS EXTR3MOS es un conjunto de obras del coreógrafo escocés Billy Cowie para una intérprete excepcional: la bailarina Luciana Croatto. Los textos y las músicas son composiciones originales de Billy Cowie. Solos Extr3mos está compuesta por tres solos independientes entre ellos; Dos de los solos La Mujer También en Casa y De lo Alto de Altos Edificios, fueron estrenados en Madrid en 2020 y Amor Inquieto, aún sin estrenar, ha sido creado en 2023 en el espacio de residencias de creación Casa Parque en Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, dirigido por Ladys González.
Teatro Colón, Beunos Aires, 26-29 Septembiere 2024
Tangos Cubanos commissioned by Danza Contemporanea de Cuba with designs by Silke Mansholt premiered in Havana Feb 2015. 2016 performances on May 20, 21 and 22 at the Federico García Lorca Hall of Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba and touring to South Germany 17 nov Bonn Opera House, 26nov Ludwigsburg, 29/30nov 1/2/3dec Fürth, 9dec Fridricshafen, 13dec Baden, 16/17dec Schweinfurt. Moscow Bolshoi Festival 25/26 Sep 2017
Shakespeare Needs You commissioned by Festival Bo:m and fORbYaRTS in Seoul 2016.
Design Silke Mansholt, dancers Ruri Han and
Myung Hoon Park, Shakespeare voice Kim C, translator Kyungmin Lee. Supported by British Council
La Tragedia di Eponima
with designs by Silke Mansholt. Premiere on 7 July Milano. Performance on 17th September in Milano at Morsi Festival
Art of Movement won the Prix du Jury at FCIDC 2013 (Festival Culturel International de Danse Contemporaine). AOM performance in Eindhoven 3rd September 2016 and Forli, Italy 21 April 2017. Virtual presentation Festival DNA Pamplona Spain July 2017
jacqueline mitchell (live) and kaori ito (not) at edinburgh festivalin art of movement
Billy Cowie and Gabriela Alcofra were commissioned as part of Big DanceShorts to make new dance film 'Tango Brasileiro' for Channel 4 and Brazilian TV. Screenings at festivals in Leeds, Barcelona, Montreal, Bucharest, Amsterdam etc. Screening on Saturday 11 June, 2016, 11:30am in The Rose Theatre, London. Screening at Pool Festival Berlin 5/10/2017
Under Flat Sky for Kochi Museum of Art premiere 6th Dec 2014. Performance at Festival a Corte, Torino, 15 July 2016 and Forli, Italy 21 April 2017
Edge of Nowhere with Rajyashree Ramamurthi virtual installation at the Place London. Live performances at Dance Base Edinburgh Fringe Festival 26-30th August.
Installations
In the Flesh (winner of
the IMZ
Delegates Award 2008), Tenseits, Tango
de
Soledadt'es pas la seule. Presentation of TDS in Biarritz September 2016. The Revery Alone in L1 Festival Budapest 25 September 2017. Tango de Soledad and Art of Movement Videodanza BA festival in Buenos Aires 21 Aug 2017
2d version of 3d installation
'Tango de Soledad is a terrific piece of work. A stereoscopic video installation, featuring the athletic Amy Hollingsworth performing a solo tango. 3D glasses put the life-sized dancer solidly into the drawn, room-sized space in front of you. Everything about it is perfectly judged.' Aidan Dunne The Irish Times 22 July 2011
In the Flesh is a small jewel of a video installation. Within a dark space it bewitches with its harmony between music and words and a dancer suspended in the air in front of those who watch. Complete on both aesthetic and ethical levels, In the Flesh is a continuous flow between volumes and voids, between white and black, it feels on the skin like a tactile poem of love.' Elfi Reiter - Il Manifesto Bologna del 20 Giugno 08