Ceramics sculpture workshops with artist Meri Wells
 

Ceramic sculpture workshop - sketching the horses
 

Ceramic sculpture workshops
 

Celf o Gwmpas workshops
 

Music workshops with Jez Danks - responding to the horse's movements
 

Celf o Gwmpas workshops with Jane Lloyd-Francis & Sian de Lier.
 

Equilibre workshop with members of Dolgellau branch of Riding for the Disabled.
 
 
 
Throughout the year Equilibre organises and facilitates events and workshops. News, events listings and reviews will be featured on this page when available. Please bookmark the page if you are interested.
Equilibre plans for 2006
Equilibre artistic director, Jane Lloyd Francis has plans afoot for staging a small Equilibre event in 2006. Bookmark this page for future information.
Equilibre sponsors poets . . .
THE MIND OUT FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL in machynlleth on the 22nd and 23rd of July.and Equilibre is sponsoring the poets Alfredo Cordal, form Chile and South Wales poet Nigel Jenkins.
This Festival is inspired by Victor Hara and The Chilean New Song Movement. and features live latinomusic and supporting exhibitions, poetry and dance workshops with social and cultural debate.
Equilibre closes its doors
2003 saw the final show from unique horse theatre Equilibre. The show entitled, 'Homage', was a homage not only to the horse but also to the work of the Equilibre team over the years. Artistic Director, Jane Lloyd Francis explains why this was the last show. click here
"HOMAGE"
a homage to the horse, celebrating Equilibre's 10th year of performances August 9th - 16th.
Rehearsal and performance pictures now on the site. Please click here to see them

GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Equilibre Posters and Books now available from Equilibre

Equilibre artist in residence, ELERI MILLS has created a limited edition poster which is now available for you to buy.

Local artist, Jess Byrne Daniel has designed a book containing the 10 year history of Equilibre. Now available from Equilibre.

New performers for 2003 Equilibre

Jez Danks returned as music director with a new fantastic French vocalist Nadine Burri who created a fabulous vocal landscape.

Ian Morgan, Zoe Crowder and Chrysagone Dionouaya returned to the stage and were joined by two new physical performers.

Elspeth Bryce Gill and Billy was back in harness and Janine Pendlebury is returned with her two lusitano stallions.

Workshops were led during the rehearsal period by stone and wood sculptor Dick Renshaw (21st July - 9th August) and Equilibre photographer Martin Avery (3rd - 9th August).

Equilibre celebrated its 10th year of performance by conjuring and combining all the images which have inspired us over the years. Water Horses, Working Horses, Fire Horses, Magical Horses, Court Horse, Shadow horses, Heavenly Horse from the East and Sea Horses from the West. This years show featured a powerful and haunting instrumental and vocal landscape composed in response to the horses.

Toril Brancher Photographic Workshop
A personal view by Gwen Bouvier
Please click here to view details


Equilibre 2002 Videos now available

To order a copy please send a cheque for £12.00 made payable to
Clare Butterworth to:
Grain of Sand Video Productions,
Glanrhyd,
Llanfair Clydogau,
Lampeter,
Ceredigion, Wales.
SA48 8LJ.
Or contact on 01570 493 628
E-mail: Grain of Sand Video Productions
A personal experience.
a photos and words from Mariola Mourelo, a participant in Equilibre 2002

Awards for Equilibre Horse Theatre

The Arts and Business Cymru Awards are an opportunity to publicly recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement. This organisation is at the forefront of promoting and enabling mutually beneficial partnerships between The Arts and Business in Wales.

Equilibre Horse Theatre was very proud to be recognised as the winner of the Small Business Partnership for their relationship with Horsecomfort Stable Matting.

Raising the profile of an innovative form of stable bedding through the arts could only have been achieved through a partnership with Equilibre, a unique exponent of Horse Theatre. Equilibre's concept of combining classical riding with original and physical and visual art attracts the perfect audience for Horsecomfort, especially at a time when Foot and Mouth Disease caused many rural events to be cancelled. The judges were impressed by the creative way that the organisation worked together to achieve common objectives.

Equilibre was also recognised by the Wales Tourist Board as a finalist at their recent awards ceremony in the category for The Greatest Show in Wales - Event of the Year, only narrowly beaten by the Bryn Terfel Opera Festival. This award was for efficiency of marketing, potential for growth and evidence of commitment and imagination in service.

"Yes, this is theatre, but not as we know it"
click here to read a review of the 2001 show by David Adams