An interactive digital show for children by Shaper/Caper
Recruiting all Moon Cadets!
Meet Captain Caper and pilot Peppy and help them on their mission to the Moon. You will be requested to attend Space School in preparation for the journey of a lifetime: A trip to the Moon and Back!
Mission Possible: Rescue Moon Moo (the cow that tried to jump over the moon) and get back home before bedtime
3-2-1… Blast Off!
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Moon Capers is a unique 30-minute film for children aged 3 - 9 and their families. The film fuses animation with elements of live performance by Shaper/Caper's Alex McCrossan and Sarah Greene. Moon Capers expands the world of our live theatre show Paper Moon.
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Performances
Our upcoming performances are listed below.
Cast & Creative Team
Alex McCrossan
Dancer
’Captain Caper’ & ‘Peppy’
Thomas Small
Concept & Direction
Alex didn’t step into their first proper dance class until the age of 13 or 14 - they accompanied a friend to a hip-hop dance class and they were instantly bitten by the dance bug! They practiced at home every minute they could find and the idea of a career in dance became a goal. Without joining a formal dance school, they competed in casual dance competitions around Lanarkshire and Glasgow and learned much of their basic training from YouTube videos and learning dances from music videos off MTV (remember that was a thing??)
Deciding on wanting to become a dancer full time, Alex studied their first two years in Professional Dance Performance at Glasgow Kelvin College and progressed onto complete their BA Honours in Dance through Northumbria University in 2016.
Since graduating, Alex has worked in several different sectors of the dance/performance industry including cabaret, drag and pop-up performances. They enjoy practicing dance recreationally through pole dance, aerial hoop and having a nice wee stretch with some yoga in the evenings.
Alex joined Shaper/Caper in 2018 thanks to funding support from Creative Scotland's Year of Young People Creative Traineeship Fund. The traineeship was such as success that Alex joined the company full time as Dance Artist in March 2019 - and they’ve stuck around even longer!
Sarah Greene
Dancer
’Mission Control’
In 2017, Sarah graduated from the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance with a First Class BA(Hons) Degree. During her training, Sarah worked with choreographers Jack Webb, Steven Martin, Marc Brew and Joan Cleville.
Since graduating, Sarah has worked for Shaper/Caper’s Creative Learning Team working on a number of projects including the opening of V&A Dundee. Sarah has also worked with Scottish Dance Theatre's Creative Learning Team supporting and leading their creative outreach classes. Sarah is also a fully trained Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) practitioner. She has taught PBT and Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) ballet classes for Tayside Ballet.
Sarah has also performed for award winning companies such as Gary Clarke Company, Catherine Young Dance, and Fuora Dance Project. As well as performing, Sarah has a great interest in children's interactive performances and education through movement. Working with Shaper/Caper is a real pleasure for Sarah as she gets to explore and develop her skills in creatively working in a learning environment.
Sarah joined Shaper/Caper as a staff member in 2018 as Creative Learning Coordinator.
Concept, Direction and Film by:
Thomas Small
Devised by:
Alex McCrossan, Sarah Greene and Thomas Small
Dancers:
Alex McCrossan & Sarah Greene
Thomas graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a BA (Hons) degree. He has won many awards and commissions for his work including the prestigious Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and the Robin Howard Foundation Commission.
In 2015, he was appointed as the first ever BBC Radio 2 Artist in Residence in association with The Space. He has also been short-listed for the Peter Darrell award in 2003 and The Place Prize in both 2006 & 2008. Thomas was Choreographer in Residence at The Space, Dundee throughout 2008 and Artist in Residence at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. In 2013, he was awarded the Creative Scotland fellowship on the Clore Leadership Programme. During his fellowship he undertook a secondment at The Roundhouse, London and V&A Dundee and was mentored by Farooq Chaudhry, Producer at Akram Khan Company and English National Ballet. In 2017, Thomas was mentored by Kerry Nicholls and Christopher Hampson where he worked with Scottish Ballet dancers as part of Scottish Ballet Creates.
He took part in the Royal Opera House’s DanceLines 2009 project where he was mentored by The Royal Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor and he presented the work he created during DanceLines at The Royal Opera House FIRSTS Programme in November 2010. He was invited to present his work ‘Falling Man’ at the Cunningham Studios in New York City in 2011 and Berlin in 2012. His work received five star reviews in the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was featured on the BBC Culture Show. He was a Creative Partner with National Theatre of Scotland for their 2012 Exchange Festival. His work, ‘Within This Dust’ was selected for the 2012 Made In Scotland Showcase and went on to enjoy a sell out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The work tours to New York City, Brazil and Bangladesh in 2013. In 2014, he was commissioned to choreograph La Banda’s Struileag: Children of the Smoke for Festival 2014, directed by Dan Ayling and featuring music by Artistic Director, Jim Sutherland.
Thomas is a Trustee at The Barn (Woodend Arts Limited) and was Chair of the Advisory Board for Performing Arts at Scottish School of Contemporary Dance at Dundee & Angus College. He was a Trustee for Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) 2013 to 2016. He was the founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Smallpetitklein from 2000 to 2015. He established and Chairs the first Scottish chapter of the What Next? movement in Dundee. He has also Chaired the Dance Forum for Federation of Scottish Theatre. Thomas is a trained mentor on FST's Step Up programme.
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Promoters Information
We have various resources available including a Promoters Booklet with detailed information about the production and a Marketing Pack to support venues to sell the production. We can also provide you with images, a press release, and print.
If you would like a Promoters Booklet or for more information about the show, please contact:
Tessa Gordziejko
Producer
