2019/20 Projects:
Join the Flock
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Cornish Flock Sept '19
Tuesday 27th Aug 10-4pm @Wheal Martyn Rehearsal Friday 6th Sept 10-2pm @Trereife Estate Rehearsal Friday 13th Sept 10- 4pm @ Breeze Arts Festival Perform. Art Workshops & Installation performances Sunday 15th Sept 10- 4pm @Breeze Arts Festival Perform Saturday 21st Sept 10-4pm @White Gold Festival Perform Spindrift Dance Collective are beginning a new project in Cornwall this Summer called Flock. This July August and September the Flock will be researching and piloting a new performance project in Wheal Martyn and Trereife House and asking: what does the outdoors mean to you? What makes a place so special is it worth conserving? The Flock of dancers and writers would like to invite you join them for a short creative residency over the summer with pilot performances in September. What is Flock? The work begins with the 5 female founders of the RSPB. Female activists of their time who gathered women together and protested against the use of feathers and plumage for fashion. Flock is a group of dancers, writers, conservation scientists, wildlife volunteers and historians who will explore the collective enterprise and the importance of a message. What would our message be for this place? What would our message be for now? What is important to us? What do we want to protect? What changes can we make for the better? The Flock is ever-growing in numbers and we would like you to be part of the creative journey. Birds of a feather, sticking together to celebrate Cornwall. The work we make will be migrated to a new Flock in Plymouth for a second stage of the project, which will pilot the migration of a message and movement sharings. Suzie West and SpinDrift Dance Collective want to pilot the project this summer for a larger scale project in the future. Who is it for and how much is it? We are looking for dancers with a passion for the outdoors, a connection with nature / conservation and an interest in co -creating a Dance Theatre performance as the Cornish Flock. You can be of any age and dance experience. You will need to be confident that your body can cope with outdoor performance work on uneven ground and that you will enjoy a short rehearsal time before the performances in September. Email suzie west for more information on the schedule. Suziespindrift@yahoo.co.uk |
Plymouth Flock Sept '19
Friday 30th Aug 2-4pm Flock Workshop Thursday 12th Sept 6.30-8pm Flock workshop Friday 13th Sept 6.30-8pm Rehearsal Saturday 14th Sept 9- 12 Performance @ Respect Festival Fuse Diverse Dance are running all sorts of workshops in dance, art, creative writing, languages for their community engagement programme for Respect Festival Parade. . Join the Fuse Team at The Barbican Theatre to make s short piece about your Plymouth stories and memories. ‘Flock’ will be running intergenerational dance workshops for all ages and abilities of women. Inspired by the vibrant world around us and what we feel home means to us. where have you migrated from? Would you always return here? What makes Plymouth a place to Flock to? A mix of global dance styles and subtle easy movement that asks to be stopped and noticed Who is it for and how much is it? We are looking for dancers with a passion for the outdoors and Plymouth,, a connection with nature / conservation and an interest in co -creating a Dance Theatre performance as the Plymouth Flock. You can be of any age and dance experience but FEMALE. You will need to be confident that your body can cope with outdoor performance work on uneven ground and that you will enjoy a short rehearsal time before the performances in September. Contact fuse@barbicantheatre.co.uk if you want to join in! |
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Bethany Guirron, a third year dance undergraduate from Plymouth University spent a month with SpinDrift this Spring, assisting with community dance projects in Cornwall.
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Our Collaborators
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Wheal Martyn
Penlee House and Gardens Restrooms Castle Treviglas School Callington Academy Bodmin College Dance in Devon Pheonix Chorale Dartington Hall The Roseland School The New Theatre South Hams District Council ISCA The Barbican Theatre Tiveton High Bridgewater College & Macmillan Theatre Freefall Dance Yskynna -AA Eggbuckland Community College Mount Charles Primary St Mary's Primary School Alturnun Primary School Mounts Bay Academy |
David Snowden- photographer and film maker
Jon Freddy jones- photographer and film maker Chhaya Collective Exim Dance Company Udify Dance Company Just4FUnk - Break dancing crew Exeter University FarFlung Dance Theatre Arena Schools Dance Republic 2 Dance In Devon DAISI HfC Youth Dance Company NDTA Dance UK PSCA Plymouth High School for Girls Falmouth School Falmouth University The Minack Cornwall College Plymouth College Looe School |