Siobhan Davies Dance is now recruiting participants and partners for projects as part of Big Dance 2012.
Your Move
60 days of Photographing Movement
Take part in 60 days of photographing movement in your everyday life for the Your Move photoblog project. Upload your pictures and add tags and captions. In the lead up to Big Dance 2012 this blog will become a rich resource, a collection of the movement in our lives, and a gallery of our observations and experiences.
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Still Moving
Dance photography course for adults
Still Moving offers an opportunity for photographers to work with established dance photographer Pari Naderi. The course will include group sessions, mentoring, and photoshoot opportunities. The resulting work will be projected onto south London buildings during Big Dance week.
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Cinedance
Dance films screened in south London cinemas
Get your cinema involved in Big Dance. Cinedance is a programme of newly commissioned dance films featuring south London communities. We are looking for cinemas in south London to screen the films during Big Dance week, 7-15 July 2012.
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Land
Youth dance performance - 7 July 2012
Dancers from south London youth groups come together to perform a site-specific choreography at Morden Hall Park, National Trust. The young people have worked with choreographers Vanessa Cook, Janine Harrington and Charlotte Spencer to create the promenade performance, exploring mapping, journeying, cycles and systems.
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Footfall
An event on the theme of walking - 15 July 2012
Traipse, meander, tip-toe or strut to Siobhan Davies Studios for an event exploring the activity of walking, including performances, film, an interactive exhibition and an artists' talk.
Contact alexm@siobhandavies.com for more information.
Pedestrian
A dance film seeking south London residents
Pedestrian is a playful three minute film about walking, and will be screened in cinemas throughout Big Dance week in July.
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Walking Piece
Performance project for adults
Walking Piece is an installation performance by choreographer Matthias Sperling in which 50 performers come together to form a single file loop that continuously circumnavigates Siobhan Davies Studios.
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Siobhan Davies Dance is the Big Dance Hub for south London, providing a programme which works with local authorities to reach seven London Boroughs: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Siobhan Davies Dance's Big Dance programme provides extensive opportunities for people from all backgrounds (from beginners to professional dance artists) to work with leading professionals on a variety of projects, and is delivered in conjunction with the Creative Projects programme.
Big Dance festival 2012 features nine days of dance in unusual spaces throughout London - shops, parks, galleries, shopping centres and theatres - showcasing the diversity of dance styles in the UK. It will take place across the country from 7 - 15 July 2012 and includes a seven week countdown period starting on 18 May 2012.
www.bigdance2012.com
Click here to find out what Siobhan Davies Dance did for Big Dance 2010.
