Jerwood Bank 2008 ran from 20th October to 28th November with six experienced dancers: Lyndsey McConville, Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Joe Moran, Luisa D’Ambrosio, Sarah Dowling and Josephine Dyer. Over the course of the six weeks each of the dancers worked with Siobhan Davies Dancers exploring section from the company work, Two Quartets (2007), focusing on developing a ‘portrait’. By providing time, space and support the project aims to enable participants to challenge ingrained habits and discover new methods of initiating, creating and developing movement material.

This year’s project was led by Siobhan Davies Dancer Deborah Saxon with support from Sarah Warsop, Henry Montes and Gill Clarke, with additional input from Siobhan Davies. Two professionals from other disciplines who had worked with the company previously came in to talk to the participants: Jonathan Cole (a neurophysiologist) and Susan Hitch (a linguist). The speakers provided alternative viewpoints on communication and movement, and therefore additional resources for the participants in their own creative work.

Watch the project as it developed, navigate by weeks or dancer, or view the image and video documentation.

The Jerwood Bank Project was originally created through Siobhan Davies’ interest in the creative development of ‘mid-career’ dance artists looking to shift their practice to a new level. Watch a short introduction to the Jerwood Bank Project from Siobhan Davies.
Duration: 2 minutes.