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nightrunning 14 November 2014
NIGHTRUNNING ON HACKNEY MARSHES (Nightrunning happened from 6pm on Friday 14th November 2014, Hackney Marshes, East London with twenty participants – led by myself and James Cross. It was inspired by Gardzienice’s actor-training practice which focuses on communal breath and rhythmic practice.) Inspired by the night, I wrote the following poem the next day as…
Rosemary Lee’s Square Dances for Dance Umbrella
After performing in Rosemary Lee’s Common Dance (2009), I’m really pleased to be taking part in her latest Dance Umbrella commission – Square Dances. There are four dances performed by four distinct groups (men, women, children & dance students from The Place) in four distinct places – squares in and around the Bloomsbury area of…
What_Now 2014
What_Now 2014 I’m writing now, at my desk, being sedentary, thinking, not thinking, a bit stuck (PhD chapter), then I’ll go to see Les Ballets C de la B and then I’ll come home and pack for this – four days occupying Siobhan Davies studios for What_Now 2014, and look forward to a different, and perhaps…
Gwineverra, Tom and the Enemy of Man
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Senior Moments – Forest Fringe, Edinburgh – 20/08/10
I’m with Kristin Fredricksson this week in Edinburgh, walking the streets talking to older people and asking them if they’d like to take part in Senior Moments at Forest Fringe at 6pm on Friday 20th August. Go to the Senior Moments blog for full details.
