24 HOPE STREET: DIGITAL OPEN LABS
A collective from 24 Hope Street comprising 11 North West based dance makers and a creative technologist looked to increase the potential of Liverpool’s dance makers by developing the scope of digital technology used in dance. Seeking to understand the enhanced potential of dance making when technology is paired with dance from the first stage of creation, the collective brought together artists, technologists and critical observers to play and experiment with movement and technology through digital collaborations and a series of 5 open labs.
The group set out to identify the ‘why’ behind the use of technologies in dance making, to and study the third space or synergy that develops between: the artistic concept and movement material, the digital techniques used and the meaning that emerges from the combined media.
To read the full article and to listen to a series of podcasts from the collaborators, please click here. To download the Outside Eye Project Report, see below.
Uclan dance collective
Shared Dances: Choreographies of Care
For the Research Programme, a collective of researchers from UCLanDance considered how to best articulate and share movement-based transdisciplinary research in settings across the North West & beyond, and considered how they could develop a robust network that supports and critiques such work. For the project, the collective disseminated the learning, methodologies and impact of co-created work from 9 movement-based practitioner research projects, creating opportunities for open and progressive dialogues which evaluated and celebrated the work and practice.
Through an exhibition and symposium, the project reinvigorated a northwest-based conversation on how to grow audiences and awareness of the practice beyond the immediate dance sector.
Ten Conversations
The ‘Ten Conversations’ research project sought to make visible, communicate, promote and widen the reach and values of practice, research and training in somatic-informed movement and dance for health across Cumbria and Lancashire, questioning "how far and in what ways can we intersect with organisational providers of healthcare and well-being to develop and deliver partnerships and collaborative working approaches?"
The activities within the project brought 10 practitioners together in conversation with 29 individuals/organisations to gain knowledge, understanding, direction and support . Read more here.
Findings from Project
For the Artist Collective, the Ten Conversations project is a first step towards a shared vision of creating a sustainable movement and dance for health HUB in Cumbria and Lancashire.
To find out more, please download the Ten Conversations Final Report
