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** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

** Round Three of the DCNW Research Programme is now open - apply today **

DCNW Research Programme

Round Two Outcomes

The DCNW Research Programme commissioned 14 projects in 2022 to re-imagine the region’s dance by researching, creating and delivering new work in collaboration with creatives and communities. Outcomes from completed projects in Round Two are now being gathered and can be found below. Click here for Round One.

Research Programme Overview

Commissions

Round Two - Projects Overview

Connor Elliman: Baggage

Exploring the notion that queer people are often perceived as arriving with trauma or baggage, and the way in which this affects queer bodies entering public spaces.  

Project Stage: Complete. See outcomes here.


Together

Showcasing work by emerging and early career dance artists, using new interactive platform technology to enhance audience experience with a hybrid SCRATCH event.

Project Stage: Complete. See outcomes here.


Ludus Dance

Exploring how the development of a digital platform can support the evolution of youth dance in the North West among audiences to whom socioeconomic, geographical and time constraints are barriers.

Project Stage: In Progress


Josh Coates

Commissioning North West dance artists to create new work to share via the online 'etude' platform to reach audiences who can’t access live theatre, with audiences gaining an insight into the creative process.

Project Stage: In Progress


Lucy Nicholson: Moving With

Creation of an intergenerational dance film that inspires communities to connect with their local landscape whilst promoting critical conversations about the relationship we have with our environment.

Project Stage: Complete. See initial outcomes here.


Swati Dance Company

An exploration of the landscape of South Asian dance in the North to raise the art form’s profile and promote better integration and links within the sector. Includes National Conference on South Asian Dance and ‘Shifting Seasons’ Scratch event.

Project Stage: In Progress


Rosie Watt

Working directly with the community and across the arts and voluntary sectors to discover what the people of Blackpool want from the dance sector. To be followed by a sharing of research findings.

Project Stage: In Progress


To see Outcomes from Round One, please click here

round Two RESEARCH PROJECT outcomes

Connor Elliman: Baggage

"Baggage" has been a coming together of queer people to tell a story that will resonate with others in the LGBTQIA+ community, with pop up performances this past summer at Chester Pride 2022. 

Connor Elliman explored the notion that queer people are often perceived as arriving with trauma or baggage, and the way in which this affects queer bodies entering public spaces.  This documentary reflects on the creative process of the artists and musicians. Read more here.

Together: Hybrid Scratch Collective

Following the successful pilot of their new Digital Programme and SCRATCH artist showcase in Spring of this year, Together (formerly MDI) presented a second SCRATCH night on September 9th as part of their DCNW Research Programme commission.

Artists from their Collective took part in Together’s Digital Toolbox and Dance Labs programme to explore artistic areas of focus and discover how digital can support them on their creative journeys.

Read more here.

Lucy Nicholson: Moving With

Moving With is a short film by dance artist Lucy Nicholson and film maker Jonny Randall that captures a precious moment in time between mother and son and their local landscape. A celebration of simple things: being together, moving together, listening, and watching all we have on our doorstep. 

 

Moving With offers a contribution to the work being made in Cumbria, for Cumbria by Cumbrian residents. It  nurtures a relationship with creative dance amongst young people so that the vital role which creative movement plays in our sense of self, well being, creativity and connection to environment can become apparent to schools and families.


The film, which was selected for the Kendal Mountain Festival showcases a unique aesthetic and creative practice – an intergenerational, sited improvised work. The film and a short documentary of the sharing of the work will feature here soon. More on the project here.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

More project outcomes coming soon; please check back again.

IN THE MEANTIME, DISCOVER THE OUTCOMES FROM ROUND One

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Dance Consortia North West is delighted to recognise the support of Arts Council England for its programme of research to find new ways of making and sharing dance. 

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