Common dance
Performance
Lee, R., Mann, T., Dance Umbrella Festival and Finchley Music group 2009. Common dance. Greenwich Dance Agency
Title of work | Common dance |
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Creators | Lee, R., Mann, T., Dance Umbrella Festival and Finchley Music group |
Description | Rosemary Lee choreographed the dance specially commissioned and created for the Greenwich Dance Agency's historic and striking Borough Hall, treating the vast space as a symbolic common ground. It investigated the notion of commonality, identity and examined the spatial forms, movement and qualities that could be seen as universally known by every human. Lee worked with a selected cast of 50 dancers, professional and non professional, and ranging in age from 8-84. Her aim was to create a dance that could serve as a contemporary folk dance in spirit, one that could be danced for an audience, but owned by them too. Common Dance explored the relationship with both the collective audience and the individual audience member trying to find ways to make the experience of passively watching, one of inclusive engagement and participation without fear. |
Output media | Performance |
Research Group | Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts (ResCen) |
Event | Common Dance |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 26 May 2010 |
Completed | 01 Nov 2009 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | For this event Lee commissioned Terry Mann (composer) to create three choral works interlinked with an ambient sound score. Lee edited and collated the libretto drawing on poetry ancient and new from across the world to create the text. The work was performed by the Finchley music group, a choir for young people. The work subsequently was awarded the first John Drummond award. |
Language | English |
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