Premiere of EncoreEast commission Leaving The Ground
- quintamakes
- May 5
- 1 min read
It's been an enormous pleasure to collaborate again with the older dancers of the EncoreEast company and my great friend, dance artist Hannah Rudd, in the making of new piece Leaving The Ground.
For the soundtrack, I invited the dancers to respond to a set of discussion questions relating to their older dancing bodies. Their responses were rich and moving. We're all very proud of the piece and hope for further iterations in the future.
Leaving The Ground will premiere at the two-day What Dance Can Do symposium on Intergenerational Dance and Dance and Age(ing). Details below.

The symposium will share practice and offer provocations on:
The aesthetics of age on stage
The improvisatory processes embedded in work with older performers
Digital media as a tool for creative expression in work with intergenerational and over 60s groups in professional, community, work and health contexts
The symposium is jam-packed with workshops and talks by renowned artists and academics working in the field of intergenerational, community and over 60s dance. The Saturday includes a community showcase, film, digital installations and outdoor performances and culminates with an informal sharing of work made through an intensive residency with choreographer Galit Liss facilitated by EncoreEast’s ‘Pushing Boundaries’.
Saturday 24th May: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/universityofchichesterconservatoire/t-xmkkmol
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