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Yesterday Dance4 intern Shannel, and I took a trolley full of bits and a display board full of bobs over to Nottingham Contemporary for The Creative Society Event, an event that saw a collection of organizations from across the city come together to share projects and ideas about community cohesion within the arts.
Dance4 were there to tell everyone about Street Dance (part of nottdance09) and upcoming community based project Glorious (part of nottdance11). We took tea, juice and a few tubs of mini cakes to entice people to our stand…and boy did it work! We had over 100 people come and talk to us during the day, many taking part in our ‘Postcards to a Stranger’ task before leaving with a lovely business card of images from the Street Dance performance. We even met a baby who had been a mere bump when the project took place last autumn! We met some fantastic people from some amazing projects and even made our own contribution to a piece of visual art from Nottingham drug and alcohol service, Double Impact.
We had a great day, even if our voices hurt a little by the end! But you don’t have to believe me…ask Shannel…
Yesterday I assisted Vikki at The Creative Society Event at Nottingham Contemporary. Being there was a real eye opener for me in the Arts sector. It was the perfect opportunity to network with other organisations that could open doors to collaborate in the future. I found the room warming with different ages, ethnicities and types of arts.
My favourite part of the day was watching the performances that varied from singing, poetry, musicians I felt really proud at that moment in town to be from Nottingham. Each performance was unique and expressed the artist’s emotions. The poetry explored the themes of teenage pregnancy, the government and society of young people. These poems were presented by three teenagers studying Art who all added character through vocal expressions, body language and short silence.
I was pleasantly surprised to how many people approached us interested in our previous dance street project that took place in 2009. And our up and coming project in February called ‘Glorious’ by an Artist called Rajni Shah.
Great stuff all round!
Vikki and Shannel
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