Station / Stationary
25-29th September 2008, Crewe
Railway Station
from 7pm each night
the BodyCartography Project, Cheshire Dance and up to 100 dancers will
explode the potential of Crewe Railway Station as a medium to make art.
Through sensorial investigation, imagery, action, humour, music and sound, this 5 day performance event wll reveal to audiences the intricacies and the concrete physical characteristics of one of the most historic railway stations in the world through the eyes of locals and visitors.
In Station/Stationary we will investigate ideas of speed, time travel and journeying to transform the viewers perception of time, space and place through live performance, sound and video projections as well as distilled material from the more mutable aspects that transpire over time such as the pedestrian movement, weather, time, the stories of passengers and the sites imagined, remembered and actual history.
The audience will be invited to wander through the station and experience
the work at their own speed. Taking their own internal journey whilst
journeying around the station but never necessarily boarding a train.
pollen8
In May, prior to the culmination, pollen8 will take
place. A six day residential retreat that will allow 15 dance artists
the time and space to reflect and deepen their approaches to site based
dance work alongside, creating a common ground from which the they can
continue to work right up until their performance at the Station.
pollen8 will be facilitated by the Body Cartography
project, Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad; Cheshire Dance's Dance Director,
Jacqueline McCormick and USA-based master practitioner in Yoga, Trisha
McAvoy.
the Body Cartography project
www.bodycartography.org
The BodyCartography Project began in 1997 and is directed by Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad. Our ventures include dance performances, installation works, film/video projects and educational workshops. We investigate and create with the bodies' relationship to the physical, architectural, climatic, technological and social landscapes that we inhabit in urban/wilderness and private/public contexts. We engage and provoke audiences in diverse contexts through collaborative processes with independent artists, and national and international companies and communities. We have created works for over one hundred and thirty performance events in the USA, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, Europe and Russia.
"I am so looking forward to this one. Butoh at Tatton Park blew minds. This is going to be different again. 50 of us at Crewe Station - watch out!"
For more information, contact Cheshire Dance.
Bespoke Projects
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to discuss a project you'd be interesting in developing with us.