Shows.
I have over a decade of experience as an aerial harness performer - including bungee and counterweight - in touring (mostly) outdoor shows for inclusive (disabled/non-disabled) dance companies Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company and EVERYBODY dance. We performed and taught across venues and contexts in the UK, Germany, France and the US; from large music, circus and street theatre festivals, to special schools, playgrounds, parks, agricultural shows and rural landscapes.
TAKE: a dance in the park
Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company, 2009-2010
Funded by the 2009 Darwin bicentenary festival, this aerial harness trio explored the lives of three remarkable nineteenth century Shropshire women: Emma Darwin wife to Charles Darwin, Hesba Stretton writer and founder of the NSPCC, and botanist Lottie Byrne. It also drew from archive photographs of women circus performers in Quarry Park in Shrewsbury during the late 1800s. The choreography included novel use of trio counterweight, shared rope spinning, abseiling and interaction with the unique structure of the dome rig.
Performed at:
Quarry Park Shrewsbury 2009
Williamson Park, Lancaster 2009
Park, Preston 2009
Liberty Festival, Trafalgar Square, London 2009
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre 2009
VSA Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA 2010
Unity Festival, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 2010
Lovely Bugs
EVERYBODY Dance, 2013-2017
Performed at:
Quarry Park Shrewsbury 2009
Williamson Park, Lancaster 2009
Park, Preston 2009
Liberty Festival, Trafalgar Square, London 2009
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre 2009
VSA Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA 2010