✨SAVE THE DATE for Healing Arts Scotland in Aberdeen on Thursday, the 22nd August at Aberdeen Arts Centre from 10:30- 16:00✨
This August, we’re thrilled to be part of Healing Arts Scotland, the first ever countrywide Healing Arts Week, happening all across the country from 19-23 August, led by Scottish Ballet and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). HAS is a week-long celebration of arts and health events, highlighting the joy they bring to those who take part and their importance to the nation’s physical, mental and social health.
The Healing Arts Scotland opening celebration will take place outside the Scottish Parliament at 4pm on Monday 19 August, as part of @Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival of Politics, and features over 250 performers and participants from across Scotland. Find out more on the Healing Arts Scotland website:
www.healingartsscotland.org/
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Culture Aberdeen
Happy Christmas Eve from our Horizons Performance Group!
Horizons Aberdeen is our free Aberdeen based, inclusive youth dance company for dancers aged 12 to 19, with and without disabilities
If you're interested in joining Horizons, we are currently recruiting new members!
To learn more visit https://www.citymoves.org.uk/horizons
Only one more week until our Annual Citymoves Participant Holiday Party, and we seriously cannot wait!
We will have Citymoves Favs Lauren and Laura leading our Holly Jolly Good Time, with Dance, Mince Pies, Great Company and a few surprises in store.
Book Your Tickets ahead of time on our app or website www.citymoves.org.uk so we can make sure to buy enough sweet treats for everyone!
Our Digital Dance Films LOOPED Programme runs Friday the 19th - Sunday the 22nd @abdnartmuseums Cowdray Hall.
Don't miss it!
SKETCHES Film Project: Katie Armstrong Projects
Dancing Along the Borderline: Lynn Shaw
Dwell: landscape in the figure: Sue Hawksley
Reel Credit: Citymoves Marketing Intern Jade Thomas
📽Our Digital Dance Films Programme at Cowdray Hall will feature SKETCHES Film Project created by choreographer Katie Armstrong Projects in collaboration with film-maker Stuart Breadner!📽
SKETCHES Film Project in Aberdeen features 3 dance vignettes, captured in 3 iconic locations across the city and shire, chosen by local people. SKETCHES Film Project was captured in June 2023 during a tour of SKETCHES live show supported through Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund for Dance and Theatre.
And a special thank you to Fusion Youth Dance Company for their contributions to location scouting for SKETCHES Film Project.
Dancers: Katie Miller, Olivia Roach, Lucy Ireland, Kate Haughton
SKETCHES will be a part of our Digital Dance Films Programme at Friday, 20th-Sunday 22nd, 11:00 am - 4pm; this is an unticketed, looped programme. Arrive anytime.
You can also attend a Special Live Pop-Up of one of the SKETCHES vignettes on Friday the 20th of October at 1:00 pm!
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums Aberdeen Events Belmont Filmhouse
Book on to our Summer Camp August 14th-18th
🎶🎶 Our Anatomy Rooms is buzzing today with a visit from Aberdeen Jazz Festival musicians alongside our Dance for Parkinson’s participants weekly class!
Check out our Dance for Parkinson’s classes on our website https://www.citymoves.org.uk/dance-for-parkinsons
Dance for Parkinson's Scotland Parkinson's UK in Scotland What's On / North East Scotland Scottish Professional Dance Community
With DanceLive THIS WEEK 🎉 we’re excited to share some music focused content (which you may have seen on our Instagram already!), with this fantastic video made in collaboration with Grant Martin talking with choreographer Ian Spink (the founder of DanceLive almost two decades ago) about the Festival! 🌟Ian along with composer Bill Thomson will be bringing their ‘Fast&Dirty’ project to DanceLive22 in collaboration with Sound Festival Sound Festival , read below for some more info and a couple other pieces coming to DanceLive next week that will be on show that live music lovers and enthusiasts will adore! ⬇️
Fast&Dirty is a multidisciplinary workshop developed by Ian Spink together with Bill Thomson and Second Stride since 1983. The emphasis is on pushing boundaries and finding solutions to creative impasses. On show will be their experimental works in progress, as the project is ever changing and developing. It will be shared in the Project Room within The Anatomy Rooms on Sunday 23rd at 2pm for FREE 😁
You can also see performances throughout the festival featuring a stunning live element 🌟
On the Friday 21st you can catch Voices by Hayley Earlam and Jess Rowell Jess Rowell Dance & Yoga, with live music woven through the performance by Alessandro Zangrand. Then the following day on Saturday GLISK by Katie Armstrong, which will be supported by live music from Mariam Rezaei, and With Catastrophic Consequences with Taylor Han and cellist Simone Seales, both in the Anatomy Rooms on Saturday 22rd - their music will fill the large space beautifully as the performers react and move with it.
For more info see their artist highlights we posted over the last couple of weeks, and head to our website for tickets! Head to Sound’s instagram and take a look at the Sound Festivals fantastic line up, starting 26th October until 30th!
💫Book now :
www.citymoves.org.uk/dancelive-22
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DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
DanceLive is only 1 week away and we’ve only got a couple more of our performing and digital artists to share sneak peeks of! Keep a look out for them over the next 2 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re delighted to share the trailer for ‘What Moves You’, one of our fantastic dance films being shown over the festival, a culmination of a projected started by Dawn Hartley - below is a brief description of the project :
🚨What Moves You?
Initiated by Dawn Hartley, What Moves You? reached into the communities linked to 4 partner venues across Scotland. Four Dance Artists used their online, indoor and outdoor workshop research as inspiration for the creation of solos which they then performed outdoors in Summer 2021.
Brian Hartley filmed the performances and edited to give a snapshot of each live dance work, accompanied by an edit of the original tracks by Quee MacArthur.
📍All dance films being shown at DanceLive are on display for FREE at the Cowdray Hall on Friday 21st from 11am onwards as part of a looped programme, and then again on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd at the Anatomy Room’s Lecture Theatre 11:30am onwards
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk/dancelive-22
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DanceLive tickets on sale now!
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
DanceLive is almost a week away and we’ve only got a few more of our performing and digital artists to share sneak peeks of! Keep a look out for them over the next few days, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re very excited to share a trailer for Jess Rowell & Hayley Earlam’s Jess Rowell Dance & Yoga piece Voices - below is a brief description of the performance:
🚨 VOICES
‘Voices’ a new integrated dance work inspired by themes such as inclusivity, individuality and identity. Co-choreographed by Jess Rowell & Hayley Earlam featuring dancers Anderson De Souza and Brian McSweeney with live music from Alessandro Zangrando.
The work features a work in progress sharing choreographed by Hayley and Jess featuring members from ‘Step Forward’, Citymoves Inclusive Dance programme and 3 local professional dancers.
‘Voices’ was created as part of Jess Rowell’s 2022 dance residency in Draíocht Blanchardstown, Ireland with funding provided by Draíocht, Fingal County Council and Arts Council Ireland. The presentation of this work at DanceLive was made possible with funding provided by Culture Ireland & DanceLive.
📍Come see the stunning performance at our own Anatomy Rooms Space on Friday 21st at 6pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
📣 ALSO we have some amazing Pro Classes throughout the festival, more information coming over the next 2 days - head to our website to check them out and book in!!
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk/dancelive-22
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
DanceLive is only 2 weeks away and we’ve only got a few more of our performing and digital artists to share sneak peeks of! Keep a look out for them over the next 2 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re excited to share the trailer for Scottish Dance Theatre’s Scottish Dance Theatre celebrated piece ‘Ray’ - below is a brief description of the performance:
🚨 Ray
‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full of talking about.’ Rumi
Ray is Scottish Dance Theatre’s latest creation by Brussels-based choreographer Meytal Blanaru Meytal Blanaru. The show explores the phenomena of Emergence, as it ventures on a quest for a deep, collective, shared physical experience, one that tries to bridge between bodies and sweep people far beyond the intellect’s words, ideas and constructions, into a space where people can potentially meet, in a different way.
‘Creates a bond between audience and performers stronger than I have felt for a long time.’
📍Come see the stunning performance at the gorgeous Cowdray Hall on Saturday 22nd at 3pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
📣 ALSO the Scottish Dance Theatre will be running a professional class on the same day at our Schoolhill Studios at 11am, head to our site for info and booking with more info coming soon!
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk/dancelive-22
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 2 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re excited to share the trailer for Taylor Han (who you may have spotted on the DanceLive adverts!) and Simone Seam piece ‘With Catastrophic Consequences’ - below is a brief description of the project :
🚨 With Catastrophic Consequences
‘With Catastrophic Consequences’ bridges the gap between interactive dance theatre and live music. With a minimal set and homely feel, two performers,surrounded by instruments and a loop pedal, create a world where everyone in the room is invited to encounter hope and joy, indulge in live music close up, and appreciate human connection. Dancer Taylor Han and cellist Simone Seales welcome you into their playful improvisation; come as you are and take away what you need.
📍Come see the stunning performance at our own Anatomy Rooms on Saturday 22nd at 7pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 2 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re delighted to share the trailer for the Katie Armstrong led project ‘GLISK’, in collaboration with four other talented artists Mariam, Katie, Rosie and Millie - below is a brief description of the project :
🚨GLISK
GLISK is a new live work by Aberdeen born choreographer Katie Armstrong, in collaboration with composer Mariam Rezaei, artist Katie Taylor and dance artists Millie Thomas and Rosie Mackley. Straddling the mediums of movement, sound and visual art, GLISK takes inspiration from a series of field recordings from different landscapes in and around Aberdeen.
GLISK is supported through Citymoves Dance Agency, The Work Room and Creative Scotland.
🎥:Trailer shot and created by Katie Taylor @artbyktt
📍Come see the stunning performance at our own Anatomy Rooms on Saturday 22nd at 8pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 2 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re delighted to share the trailer for the Katie Armstrong @katie_armstrong_projects led project GLISK, in collaboration with four other talented artists Mariam, Katie, Rosie and Millie - below is a brief description of the project :
🚨GLISK
GLISK is a new live work by Aberdeen born choreographer Katie Armstrong, in collaboration with composer Mariam Rezaei @mariam_rezaei artist Katie Taylor @artbyktt and dance artists Millie Thomas @millietthomas and Rosie Mackley @rosiemackley . Straddling the mediums of movement, sound and visual art, GLISK takes inspiration from a series of field recordings from different landscapes in and around Aberdeen.
GLISK is supported through Citymoves Dance Agency, The Work Room and Creative Scotland.
🎥:Trailer shot and created by Katie Taylor @artbyktt
📍Come see the stunning performance at our own Anatomy Rooms on Saturday 22nd at 8pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 3 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re sharing a trailer for White & Givan renowned performance piece ‘Worn’ - below is a brief description of the project :
🚨Worn
Worn is an exquisite and emotive dance production, exploring how the body is affected by time and space, and the experiences, marks and scars that become part of our history and affect our present and our possible futures.
Choreographed and performed by acclaimed contemporary dance duo, Errol White and Davina Givan, Worn draws inspiration from the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken pottery is mended with gold or silver, making the cracks into a beautiful and valuable part of the object and asks very relevant questions about the acceptance of transience and imperfection in our current Instagram culture.
White and Givan’s trademark strong physical presence, dynamic and tender choreography engages on both a physical and emotional level.
📍Come see the stunning performance at our own Anatomy Rooms on Friday 21st at 7:30pm, tickets on sale NOW! 🌟
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website ➡️
www.citymoves.org.uk/DanceLive-22
#dancelive22
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 3 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re sharing the trailer to the thought provoking and technically stunning piece ‘Family Portrait’ by Barrowland Ballet - below is a brief description of the piece :
🚨Family Portrait
An interactive video installation, projected across four screens with accompanying soundscape combining striking imagery and choreography; Family Portrait captures Barrowland Ballet’s Artistic Director, Natasha Gilmore, and her children in an intimate portrayal of family life. Taking you on a geographical and emotional journey through Scottish landscapes, it celebrates getting out into nature. With space to roam, the children encounter rabbit skulls, converse with spiders, make war paint with berries and bury their mother in bark sharing insight into what it is to be a single parent to three young children. With humour and candour, the work shares an honest depiction of what family really is – responsibility, joy, balance, intimacy and love.
📍Come see the brilliant performance at the Aberdeen Music Hall on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th, from 10am, on the hour every hour 🌟
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website
www.citymoves.org.uk/DanceLive-22
#dancelive22
We’re delighted to share this video made in collaboration with the great Grant Martin chatting with our DanceLive 2022 Manager, Lynn Shaw 🌟
Take a look and learn some more about the festival, some of our performers and venues and some peeks at some trailers we’ll be releasing over the next month!
DanceLive is fast approaching, running October 20-24 in Aberdeen - head to our website for more information, the timetable and booking tickets!
www.citymoves.org.uk/dancelive-22
Can’t wait to see you there
#dancelive22
Hayley Earlam Levantes Dance Theatre Scottish Dance Theatre White & Givan Jess Rowell Dance & Yoga Rob Heaslip BORN TO EXIST: THE WOMAN I KNOW | JOSEPH TOONGA Barrowland Ballet Aberdeen City Council
DanceLive 2022 Artist Highlight 🌟
In the build up to DanceLive in October, we’ll be posting all of our performing and digital artists regularly to give you a sneak peek at their work! Keep a look out for them over the next 6 weeks, give them a follow and a share and get excited to see them at our fab venues! 💫
Today we’re sharing the trailer for Rob Heaslip’s Rob Heaslip piece ‘Born to Exist’ - below is a brief description of the piece :
🚨STRAWBOYS
STRAWBOYS is a vibrant and energetic outdoor pop-up performance, blurring the lines between traditional and contemporary dance and music. Featuring luminous straw dancers whirling to Balkan inspired beats, the work is a unique interpretation of the cultural tradition of ‘the strawboys’, also known as mummers, guisers, burdie boys, skekklers and wren boys; identified by their ornate straw masks while out rambling streets, fields, towns and parks, parading their merriment to the joy of onlookers.
Composers Zoe Katsilerou and Eilon Morris infuse lively Balkan vibes to match the colour-popping costumes and woven masks of costume designer Alison Brown.
📍You’ll be able to see them perform FOR FREE for Marischal College, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 performing twice a day at 11am then again at 1pm
For more information and tickets to other shows head to our website www.citymoves.org.uk
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