sea dances



How does the sea move you
and how do you see the sea move?

Sea Dances Downderry, is a Creative Community Project exploring the sea and our relationship to it launching October 2024 and running until April 2025.

  • Sunday 2nd Feb | 2pm – 3.30pm 
    Village Hall
    Creative dance inspired by the sea, all welcome.

  • Thursday 13th March | 6.30pm – 8pm
    Village Hall
    Another chance to chat and meet with others who enjoy sharing creative practice ideas, ways of making and exploring new possibilities and collaborations.

  • Friday 21st March  - 10.45am – 1pm
    The Zone
    Creative Writing workshop 10.45 am – 1pm
    Come for a cuppa and welcome at 10.45 and start for 11am.

    Downderry based writer Helen Thomas, will lead you in exploring your creative writing with engaging creative prompts and approaches. The workshop follows the project theme of the sea and our relationship to it.
    For everyone over 16. Experienced writers welcome, but no experience is needed.
    There will be opportunities to share some of the work at our Open Mic event too.

    This is a donate on the door event, but please book online to give us an idea of numbers.

  • Friday 21st March  - 7pm – 9pm
    The Zone
    A soiree style evening of spoken word responses to our Sea Dance themes and inspirations. Expect a lively, thoughtful and life enhancing experience. Enjoy our soft drinks and snacks bar. All ages welcome.

    This is a donate on the door event, but please let us know if you are coming by booking a free ticket here.

    ‘Want to take part in the Open Mic event with your writing?
    All welcome, children must be accompanied by adult carer.
    All work must be under 5 minutes long and inspired by the Sea Dances theme of:
    "How does the sea move you and how do you see the sea move?"

    Send your full name, working title of your text and phone number (under 18s must send guardians contact number) to:
    Helen Thomas -      flotsamandjet@gmail.com with Writing the Sea in the header

  • Friday 4th April  - 3.30pm – 5.30pm
    The Zone, Downderry
    Dancers and Movers!
    As part of the Sea Dances project some very talented people have been busy creating fabulous pieces of sea inspired wearable art. These pieces are made to move! Come and join Sam and Lois in creating a Fantastical Fashion Show as an exciting way to exhibiting this wonderful work.

    The Fashion Show will be part of our Sea Dances Final Event on April 25th 7pm – 9pm. It would be great if you can come and explore ideas in the workshop, and then perform them at the final event. It will be great fun, and very relaxed.

    No need to book for the workshop, just come along. All ages welcome, under 11s with an adult please.
    We look forward to seeing you there.
    This is part of the Sea Dances Project delivered by Dance Centred CIC with funding from Feast Cornwall and Cornwall Council.

  • Sunday 23rd March  - 11am – 1pm
    Village Hall
    Choreographic session for professional dance artists

  • Friday 25th April  - 7pm – 9pm
    Village Hall

    This is going to be buzzing event full of inspiration, fun and creativity!

    Ideas about the way the sea moves us, will be brought to life with art, dance, film, spoken word and a Fantastical Fashion Show of wearable art !

    All this will be shared and performed by members of the community and Dance Centred. There is so much skill out there and we can't wait to share it.

    Expect a totally unique and really entertaining evening for all.

    There will be soft drinks and you can bring your own alcohol.

    All ages welcome

    This is a donate on the door event, but please let us know if you are coming by booking a free ticket book here

 
 

We are Sam and Lois, co directors of Dance Centred CIC. We love to spend time in the sea, on the beaches and rocky coves of Cornwall and are concerned for the seas future sustainability. As artists and dancers we want to explore further our relationship to this, thinking about movement, energy and the interdependency of the sea and ourselves. 

We invite you to join us in responding creatively in any art form to this question:
How does the sea move you and how do you see the sea move?

Let this be a trigger, a starting point of inspiration and exploration to go where your interest takes you.
You might choose to work alone or with others, make a creative scrap book for the duration of the project or have a sudden explosion of ideas on one day only - your ideas and outcomes might be joyful, thoughtful, beautiful and surprising!

To help nudge and feed your and our creative processes we are offering a series of workshops, online prompts and get togethers where we can share ideas as they develop, meet other creative thinkers, makers and potential collaborators. As you/we create work, be it writing, film, visual, dance, music, we can find ways to share, show and perform to and with each other and others.

This is a relaxed project for everyone up for a creative venture whatever experience, expertise or age. We welcome you to contact us about your ideas and let us know what you decide to do. 

We would love to share and show your work where possible and invite you to connect to our Facebook page…….we will begin to post creative prompts and inspirations and curate some of your work there.

Get in touch if you want to talk or join our Sea Dance email list info@dancecentred.co.uk 

We hope to see you, chat with you, move with you and share ideas with you soon

Lois and Sam Co Directors Dance Centred CIC
07730586306
lois@dancecentred.co.uk

This project was made possible with funding from FEAST, Hall for Cornwall, Cornwall Councillors Community Chest Funding and is supported by The Zone, Downderry.

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