#FriendsFriday 49 - Deepraj Singh

Malcolm Rea captured Deepraj creating dance shapes

(c) Himmat Iqbal

Picture taken by Photographer Rachel Eames

How are you/have you been involved with Casson & Friends? 

I am currently one of the artists working on a Casson & Friends micro commission, which consists of a project called ‘HumanFlipbook’, where people submit photographs of themselves in different shapes and I then construct them in to a solo. I was also involved with ‘The Dance We Made’ in Bristol.

What do you love about dance?

I love how much dance can connect us. How, whether you’re dancing or watching, you still feel a sense of openness and connection between the performers and the people observing. It encourages openness, and looking at people from a different perspective, which I have never found in any other medium. 

What song always makes you dance? (We have a Spotify playlist!) 

 IknowhowIfeel - Parcels

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What else are you working on at the moment? (Upcoming performances, exciting projects, holidays!) 

Here are some exciting things I’m working on!!  

• I am just about to start working for Rosie Kay Dance Company, for a movement version of Romeo & Juliet! (I’m playing Mercutio!)

• I’m also creating a small piece to accompany some spoken word poetry with Saili Katebe for Nymphs and Thugs (An independent spoken word record label).

• I’m thinking of my next creation for my YouTube channel ‘Dance Nomad’ (link below).

• And as more of a regular job I teach improvisation for an amazing course in Bristol called ‘Boomsatsuma’ for 16 – 19 y/o’s.

Any links? (Links to your work, your company website, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud etc?) 

Youtube Channel:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8vleFO-1CwCASaIMBcrBhg?view_as=subscriber 

 Instagram:

 @howdeepisyourraj

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