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Tiny Dance Fenland

FENLAND

What do you love about where you live?

The people, the parks, the market?

This Summer, Casson & Friends are working with MarketPlace to create a brand new dance film inspired by what people love about Fenland!

Get involved here:

Or find our friendly dancers at the following events:

  • 4th August - wisbech play day

  • 7th August - march market

 

about #tinydance

tiny dance is a project that asks communities what they love about where they live - and then makes a dance about it!

Whether a well known attraction, or a special place that nobody knows about, we turn conversation into choreography, to create a moving celebration of community and the best of the local area.

previous #tinydance projects

tinydance: kirkley (2021)

Our third #TinyDance was created as part of Kirkley Creates through conversations with Kirkley Residents about their relationship to nature, foraging and what they love about where they live.

  • Choreography by Tim Casson and the performers in collaboration with the Kirkley Community

  • Performed by Ella Fleetwood & Amarnah Amuludun

  • Film by Malachy Luckie

  • Kirkley Creates Artists: Carrie Phoenix and Kasia Posen (The Third Person)

  • Music: Yarrow by Leif

  • Performed as part of First Light Festival’s Longest Days of Summer on 26 June 2021

  • Kirkley Creates is a partnership project with Suffolk Artlink, Community Action Suffolk, First Light Festival and the Kirkley Pantry.

  • Supported by Take Note, ft’work and DanceEast.

  • Filmed on location in Kirkley, Lowestoft, United Kingdom

tiny dance: suffolk (2020)

Our second #TinyDance was created in Suffolk and made into a film inspired by Laxfield, Risby & Combs residents who answered the question: “What is your village made of..?”

  • Choreography: Tim Casson in collaboration with the performers.

  • Performers: Kaia Goodenough & Richard Pye

  • Film: Alisa Boanta

  • Project Producer: Helen Dawson

  • Music: Lost and Found by Jeremy Blake

  • Part of Make, Do & Friends Commissioned and Supported by Suffolk Artlink & DanceEast

  • Additional Support from Suffolk Community Foundation, Rural Coffee Caravan & Arts Council England

  • Filmed on location in Coombs, Risby and Laxfield; Suffolk, United Kingdom

tiny dance: stamford (2020)

Our first #TinyDance was created for Stamford, Lincolnshire in September 2020, and presented as a live performance at Art Pop-Up’s Secret Doorstep Festival.

  • Concept & Direction: Tim Casson (Casson & Friends)

  • Choreography: Tim Casson in collaboration with the performers and the community of Stamford.

  • Performers: Emma Bouch & Martyn Bignell

  • Photos: Emily Steele for Art Pop-Up

  • Project Producer: Helen Dawson

  • Additional Thanks: Sam Roddan and Andy Johnson-Smith

  • Presented by Art Pop-Up, Funded by South Kesteven District Council and Stamford Town Council, and Supported by Stamford Arts Centre.

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tiny dance suffolk video

tiny dance kirkley video

Tiny Dance was integral to bringing a smile to people’s faces, helping our community celebrate what’s special about our hometown and the memories we all create here.

The choreography and joyful execution was a treat enthusiastically applauded by all ages, particularly those who had been more wary at being presented with ‘contemporary dance’.
— Sam Roddan, Art Pop-Up

tiny dance: kirkley images

Credit: Malachy Luckie

tiny dance: stamford images

Credit: Emily Steele for Art Pop-Up

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