12 Moves - Flashmobs Group
Did 12 Moves is come to a street near you?
On 23rd July at around 1pm shoppers in Droitwich Spa
were given a surprise when 75 dancers began an unexpected
performance. The flashmob dancers performed their
rehearsed moves in Victoria Square and Vines Park.
The performers worked together for several
weeks to create and rehearse the specially-developed
dance. Ranging in age from 11 to 60 and
drawn from towns and villages across Worcestershire, the group’s
work was led by professional choreographer Jennifer Irons and
composer Mira Calix.
The performances are part of 12 Moves, the largest dance
project to have ever taken place in Worcestershire. Over
three years, thousands of people are being given the opportunity to
participate and experience dance and digital art in unusual
settings.
12 Moves culminates in an outdoor spectacular
event in Worcester on March 24 2012.
Charlotte Brennan, 12 Moves project manager,
said: “The dancers have worked incredibly hard to create these
performances and it’s fantastic to see their creativity
develop.”
Watch the Worcester performance at the
Dancefest
website.
Upload any more photographs of the action to www.facebook.com/12moves and
keep in touch with events as they unfold until March 2012
For more information please call Dancefest on 01905
611199, or go to the websites:- http://www.12moves.com/ and http://www.dancefest.co.uk/
What is 12 moves?
'12 Moves’ is a 2 year
project across Worcestershire inspired by the People Dancing
programme, part of the West Midlands’ Culture Programme for London
2012 funded by Legacy Trust UK, Arts Council England West Midlands
and Advantage West Midlands. The first part of the project with two
Dance Squads delivering sessions to young people and adults began
in July 2010. ‘12 Moves’ will continue to grow and include
performances, film and flashmobs culminating in a largescale final
event in March 2012.
The aim of the project is to give people in
Worcestershire the opportunity to take part in dance – for health,
for fun, to create and to see dance in surprising places using film
and live dance. The Dance Squads aim is to demonstrate how dance
can be one way of getting fit and be part of a healthy lifestyle.
There are different types of session to choose from that
include streetdance, Zumba, Chance to Dance (for people aged 55+),
creative.
To keep updated with everything that is going
on with this unique and exciting project look at the 12 Moves page
on http://www.dancefest.co.uk/
Wychavon District Council is inviting residents to come dancing
once again this autumn.
After an array of dance classes in the summer holidays, new dance
classes continue to happen this autumn and winter in and around
Evesham. Many of them are free for young people if they’re between
11-18 years of age.
Led by the counties dance development agency, Dancefest, the
dancing project known as ’12 Moves’, will offer classes in street
and contemporary dance.
With the support of funding through the Health
Improvement Fund, Wychavon District Council and Worcestershire
County Council, ’12 Moves’ aims to get young people taking part in
positive activities and also improve the fitness of more senior
residents in Wychavon. They are still looking for older people’s
groups to get involved with the project from January 2011 so if you
know of any that wants to do dance then get in touch.
In 2011, there will be more classes and
opportunities to perform, such as ‘Flashmobs’ – this is where
dancers suddenly begin performing out in the open amongst a
surprised and unsuspecting general public. See http://www.flashmob.co.uk/.
Then in the run up to the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, Worcestershire will stage a site specific video
installation performance that will use local dancers and live
performance to bring people out onto the streets and see dance on
plasma TVs, shop windows, buildings and architectural
structures.
For more information about 12 Moves
please contact Jenny Davis, Arts Development Officer on 01386
565396 or email jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk (hours
of work 9-5pm Tues, Wed & Thurs)
'12 Moves' is part of the People Dancing Programme, part
of the West Midlands' Culture Programme for Londo 2012 funded by
Legacy Trust UK, Arts Council England West Midlands and Advantage
West Middlands. www.wmfor2012.com/culture
