Dates: Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th August 2021 - Book for 1,2 or 3 days
Time: 10.00am - 6.00pm BST (approx)
Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Aimed at: Professional/experienced dancers, makers, practitioners, teachers & recent graduates
Age restrictions: Over 18yrs
Fee: £15p/d or £40 for all three days Food, travel and camping costs additional
(if the cost is a barrier to you attending please get in touch getinvolved@hallforcornwall.org.uk)
BOOKINGS - 25 places available each day
Bookings Open to Cornwall based participants only : Thursday 22nd July - Sunday 25th July
Bookings Open for all (local & national) : Monday 26th July
Bookings Close : 12pm Wednesday 4th August
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
A truly unique dance residency held at the breathtakingly beautiful Lost Gardens of Heligan in the heart of Cornwall.
Led by local artists Theo Clinkard and Emily Alden, this residency offers an opportunity to reconnect to our dancing selves, to each other and to nature, through guided movement tasks, improvisations and considered group conversation.
Days spent moving within this extraordinary landscape will be followed by eating together, chatting by the fire and camping under the stars!
DAILY SCHEDULE (subject to change - we may start and finish a little earlier Day 1 & 3 to accommodate attendees travel plans)
9.30am - 10.30am Gather
10.30am - 1pm Movement Session 1
1pm - 2pm Lunch
2pm - 4pm Movement Session 2
4pm - 4.30pm Break
4.30pm - 6.00pm Movement Session 3 / Guided Conversation
Evening Fireside dinner, music, chats
ABOUT THEO CLINKARD
Theo was born in Cornwall and his practice spans choreography, pedagogy, performance and design.
Since launching his company in 2012, he has steadily built an international reputation for creating affecting and visually arresting dances for small to large-scale theatres and non-theatre settings. Past company productions include Ordinary Courage, Chalk, Of Land & Tongue and This Bright Field and his company have toured to Chile, Ireland, Switzerland, and Germany. Current works include The Elsewhen Series; a set of duet scores for gallery and museum spaces that he conceived and performs with Leah Marojević and Century Project, a dance that will launch in 2022 and complete beyond our lifetimes.
Recent commissions include works for Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba and Candoco Dance Company. Theo regularly leads intensives workshops, residencies and classes internationally for professional companies, dance organisations and training institutions, including engagements in Chile, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Wales, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States, France, Spain, Cuba, Italy, Finland, Sweden and Norway.
He is an Associate Artist at Brighton Dome & Festival, Hall for Cornwall and an Honorary Fellow at Plymouth University.
ABOUT EMILY ALDEN
Emily is a dancer & choreographer who works across dance & theatre, live & digital formats & communities.
Originally from the Midlands Emily trained in Contemporary Dance at Bretton Hall College of Arts in Yorkshire & is now based in Cornwall. She has worked extensively as a dancer on touring and site-based productions including WildWorks, Cscape, Kneehigh & Simon Birch, performing in works by Rosemary Lee, Emma Rice, Yael Flexer, & Agnieszka Blonska. Her touring and artistic research has taken her across the UK, to the Spoleto Festival (USA), Norway, Northern Ireland, Belgium and Italy.
Her dance for camera work with filmmaker Brett Harvey (Kneehigh, o-region, Lucasfilm) has been screened worldwide with her ongoing photographic work exploring people, place and nature, much like her choreographic work.
She is currently developing new work In My Head (2019/21) exploring everyday sound & hearing loss with Sound Designer Daniel Hayes (Alesandra Seutin, Tony Adigunn, Caroline Bowditch), supported by Arts Council England. As a reaction to the Pandemic she has created Audio Moves, an ongoing series of analogue & digital projects connecting people through sound and visuals.
Emily is an Associate Artist of Hall for Cornwall, Associate Lecturer of Falmouth University, a recipient of the Artists International Development Fund (Arts Council England and British Council), a Developing Your Creative Practice grant (Arts Council England), a member of the international networking group through the Arts Access Festival Forum (Goethe Institut and British Council) and curator and producer of the Dance Master Workshop Programme #12.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please note : Participants are responsible for their own travel, camping costs, equipment, food and refreshments for the duration of the residency. Bringing some cash is advisable as depending on your plans not all places accept cards, change for parking is especially handy. Hot and cold food is available at Heligan, where there is also a small farm shop.
Residency Information
Location : The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Website : www.heligan.com
Camping
Cost : £10p/n per person for a basic pitch, toilets and showers - pay cash on arrival
Location : The site is approx 20 mins drive from Heligan gardens so access to your own vehicle is highly recommended. There are no public transport options to commute between the campsite and the gardens.
How to book your spot : Please email getinvolved@hallforcornwall.org.uk
Relevant Info : This is rustic camping at its best! (so no electric points available), there will be a fire-pit for fireside chats, and plenty of space for everyone who wishes to camp for as long or short a stay as you wish to be accommodated. Directions etc will be emailed to you after booking.
Travel
If traveling from out of the county, it’s highly recommended to have access to a car as the nature of working in Cornwall often means a car is unavoidably the best form of transport.
Please see this web link for directions to the gardens travelling by car, train, bike or on foot
Car parking at Heligan Gardens is free
What to wear & bring whatever the weather
When it shines, it’s practically tropical so bring sunscreen, bug spray, sunnies and swimsuits! When it rains (which hopefully it won’t) it can be very damp, so bring a waterproof, some comfy socks and spare dance kit. Whatever the weather, some good footwear is advisable for working outside on uneven ground, along with layers in case the Cornish weather changes its mind quickly (which it often does!).
Food
During the residency you are responsible for your own food and drinks. There is a cafe & restaurant selling hot and cold food in the café at Heligan Gardens as well as Lobbs Farm Shop (but these can be a little pricey!). There are supermarkets a short drive from the campsite in St Austell en route to the Gardens, and the beautiful coastal towns of Mevagissey and Pentewan Sands (great for swimming) have plenty of pubs, restaurants etc.
Please Note: With government guidance now relaxed, we still highly recommend you bring a face covering and sanitiser with you. Please do not attend the residency if you have been asked to self-isolate, or if you develop and display any of these COVID-19 symptoms: a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.