On Sunday 17th July 2022, Cleo, Kabbo, Latisha, Penny and Precious delivered the first public performance of the memorial folk dance developed through our workshop series. This was especially poignant as this year was the 50th Bristol Harbour Festival. The dance was performed on the Trinity Centre takeover dance stage, Millennium Square and featured an introduction to the project and forthcoming augmented reality app from Kwesi Johnson, and Cleo Lake also led an explanation of some of the key dance moves and their meaning and a tutorial for the crowd. Thank you so much everyone who came and supported us, and especially everyone who joined in! Watch this space for further tutorials so you can learn the dance for a mass participation event in August…
NEWS: Bristol Harbour Festival performance!
Join us at this year’s Bristol Harbour Festival to see the memorial dance created as part of the Decolonising Memory project performed live! We’ll be at the Dance Stage at Millennium Square on Sunday 17th July @ 12.35pm
This will be the first live public performance of the dance which has been developed from research and movement material developed through our 7 workshops held monthly since November. On the day (Sunday 17th July) you will also be able to get a preview of the project app development by going to our Instagram page on your smartphone – @decolonisingmemory_bristol – opening the filter and pointing your camera at the Edward Colston statue plaque where you will be able to see something new!
Performance listing: https://www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk/artists/2022/7/16/decolonising-memory-digital-bodies
Full Programme for the Bristol Harbour Festival can be found here: https://www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk/