Autin Dance Theatre announces upcoming new participatory performance project in partnership with Black Country Dance Hub: Parade – The Giant Wheel
PREVIEW
Summer By The River Launch Event
Thursday 1 June 2023 l 6pm
Join us on Thursday 1 June for the launch event of Summer by the River Festival with a spectacular night of music and dance at The Scoop, with exclusive performances. In this short preview performance of Parade, we will give you a thrilling glimpse of this itinerant act that celebrates the tension and fracture between our individual identities and our shared collective humanity.
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UK PREMIERE
A large-scale travelling outdoor performance featuring a 12-foot-tall Giant Wheel powered by 5 street artists and a large intergenerational cast of local participants accompanied by live music to take over Walsall Arboretum on Saturday 24th June 2023 at 1pm & 4 pm.
Autin Dance Theatre uses their unique blend of contemporary storytelling, striking physicality, and innovative large designs to transport audiences and communities along a carefully choreographed procession.
The 50-minute itinerant act punctuated by 3 static moments aims to celebrate local community performers’ own individual identities and a shared collective humanity. Ultimately, Parade is about celebrating different journeys whilst honouring our shared life struggles symbolised by the Giant Wheel.
The Giant Wheel carries the professional performers high above the streets, spins them around ferociously, turning their worlds upside down, at times giving them momentum and speed, and at others rocking them gently back and forth imitating the laborious and repetitive cycle of life.
Parade is an ambitious street performance that has inclusivity and accessibility at its heart. Over 150 local participants from Walsall, Dudley and across the Black Country of different ages and walks of life will join the procession performance.
Parade’s community engagement plans in the Black Country include opportunities for local groups, individual participants and volunteers to practice the procession choreographies to join the large-scale mass movement experience.
Parade’s activities in the community and with local residents will engages with children (6+), young people, their families, adults and older members of the community to join and form a unique and intergenerational cast that will join the Parade on show day.
For more Information and to get involved please, contact us:
Autin Dance Theatre
07585 081539 ll hello@autindt.co.uk
Production Credits:
Director/Choreographer: Johnny Autin
Creative Consultant: Gwen Hales
Creative Producer: Adam Towndrow
Design Consultant: Becky Minto
Bespoke Set Design & Construction: Big House Events
Associate Producer: Annalise Cowan
Learning & Participation Manager: Kirsten Tranter
Music: Richard Shrewsbury – Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Performers: Jamie Higgings, Kim Wildborne, Will Hodson, Rebecca Solomon, Felix Fogg
Musicians: Mark ‘Magoo’ Robertson, Rose Johnson & Paola Cardarelli
Sound Designer: Niccolo Conti
Technical Production Manager: Blake Thomas
Photographer: Paulina Ozynska
“The thought of this giant water wheel rolling through the streets will be an awesome sight’ – Becky Minto |
Community Outreach & Participation Programme
Autin Dance Theatre invites and calls upon individuals, community groups, educational establishments to take part in a live performance of Parade – the Giant Wheel. The opportunity will engage, inspire and upskill local participants, residents and creatives in the region with of artistic and social impact for the community and beyond.
The community sessions will be open to all and highly accessible, and movement content will be suitable for those with reduced mobility, offering differentiation options to cater to all abilities. The workshops are specifically aimed at intergenerational communities including young people aged 6+, young people and their families and adults from local communities & school groups, including young people with physical or learning disabilities, those with challenging behaviour, groups in areas of social deprivation and all local residents.
Email our Learning & Participation manager Kirsten for more information and to request a booking form.
Kirsten@autindt.co.uk
Press requests
For more information, images or interviews, please contact
Johnny Autin, Creative Director
hello@autindt.co.uk
