ROUND OUR WAY – Old Time Music Hall Project
Unity Arts successfully bid for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support a project open to all who live in Hackney, Islington or Tower Hamlets who want to learn about the most democratic of art forms, Old Time Music Hall. It echoes all around us, Waterstone’s at Islington Green, Marie Lloyd’s house in Hackney, Wilton’s Hall in Poplar and there are huge audiences for variety leaning TV shows like Britain’s Got Talent.
The project will enable participants of all ages to discover their local history through research, museum visits and talks from local experts from January to June whilst learning new skills to produce an exhibition and performance at Hoxton Hall on 9 June 2012. www.hoxtonhall.co.uk
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FORM EXPRESSION
A new satirical performance piece created by 11-14 year old girls
Unity Arts was awarded a grant from The Big Lottery Fund to deliver a three month Theatre Arts Project.
A presentation, called Form Expression, of some of the work that came out of the girls’ research and workshops looking at the portrayal of the female form took place at The Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, London WC2 on Sunday March 28.
They used Creative Writing, Dance, Movement, Music and Devising to create a new work which looked at the Media, Food, Dieting and Fashion industries and the influence they have on young girls.
| Director Lil WarrenChoreographer Jayne McVeighSet Design & Construction/Sound Technician George WaltersPerformers Ari Burleigh Ella Clark-Cowan Alice McNaught-Davis Manuela Pomposo Leiva Katherine Georghiou-Makki Iris Owen Minouche Tas Isabel WaltersWriters Amber Allsop and Adina ReidAdditional Contributions Cherie Anderson, Ali B, Damiola Fasulu, Shanksy |
Let Me Introduce Myself Solitude by Alice McNaught DavisDid You Know?Mother Earth Contemporary Dance piece looking at the images the girls have seen of grieving women fighting for survival and protecting their childrenViolette by Katherine Georghiou-Makki Whatever Food Stretching The Truth by Amber AllsopNobody Til Somebody Loves You? Jazz Dance looking at how films like Twilight inform young girls about what to expect from relationshipsGirls Beware Girls Beautify by Minouche Tas Beep Beep Wishful by Isabel Walters Make Up and Phone by Ari Burleigh Looking Good Tempestuous by Ari Burleigh Did You Know?Who’s Dressing Who? Expressive Movement piece about peer pressureLonging by Ella Clark-Cowan Glamour by Iris Owen One Folk Dance symbolising the connection we all have |
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