dance and academia. Space to Dance
Organised by Miranda Laurence, this dance conference was entitled Space to Dance: Exploring Movement, Site and Surroundings and included a practical workshop and talks by architect, landscape architect, choreographers and geographer.* I found this an inspiring and thought provoking day. Really great to have different disciplines coming together and hearing from such variety of perspectives. Really good that it included a practical movement session (with plenty of spoken insights , observations and reflections), that the talks allowed opportunity for questions and discussion and that we were also treated to a walk around Oxford sites (in the sun!) to consider with bodies as well as minds the impact of site and design. Great. The day rounded off with a visit to the castle where Compagnie retourament were performing ‘Danse des Cariatides.’ A wonderful opportunity to see in practice the use of space/site in dance. This was the latest in ODF’s programming of professional dance development opportunities. Well attended, and with plenty to think about and take away it was a great success. Thank you.