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Grand Gestures Dance Collective
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 A moving  Solstice...
A moving Solstice...

The turning of the year saw members of GGDC contemplating the midwinter and welcoming in a time of quiet contemplation for  body and mind...

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happenings, RitualPaula Turner10 January 2017Ritual, Improvisation
Uncomfortably Sensual at Dance City
Uncomfortably Sensual at Dance City

GGDC take part in an evening of new dance work, posing questions about the transient nature of our senses and our memories.

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Performance, New WorkPaula Turner4 December 2016
GGDC at FRESH North East - 1st December
GGDC at FRESH North East - 1st December

Grand Gestures Dance Collective will be taking part in FRESH North East at Dance City on the 1st December....

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Emma George28 November 2016
Small Revolutions
Small Revolutions

Small Revolutions was the culmination of a year long process working in collaboration with Emilyn Claid, Lucy Cash, Luke Pell and The Elderflowers...

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happeningsEmma George17 October 2016
Happening・Take Your Seats On Campus
Happening・Take Your Seats On Campus

Using simple everyday actions of sitting, shifting within chairs, arriving into and leaving chairs - a performance which explores the body’s relationship to seating....

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happeningsEmma George1 October 2016
Happening・Don't Just Sit There - Amble
Happening・Don't Just Sit There - Amble

Orientation in and occupation of a public space. Exploring what it means to be a tourist....

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happeningsEmma George1 September 2016
Happening・The Seat Of Reason
Happening・The Seat Of Reason

A happening at Newcastle University to the bafflement and entertainment of some local builders!

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happeningsEmma George1 August 2016
Happening・Dwell
Happening・Dwell

Dwell is our response to the demolishing of our local community, and highlights the importance of our collective embodied memory, and ultimately our sense of belonging.

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happeningsEmma George13 July 2016
Happening・Murmuration
Happening・Murmuration

Capturing the in the moment felt response to a starling murmuration by GGDC dancers Kevan McGeever and Paula Turner.

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happeningsEmma George1 June 2016
Happening • Get Floored Get Dirty Get Laid
Happening • Get Floored Get Dirty Get Laid

An exploration of falling, flooring and befriending the moment...

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happeningsEmma George1 May 2016
Happening・Take Your Seats Shipley Art Gallery
Happening・Take Your Seats Shipley Art Gallery

A symposium on seating, offering a moving meditation on the process and purposes of being seated and the art of sitting....

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happeningsEmma George20 April 2016
Happening • Passing
Happening • Passing

Arriving or departing, we are all passing through. An improvised dance happening at Newcastle Central Station.

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happeningsEmma George1 April 2016
Happening・Sense
Happening・Sense

A performance of Sense by GGDC was included in the Arts Council film 'Lost Without It'...

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happeningsEmma George1 March 2016
Happening・Tea For Charlie
Happening・Tea For Charlie

A spontaneous taking of tea in solidarity with those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris 2015.

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happeningsEmma George1 February 2016
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Grand Gestures Dance Collective
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE1
07815 520860 plopsicle@gmail.com
 

Contact: Paula Turner

Tel: 07815 520860

Email: plopsicle@gmail.com

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