Sculpture & Dance
Sculpture & Dance saw a cross-disciplinary partnership with different organisations to find connections between sculpture and the medium of dance.
This included professional dance residencies and performances at Roche Court.
Surface Area Dance Theatre
In May 2022, Surface Area Dance Theatre, a ‘community interest company’ comprised of deaf and hearing dancers, came to Roche Court to deliver three promenade performances inspired by the New Art Centre’s exhibition of work by Anthony Caro, as well as sculpture by Antony Gormley and Richard Long.
As part of their residency, Surface Area delivered workshops with Mary Hare School for the Deaf and Arts University Bournemouth, inviting students to trial SUBPACS, a pioneering device that emits the vibrations of the music, ensuring that all dancers perform to the same sensory experiences.
Also, as part of this collaboration, deaf architect and art facilitator, Martin Glover, delivered a BSL tour of the sculpture park to students from Mary Hare.
Film directed and edited by artist filmmaker Lizzie Sykes.
Springboard
Initiated in 2018, this project saw first year undergraduates create original choreographic material in response to selected artworks at Roche Court Sculpture Park. They worked with regional schools and groups to pass on their skills, before putting on a public performance at Pavilion Dance South West.
In 2022, students created innovative routines in response to Laura Ford’s ‘Espaliered Girl’, Kenneth Martin’s ‘Construction’ and Anthony Gormley’s ‘Break’.
Photographs of AUB dance students taken by Andy Beeson/ RedManhattan photography & Dan Tucker.
Film created by Dan Tucker.
