Movement Artist & Performance Maker
Last month was Valentine's day. I’ve never celebrated the 14th. Not a fan of the commercial consumerism but I like celebrating love. As a theme it offers loads of fun movement, dance and music inspiration for performances and community dance projects. Spiltmilk Dance loved it so much they made a show about it: The Little …
A Moments Of Joy project in collaboration with Third Bite Dance Within the first few sessions at the Meadows, I knew it was a special place. I’ve worked in a few assisted living care schemes in and around Sheffield but never been anywhere where the residents have had as much love for where they live …
I was met and welcomed at the door by Annie, POSH Club's fabulous co-founder and our host for the afternoon in Crawley. Coats were hung on a rail in the corner, walking frames stowed neatly underneath. Arriving 10 minutes before noon, I could see the afternoon was already in full swing. Annie showed me to …
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Last month I saw a brilliant work in progress sharing of new musical 'The Canary Girls' by writer Tim Nye and singer-songwriters Tim Kellet and Rosie Doonan at Sheffield Theatres as part of Off The Shelf festival and it got me reminiscing about the photoshoot I choreographed in 2014 to promote the work. It was …
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I'm taking some time out the next few months for my Develop Your Creative Practice project. Huge thanks to Arts Council England for this grant which is funding my research and development time. I received the funding in spring but decided to delay my start due to a busy summer of projects. I was also …
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Lucy Haighton 