Welcome to Dance in Devon
"Inhale and hold". An endurance event. Four dancing men equipped with a lifeguard's tower and miniature band attempt to perform their way across Devon, north to south, at a long list of waterside locations - lido, riverbank, moat and shore!"
Exploring the diversity, accessibility and fun of dance, Big Dance creates extraordinary events in unusual places and encourages as many people as possible to become involved in dance. Big Dance offer opportunities for dancers and non-dancers alike to perform, participate or simply to watch.
Thanks to support from Devon County Council, Dance in Devon were able to commission outstanding, Devon-based dance artist, Sarah Shorten and her company, Stacked Wonky, to make a unique outdoor performance. Renowned for her maverick interpretation of dance in unusual places and spaces, she has concocted a portable site work, in homage to John Cheever's The Swimmer, which attempted to cross Devon's landscape via a series of unusual waterside locations...
The People's Republic of South Devon
were kind enough to document the event -
Click here
to see how our dancing heroes got on!
Full report, images and film coming soon!
Dance in Devon is very pleased to announce that
Maryam Pourian
has been appointed as the new Dance Champion for the South.
Maryam trained at Central School of Ballet, London. She has danced professionally throughout the world, working with choreographers such as Matthew Bourne, Will Tucket, Mark Morris, Peter Darling, Lois Taylor and Christopher Gable.
The purpose of the Dance Champion South is to be a strong advocate for dance, representing Dance in Devon and providing a more effective outreach service for the organisation in the southern half of the County.
Latest Event
06/08/2008
New for 2008, Exeter Phoenix and Dance in Devon are bringing Dance on the Move to Exeter through a series of workshops at Devon festivals near you! Read more...
Latest News
Call for dancers: Dancers required to work with for 4 days on a choreographic research project in August - Totnes
