Queensland Ballet Performance Project
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Redland Performing Arts Centre
Join Queensland Ballet for a joyful and inclusive creative experience that invites seniors, active adults and community members aged 18+ of all mobilities to come together, move, connect and create. No prior dance or creative experience is needed - just a willingness to explore, share ideas and be part of the process.
Through a series of movement and creative workshops, participants will work alongside a Queensland Ballet Teaching Artist to create a new and completely original dance work. Developed through shared ideas, personal reflections and creative exploration, the work will be shaped by the people taking part and the unique space in which it will be created and performed.
This year, the project includes a special site-specific element. Participants will be guided through a choreographic process that responds to a particular performance space within Redland Performing Arts Centre. Together, the group will explore how movement can interact with the architecture, features, atmosphere and possibilities of the space, creating a dance work that is unique to this group, this project and this venue.
Participants will be introduced to an accessible choreographic process including movement warm-ups, creative exploration, stimulus and idea generation, movement composition, rehearsal and performance preparation. Along the way, there will be opportunities to contribute movement, ideas and perspectives, with the final work emerging collaboratively from the group.
The project begins with a 3-hour introductory session, where participants will get to know one another, explore movement and creativity, and take their first steps into the choreographic process. This isn’t a series of ballet classes - rather than learning set ballet steps, you’ll explore creative movement and contribute your own ideas to the work. Further rehearsals will build and develop the work, leading towards a final performance at Redland Performing Arts Centre.
We warmly welcome creative thinkers, curious minds, people who love to move (or would like to move more), and artists of all kinds and abilities. Participants should expect to move in both familiar and new ways, explore the possibilities of a unique performance space, contribute their ideas and be part of a supportive and collaborative creative experience.
Key Dates:
Rehearsal #1 - Saturday 12 September, 10am - 2pm
Rehearsal #2 - Thursday 24th September, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Rehearsal #3 - Thursday 8th October, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Rehearsal #4 - Thursday 15th October, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Rehearsal #5 - Thursday 22nd October, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Performance - Saturday 24th October, Morning (time TBC)
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No previous dance or creative experience is needed. You’ll be guided through accessible creative movement activities and supported to participate in your own way.
No. While the project is led by Queensland Ballet, this is a creative dance project rather than a ballet class. The movement will be explored and created by the group across a series of workshops.
A fitness level that allows you to be active and move in your own way is what you’ll need. The project welcomes people of all mobilities and abilities. Activities can be adapted to support different ways of participating (eg. seated choreography or movement phrases using mobility aids).
Sessions will include physical warm-ups, guided movement activities, creative exploration, conversation, sharing ideas and developing movement together.
It means the dance will be created specifically for a particular space within Redland Performing Arts Centre. You’ll explore how movement can respond to the space, its features and its atmosphere.
The project will lead towards a final performance at RPAC. You’ll be part of a collaborative group work, with the Teaching Artist supporting you throughout the creative and performance process.
That’s completely okay! You don’t need to consider yourself a dancer or an artist. The process is about exploring, trying things out and contributing in whatever way feels comfortable for you.
Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move easily, and footwear that feels safe and comfortable for you.
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