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Wilding – EncoreEast’s Performance at Thrive

December 12, 2022
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Community Practice, Dance, DanceEast, EncoreEast, Paul Smethurst, Performance, Thrive

Paul Smethurst has taken EncoreEast on a whirlwind journey in the making of Wilding for the Thrive festival.

Dance Memories with University of Suffolk Dance Student Katie Kilpatrick

December 6, 2022
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Community Practice, Dance, DanceEast, EncoreEast, Performance

Katie Kilpatrick, one of the last cohort of students on the University of Suffolk BA (Hons) Dance course, invited some local dancers to take part in a film project exploring what dance means to them.

Reflections on EncoreEast’s classes with Paul Smethurst

September 30, 2022
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Community Practice, Dance, DanceEast, EncoreEast, Performance, Say, The Album

Paul felt our company style was based around ‘flow’ he wanted us to experiment and experience a more dynamic movement pallet.

Time with Luca

June 3, 2022
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Community Practice, Dance, Dance East, EncoreEast, Site-specific dance

The process of making “It’s My Time” has been yet another astonishing journey for myself and I am sure other company members.

Focus – Sharing Ideas from our Ethnographic Research

March 2, 2022
in Reflections, Research
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Community Practice, Dance, Edd Arnold, EncoreEast, Helen Laws, Open workshop, Research, Russell Maliphant, Silent lines

As participant ethnographic research and dancer with EncoreEast I have spent many hours wondering, why? Why do sixteen older adults spend so much emotional and physical energy learning, creating and performing dance.

Inspired by The Hold

December 20, 2021
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Community Practice, Dance, Dance East, EncoreEast, Jeanette Siddall, Site-specific dance, The Hold

The physical aspects of the space generated ideas for sections and indicated a pathway between them. The concept of ‘archive’ is rich with possibilities.

Once more from the side…

November 4, 2021
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Community Practice, Dance, Edd Arnold, EncoreEast, Focus, Open workshop, Russell Maliphant, Silent lines

Alethia and Edd are the dream team to work with. They are amazing and I feel so privileged to have worked with them both.

Focus… An Exciting Morning

November 1, 2021
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Community Practice, Dance, Edd Arnold, EncoreEast, Focus, Open workshop, Russell Maliphant, Silent lines

Awakening to a beautiful, bright, if chilly morning, the first bright morning for some days and 1st November, British Summer Time is officially over for another year. How do I feel?

Like a Flamingo, secure on either leg…

October 24, 2021
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Alethia Antonia, Community Practice, Dance, DanceEast, Edd Arnold, EncoreEast, Focus, Russell Maliphant, Silent lines

I now have an approach that finds space in my body, to move not just with muscle and levers, but with the whole of my body’s structure. I can see how to use its architecture, extending the ease and range of movement by flowing from, through and out of all the connections and spirals in my body.

EncoreEast Collectively Share the Joy of ‘Focus’

October 7, 2021
in Reflections, Research
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Community Practice, Dance, Edd Arnold, EncoreEast, Helen Laws, Open workshop, Research, Russell Maliphant, Silent lines

Each week EncoreEast share their thoughts, feelings, struggles and joys as we engage with RMDC’s technique and creative process. So, it seems important to write collectively, combining our voices to share our experience of the first two sets of live workshops with Edd Arnold and Alethia Antonia.