The original booking information is archived, here.

Deep Time Moving brings together dance and geology in a playful exploration of place and environment: how might an embodied imagining of the distant past help us to imagine new futures?

"Expect sounds from out on the cliffs and under the Atlantic Ocean, costumes fit for the walking holidays of your dreams, atmospheric lighting, and exquisite movement inspired by rocks, water and rural rituals. Some spoken word and printed resources are integrated, referencing geological stories: histories of the ground beneath our feet...."

Saturday 18th November 2023

Epworth Hall, Coinagehall Street, Helston, TR13 8EQ

Relaxed show: 2pm, FREE, book here

This is a relaxed performance suitable for families and anyone who needs a more chilled out experience. The venue is fully accessible with wheelchair-friendly facilities.  During the performance, we will have a laid-back approach to noise and movement coming from the audience, permitting and encouraging everyone to relax and respond naturally.

Evening show: 7pm, FREE, book here

The evening performance is for those aged 12+

It will be a louder, darker, more immersive sensory experience

26/09/23

During our #deeptimemoving movement practice group last week, we came across these guys clearing away the invasive Hottentot Fig growing along this stretch of coast, down towards Lizard Point

Because this plant is non-native and invasive, smothering other plants here, this short stretch of coastline can't be included in the Site of Special Scientific Interest designation with the rest of this area

We were just discussing this and speculating as to how - or whether - the National Trust, who manage this land, were going to try to deal with the plant, on these fragile cliffs, when we came across these two guys abseiling down and pulling it up, by hand, clearing it away one dumpy bag at a time

The roots had been turned over and left forming a temporary 'hedge'...

In the context of Deep Time Moving research, this prompted some thoughtful discussion around ideas of nativeness, invasiveness, belonging and protection: lots to think about, as always, here...

(...and yes the weather was very kind to us!)

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20/09/23

Getting ready to launch a Deep Time Moving movement practice group, this coming Friday - ideas for a day-long, monthly, open-level, affordable, imaginative, restorative movement group have been bubbling away since around 2018, and now ready to be tested...

Kyra did a quick recce of the various possible routes and sites today, as well as checking and re-checking the weather forecasts and tides, and booking a nearby indoor space as back up.  Fingers crossed for some sunshine!  This will be an all-weather experience as we move through the year, but wouldn't hurt to have a bit of sun for the first group outing... ☀️☀️☀️

As part of the ongoing research and explorative nature of the project, we are developing four short films to be shared in full, free to access, online, and as excerpts, on social media.   As our live performance event rushes towards us, it's great to have these moments to hold on to and to share more widely.

Here are some stills from the journey so far...

 The process of editing and curating this content has been collaborative and intuitive, an ongoing discussion between Kyra Norman (choreographer), Liz Howell (producer) and Ellie Sikorski (dance artist/ filmmaker), with input from Shirley Pegna (composer/ sound artist) and dancers Winona Guy, Talia Sealey and Claud Tonietto - all featured in the films.  

The films will be useful resources to share with the rest of the team, our partners and future audiences, as a way of sharing the beginnings of the process and opening up conversations about what might happen next...

Ellie joined us at the Lizard, Cornwall from Leeds for a three-day movement and site exploration, and captured some beautiful moving image

Find out more about her work here: http://eleanorsikorski.com

Tuesday 8th, Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th August 2023

We are so pleased to be resident in the grounds of Kestle Barton for three days. Playing, exploring, investigating and collaborating.  Join some members of the DTM team for drop-in open activities 12-3.30pm and daily discussions and sharing 3.30-4pm

Outline programme

Tuesday 8th 

Sound  Join us to take part in active listening and collecting sounds

Wednesday 9th 

Texture  Join us to take part in visual arts activities, rubbings, mark making, plus geological discussions with Beth Simons @variscancoast 

Thursday 10th 

Movement   Join us to take part in movement activities, resting in nature, and movement-focused chats

All welcome, free to attend

27/07/23

"Arriving, creaking, speaking, moving. Hands on hands on faces on bodies, across the floor freedom to listen. Scores to explore, more.

"Out and about, explore, over the hills tumbling cliffs to the sea. Treks, loose rocks, ice cream, footpaths over and above crystal turquoise waters, bodies. Beach, seaweed, invasion of species. Panting dogs.

"Freedom to laugh and move and laugh and talk. Moments of stillness."

Writing and reflections from collaborating dance artist @taliasealey

23/07/23

Did a #2minutebeachclean during our Deep Time Moving shoot at Gunwalloe last week... 

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The pink bottle

In 2016, container ship MV Blue Ocean lost some of its load overboard, across the bay from here, at Land’s End. This included at least one container full of bottles of Vanish bleach, and other products by the same manufacturer.  It has been reported that up to 27 tonnes of the trademarked pink bottles were lost at sea. In the days after, Poldhu beach, among others, was covered in the bright pink plastic bottles as they washed up on shore

The bottles were full, and official warnings were issued to 'treasure seekers' not to claim them, as they remained the property of their manufacturer. However, the manufacturer didn't seem to be doing anything to clean up, and thousands of bottles full of a product toxic to marine life needed shifting

Some may say that the folk of Mullion have brighter whites in their laundry to this day, but I wouldn't know anything about that...

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The yellow tub

I've been trying to find out what language the product information on this tub is written in. Best guesses so far include Persian & Turkish, so in the process I've been learning about all the countries where forms of Persian are spoken, & that Turkey is famous for its stretchy ice cream, Dondurma

I also found out that Persian is a pluricentric language (as is English), meaning that variations are spoken in different countries that are still close enough to be considered the same language - but over time national varieties may become so different that they are reclassified as separate languages

Wondering whether this tub was one of many being traded, or a crew member's treat brought from home to eat out at sea

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One thing is for sure, we need to use less plastic & put less of it in the sea - support @surfersagainstsewage #EndPlasticPollution

Images:

1. beach findings in 2 minutes, Gunwalloe

2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/foods-that-highlight-cultural-fault-lines-within-nations/articleshow/97834792.cms

3. https://plasticfree.org.uk/2020/07/29/100-plastic-free-communities/

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#cornwallrocks

#aceagrams

#feastcornwall

16/07/23

How to stay safe near cliffs

Signage from @cornwallcouncil at Porthtowan on the North coast of Cornwall

Images:

1. sign in situ

2. the foot of the cliffs

3. view from the top

#coastalerosion

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#cornwalldances

#cornwallrocks

#aceagrams

#feastcornwall

04/07/23

Thanks to the Museum of Cornish Life in Helston @musecornishlife for hosting a day of #deeptimemoving research and chatting today

Inspiring informal conversations with volunteers at the museum, including specialists in geology, Cornish culture and Cornish dancing who were all really generous with their time - a reminder that 'the museum' is not only the building and the artefacts but also, here, the band of volunteers who give their time to meet and greet, help catalogue all the collections, deal with new donations as they are brought in, and share their knowledge and understanding with anyone who wanders in. It's a people-place. 

Thanks to Isobel King, Community Engagement Curator, for welcoming us here

As well as speaking with staff and volunteers here, Kyra also got to bounce ideas around with some visitors from near and far, including happy surprise appearance of @queerzebra - place to be, Helston 😎

Perhaps because so many of the objects here have a domestic origin, or were handed over directly by the owner or finder, it really feels homely, and a relaxed place to spend time reflecting and imagining, alone and with others

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Fascinating first conversations with Beth Simons @variscancoast - geologist and humanitarian worker, and member of the team for Deep Time Moving

We'll be introducing the full team, including more about Beth's work, over the next few weeks, for now sharing these pictures from a day out at Godrevy.  A good meeting point for us, coming from different edges of North and West Cornwall, and a beautiful spot to spend time talking about rocks, time and movement

#deeptimemoving

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#cornwallmoves

#cornwalldances

#cornwallrocks

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#feastcornwall

17/06/23

Site visit to @kestle_barton last week

Kestle Barton is an ancient farmstead, now incorporating a gallery space and gardens hosting contemporary arts exhibitions and events. Set in fields and woods high above Frenchman’s Creek and the Helford River, on The Lizard, West Cornwall

Part of our purpose with Deep Time Moving is to open up conversations around movement, connection and place with others living here and passing through. We're really looking forward to bringing some #deeptimemoving thinking and doing to Kestle Barton in August: more info coming soon...

Images

1. Looking back toward the main building from the meadow, thinking about successional growth, and how much of what we can see growing here will have disappeared and been replaced, even in a couple of months

2. Finding some welcome shade, and thinking about buildings quietly on the move: this shelter at the bottom of the orchard was/is built by artist P

aul Chaney and others, from 2015 onward, as part of Lizard Exit Plan

#deeptimemoving

#mostsoutherly

#cornwallmoves

#cornwalldances

#cornwallrocks

#aceagrams

#feastcornwall

06/06/23

Deep Time Moving (2023) is go...

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"Over the Winter and into the Spring, I've been working with producer @_lizhowell to dream up, design & fundraise for the next phase of Deep Time Moving.  It's been inspiring and invigorating to work with Liz, and to feel Deep Time Moving - as a project - shift from solo mission to shared vision" Kyra

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So now, we're beyond delighted to announce that Deep Time Moving has received project funding from ACE & FEAST for a six-month programme of activity, starting this month, and taking place around the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, UK.  If you're nearby, there'll be opportunities to get involved.  If you're further afield, come visit!

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Between now and the end of November 2023, we'll be working with a brilliant team of artists, makers, performers and scientists to research, develop and present a new movement-led, interdisciplinary performance work, inspired by the unique geology of the Lizard area

This making process will inform, and be informed by, a concurrent series of workshops, walks, talks and other events with interested local partner organisations, groups and individuals, and curious passers-by

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We'll be sharing more info about the whole team, and the first few opportunities to get involved, soon: for now this is to say a massive thank you and official welcome on board to Liz, and also to share this image, our brand new logo: designed for us by @fayedobinsonprojects

#deeptimemoving

#mostsoutherly

#cornwallmoves

#cornwalldances

#cornwallrocks

#aceagrams

#feastcornwall