Setting the Scene - North East
At the Elemental event in the North East, the session started as it did with some of our other events with a ‘Setting the scene’ exercise to find out the delegates understanding of the outdoor sector and specifically, Street and Circus.
Spectacle, wonder, and awe
Odd locations
Magical and life affirming
Huge twist for work
Guerilla work – folk
Ordinary locations – it comes to you
Accessible
Burma – Shave
Strongly visual
It moves through a space – procession
Political work on the rise?
Full spectrum of scale
Aerial dance
Unspecified audience
No prior knowledge required but educated over time
Tented circus/outdoor circus
Political
Festivals – too often limited
Purchased
Pop festivals
Dangerous assumption around ease
Community festivals nurture talent
Audience development
Importance of local authorities
Artistic drive to make work
Permissive councils let performers develop
Imagination our nation
Festival of carnivals?
Importance of creation centres
Plurality of funding streams
Technical requirements e.g anchor points
University course
Support practitioners working with young people
Communities not schools
Locations, promoters and presenters
Finding space to do stuff
Structured progression route
Here are the responses to the 3 questions asked by the facilitator on the day:
What do we mean by circus and street arts, in the context of outdoor arts?
What are the contexts in which this work is produced and presented?
What are the structures needed to support the development of this work?
Are there any you’d like to add?
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