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Focus on: Big Dance 2012
From the editor
The articles by Lizzy le Quesne about Rosemary Lee’s Square Dances and Gil Graystone about her life in community dance are great parallels to this issue’s focus
on Big Dance and give a vista about how long this development has been brewing in dance in the UK.
They are both a testament to the richness of experience, thinking, practice, artistry and generosity that has been embedded in community and participatory dance over the past 40 years or so.
Now Big Dance in 2012 is the biggest celebration of these features, truly rejoicing in the diversity of dances and diversity of people dancing in this country and beyond.
The articles in this issue’s focus demonstrate that if we are prepared to step outside our particular dance silos and be open to new partnerships across genres and contexts something extraordinary happens – the rich tapestry of the UK’s dance ecology can really shout and be proud.
Ken Bartlett, Creative Director, Foundation for Community Dance
In this issue
Ageing critic Donald Hutera measures the varied merits of youth dance
Lizzy Le Quesne reports on Rosemary Lee’s Square Dances putting dance into public spaces to encounter and engage
The focus: Big Dance 2012
Chris Stenton on Big Dance as a UK-wide programme to celebration people dancing during the London 2012 Festival
Mileva Donachie, Project Coordinator, Big Dance 2012 North East, Dance City
Dylan Quinn, Artistic Director, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre (DQDT)
Jên Angharad, Director, Dance Cymru; Project Manager, Big Dance Cymru 2012
Karen Gallagher MBE, Artistic Director, Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI)
Pawlet Brookes, Director of Serendipity places dance at the intercultural heart of Leicester
Linda Jasper MBE, Director, Youth Dance England
Stephen Munn and Lea Anderson on an outdoor stage show performed by members of the local community, an East Midland response to the Cultural Olympiad
Natasha Gilmore, Artistic Director, Barrowland Ballet and freelance choreographer
Continuing professional development
My personal journey in community dance by Gil Graystone