Watch the Our Little Blue Dot film

Part dance, part documentary, the Our Little Blue Dot film is the culmination of creative workshops with children in our local community.

Our Little Blue Dot workshop at our City Dances 2023. Photo: Rosie Powell.

In Spring 2023, our Steering Group awarded Amy Toner and Jonathan Mewett of Dot Dot Dance the Our City Dances 2023 Commission. With the commission, Amy and Jonathan created Our Little Blue Dot - a project with children in our local community, which culminated in a documentary film shown at Our City Dances and which you can watch here.

Our Little Blue Dot is a reminder of the important role we play in looking after the planet. Made up of a series of workshops for children aged under five and their grown-ups, together they explored imaginative movement, eco-friendly prop work and outdoor play; connecting with the natural world around us. 

The resulting film is part dance and part documentary offering an insight into the workshops and following the participants’ experience of planting, making, discussing and explorations of nature.

Created with support from The Chalk Cliff Trust.

About Dot Dot Dance

Dot Dot Dance is a dance company that is passionate about bringing children and families together through dance. They create playful, interactive and engaging participatory experiences for all, holding participants at the heart of what they do. They are passionate about empowering people through the transformative power of the arts and are driven by their ethos of Collaborate, Create and Connect the Dots.

Dot Dot Dance is made up of Amy Toner and Jonathan Mewett. Amy is an experienced dance artist and educator, specialising in early years dance and passionate about facilitating a space for children to be their authentic and expressive self. Jonathan is a dance artist who shares a passion for teaching and facilitation and is experienced in creating, devising, performing and producing work with, and for, all ages.

 

Watch Our Little Blue Dot

Two young children dig in a tray of soil and transfer it to their plastic pots.

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