Movement Playspace

Returning to The Dance Space! Join Paul Smith and Bela Emerson for a dynamic exploration of relationships and interactions between live music and embodied movement / dance. Informed by the 5Rhythms map and musical improvisation, this is an invitation to play, drop into your senses, and deepen your dance practice. 

We will work with silence, with music, with movement and with stillness. The music will be responsive, spacious, and attuned to the movement - expect multilayers of cello, live loops, percussion, electronics, and more.

This is a held space for exploration and is suitable for people of all abilities.

Bela Emerson: Bela is a highly experienced, skilled, and versatile improvising cellist. She uses her beautiful instrument’s full sonic and emotional range to hold and build creative and connective space, for people to explore and be immersed in connected playfulness in the moment. www.belaemerson.com/arts-council-england-dycp/

Paul Smith: Paul is an accredited teacher of the 5Rhythms, improvising with percussion and electronic music. He is also a dancer and DJ with more than two decades of experience of conscious dance. 5rhythmswithpaul.com

Bios provided by the artist.