17th July 2017
DancingStrong Movement Lab’s Ila project connected three primary schools to their local museums in Bristol (UK), London (UK), and Flint (USA). Students, classrooms and communities in these areas explored artworks and artefacts with each other through exploration of their local museums. The project involved all participants in the creative process of making dance-performance, linking to the curriculum, and exploration of different collections in the museums. The ILA project resulted in the creation of DancingStrong Movement Lab’s interactive-performance work Found. Found was then performed at the three museums for the wider community and later toured to museums and community centres across southern England.
Creative Team
DancingStrong Movement Lab – for Ila project, the making of ‘Found’
DSML Co-Artistic Directors – Adesola Akinleye & Helen Kindred
Choreographer & Director for this project – Adesola Akinleye
Composer and Musician – Jake Alexander
Dance Artists – Adesola Akinleye, Yaa Appiaj-Badu, Laila Diallo, Harry Fulleylove, Irisz Galuska, Maga Judd
Costume Designer – Kate McStraw
Film and Documentation – Anton Califano, Agnieszka Dilata, Emily O’Boyle, Sharon Joy Treharne, Mark Simmons
Producer – Katy Noakes