Dartington Campus choreography student dances from John O’Groats to Land’s End

Friday, 24 October 2008

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Dana MacPherson, a choreography student from University College Falmouth's Dartington Campus, embarked upon a very special kind of journey from John O'Groats to Land's End, on Thursday 23 October. Dana is dancing her way from one end of the country to another in a 1,000-mile epic journey.

Dana has entitled this choreographic extravaganza Licence to Fall and has chosen to dance her way through some of the most scenic sections of this well-travelled route. In addition, she will punctuate her journey with performances at art and dance institutions along the way, starting with the Scottish School of Dance in Dundee.

Dana is fascinated by the idea of moving through space over a more extended period of time than the more usual time-limited steps and structures choreographed for conventional ensembles in the theatre. She is keen to explore a really long journey in the open air, and will ‘fall' through urban and rural landscapes.Her endeavour will form the basis of her third-year Contextual Enquiry Project (CEP), which enables students to undertake work that focuses on the effect of practice upon context, and context upon practice The project will conclude with a solo performance of dance, sound and film to be shown at the Dartington Campus on her return.

Dana will be accompanied by musicians, Conrad Singh and Tamsin Irving, who will also take the opportunity to collaborate and pursue their own individual sound interests. All three artists will take inspiration from each other, as well as the landscape through which they will be travelling. The journey will also be documented through photography and film.

Dana will perform her dance in a suit made from ripstop polymide, created specially for her journey, which will be rain- and wind-proof but will also allow her to move freely; and, in addition let the wind catch the sleeves adding another dimension to her movement. "As the weather carves the land, so will the elements carve my dance," says Dana.

For further information about BA(Hons) Choreography at University College Falmouth's Dartington Campus, visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/choreography, email admissions@dartington.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01803 862224.

In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts to create a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing.

The merger will pave the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall in 2012, creating a Higher Education institution unique to the South West.

University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.

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For further information about this media release, please contact Julia Burdett, Communications Manager, Dartington Campus, University College Falmouth. Telephone: 00 44 (0)1803 861610; or email: j.burdett@dartington.ac.uk

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