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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED ON BEACHES AROUND THE UK FOR DANNY BOYLE’S ARMISTICE DAY COMMISSION ACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS TOOK PART IN A UK-WIDE GESTURE OF REMEMBRANCE MARKING THE CULMINATION THE ARMISTICE CENTENARY, WITH EVENTS IN WEYMOUTH AND LYME REGIS On 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people took part in Pages of the Sea […]
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Private Stanley McDougall VC and Rifleman Kulbir Thapa VC, who served in the First World War, will be commemorated in large-scale sand portraits for Danny Boyle’s Armistice commission Pages of the Sea in Dorset. On Sunday 11 November, the public is invited to assemble at one of thirty-two beaches around the UK and the Republic […]
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Activate Performing Arts will be part of Pages of the Sea, Danny Boyle’s commission for 14-18 NOW to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. On 11 November 2018, the public is invited to gather on beaches across the UK for an informal, nationwide gesture of remembrance for the men and women who left their home […]
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A Short Walk through the Chilterns April 2018 ‘Mist-walking makes you think more. Is there a landscape? Is it all imagination? Who defines it? Ten sentences, fifteen perspectives. Notes for the future, notes for the now?’ By Adam Stout, artist and participant One rather misty weekend in April saw the coming together of creative minds, […]
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Using Sea Music as inspiration Rosalind Conlon, Activate’s Dance Producer commissioned professional choreographer Sophie Nüzel to work with a group of volunteer participants of all ages (age12-70 years) and together they devised a piece created by listening to the sounds of the sea and the stories it has to tell.
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Enjoy this selection of photos from Bournemouth Arts By The Sea Festival where Sense of Unity performed the festival finale.
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Explore: Outdoor Arts in the Landscape- Activate, AUB & And Now: Residency
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Inside Out Dorset News
We received feedback from audience members who attended the Wayfaring event at Littlebredy, telling us they had been affected by the themes that And Now had explored: farming, consumption, our connection to the earth and our landscape and mass-market food production. We are pleased to announce that Wayfaring was just the beginning of a longer […]
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Life Cycles and Landscapes brings together Activate, And Now: and Landscapes for Life* to explore the ancient 400 mile Icknield Way as an inspiration for an ambitious new large-scale artistic work The Way; professional development focused on the landscape; and a strategic agree
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Read extracts from the Production & Marketing Assistant’s Diary; a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes on just how much work goes into staging a performance. Samantha Gillingham was awarded a coveted place as Activate’s Projects and Promotions Assistant through the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary Scheme Burn The Curtain The Company of Wolves The week of […]
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Artists in progress – an update on Activate supported artists and projects they are working on:
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Inside Out Dorset News
25th January 2016 Inside Out Dorset Festival ‘Hengistbury Headlines’ – Line Up Revealed 8 UK artists – selected from a total of 80 applications – have been awarded commissions, to create new artworks exploring climate change at the event: Hengistbury Headlines, as part of Activate’s Inside Out Dorset Festival this September. Artists selected are: Arbonauts […]
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