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JOB VACANCY
We are seeking a part-time Project Co-ordinator for ‘Little Boxes of Memories’, a new programme which uses innovative techniques to communicate the lived heritage experiences of marginalised and hard-to-reach elders to young people who have profound and complex disabilities. Closing date: 22 February 2012.
The ‘Little Boxes of Memories’ programme is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and Lewisham Hospital Arts Committee, and delivered in partnership with Museum of London.
Full job and project descriptions and the application form are available here:
Entelechy Application Form
Little Boxes Job Description
Little Boxes Project Description
Letters to Londrina
An exploratory exchange begins with our sister company Casa das Fases in Brazil.
Entelechy’s south London-based Elders are beginning a multi-sensory correspondence with their peers in Londrina to share their longings, passions and uncover points of contact.
Follow the story on David’s blog.
21st Century Tea Dances
Our experimental programme returned in March to bring the 21st Century Tea Dance experience live to our audiences in home and community settings. Co-curated by The Spitz, a ground-breaking event on 29 March 2011 at Manley Court Nursing Centre hosted live jazz in residents’ bedrooms and ballroom dancing in their corridors with world-class musicians from Ronnie Scott’s.
We also brought a live VJ, Caribbean storytelling and a rocking band to Deptford Mission for our Tea Dance there on 17 March. “The most fantastic day I’ve had,” said one elderly participant.
On 9 April, our company members showed the results of their work with Upswing aerial company at a special circus-themed Tea Dance at The Albany. Ida Barr was back, our own Rosie and artist Zena Edwards brought tears to everybody’s eyes performing heartfelt poetry, and Manley Court’s own resident Frank Sinatra brought the house down, singing from his wheelchair with teenager rockers The Nearly Perfect.
Big Chair Little Chair
The event took place on July 9th at the Southbank, as part of the Big Dance “Dancing stAGE”, which brought together 150 older Londoners. Entelechy’s piece was choreographed by Stella Howard from The Southbank Centre and Rebecca Swift. It included the participation of six year-old children from Baring Primary School, members of Entelechy’s elders company, “Seven Ages”, and frail older people from Morton House.
Dancing in the Moonlight
continued Entelechy’s groundbreaking programme of Tea Dances for the 21st Century. The event featured the launch of Big Chair/ Little Chair dances choreographed by Southbank choreographer in residence Gauri Sharma Tripathi , six year-olds from Baring Primary School and members of Entelechy’s elders company. The packed audience included over fifty homebound older people who enjoyed a two course meal in the Albany before the show. The event was jointly supported by Lewisham’s Homebound Library Service, Southbank Centre, The Albany and Montage Theatre Arts.
An Afternoon/Evening in the Company of Will Gaines
Thursday 22 October, 3pm and 7.30pm
Entelechy Arts Older Peoples’ company in association with the Albany presents a very special event.
Legendary, 82 year old jazz hoofer Will Gaines headlines an incredible line-up including 17 year old hip hop harmonica boy Leon Maddy, Jive Five, a vintage Bollywood act and Montage’s Suppertropers. Enjoy them join in and dance the rest of the night away to the jazz quintet, the Jive Five.
Albany Theatre, Douglas Way, Deptford, London, SE8
Box Office 0208692 4446
Haringey
We continue to make and produce work. Since Lattice we have worked with over 50 older and younger artists from Noel Park in Haringey. In July we staged an event in Wood Green Central Library producing an eclectic mix of health living soap opera, Bollywood Chair Dance and Street Dance Bollywood style. Members of the Seven Ages Company took part in the Dance Mob event at the Southbank Centre in late August and the Bollywood Chair Dance was reprised in central London for a Well London Conference at Congress House. The Seven Ages company have started a long term conversation with the Southwark based young people’s company ReAct with an inter-generational workshop in the Royal Festival Hall. Seven Ages and are now preparing to host their next large-scale performance event: An afternoon/evening in the company of Will Gaines. The show includes the older chair dancers from Haringey.
People
Sybil’s granddaughter Aisa stands centre stage at the beginning of “Lattice” (Seven Ages Company Albany Theatre June 2009) She breaks the silence. “I am pausing. I am deep in thought” Collectively as a company we are pausing. We are deep in thought. We have just finished an extraordinarily productive eighteen months. From the Market project working with young people who have complex disabilities on a multi-media heritage exhibition to the Big Chair Dance involving 250 older performers from 12 London Boroughs we have continued to meet and work with new participants, artists and audiences. Entelechy is becoming an extraordinary collection of people. Gathering ‘tribes’ of Londoners who have very different backgrounds and life experiences; working people who want to come together collectively to unlock their creative potential is at the core of our work. We are building long-tem, sustained relationships with people working both intimately in front rooms and kitchens and expansively performing to audiences of thousands in major arts venues.