GROUNDWORK

By: The Work Room (Dance)
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  • Summary

  • At The Work Room we know that over the past ten years, a groundswell of artists within our membership have been dedicating their attention and practice to environmental and ecological concerns; climate emergency and activism. Not just in concept or content, but by explicitly interrogating, and altering, ‘the how, the way, the why’ of dancing and making work. The Ground Work working group brought together a working group of six artist members who have been exploring such ecological practice within their artistic work. The selected artists responded to an open call to join the working group in December 2023 ad come together at several points throughout early 2024, with Luke Pell, for a series of group meetings and practical research trips to explore the following questions from the perspective of independent dance artists, their practice and as members of The Work Room: - What does ‘an environmental policy’ mean for independent dance artists in Scotland today and tomorrow? - What does careful resource management look like for us? - What’s unique and/or particular to our needs? How can we make change through acts of reciprocity? - What and how can this be shared across our membership; Glasgow, Scotland and beyond? - What can we do, together, that is tangible, timebound and relevant? This podcast series traces some of that time and shares their findings in a new format for The Work Room. Drafted following a series of conversations and research activities undertaken by the Groundwork working group, they are intended as offers for The Work Room artist-members and the organisation to consider as part of approaches to greener working practices, environmental ethos/policies and sustainability in lieu of the climate emergency.
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Episodes
  • Episode 8: Closing words

    Episode 8: Closing words
    Oct 13 2024

    Following six months of conversation as the Groundwork working group, Amy, Melissa, Hamshya, Penny, Hannah, Emily and Luke sit down together to review actions and offers to share with the membership and an intention setting - as a sort of space for dreaming in or drafting of a manifesto, towards a more embodied approach to climate justice and sustainable working for our members and The Work Room - it's arranged by Sonia Killman, who brilliantly edited this series with us, and designed the beautiful sound that you've heard throughout.

    Download or view a transcript of this podcast episode here

    The Work Room is an artist led membership organisation based in Glasgow, Scotland. Our members are independent artists in Scotland who work in dance, movement or choreography.

    Groundwork was a project by The Work Room, led by artist, facilitator and dramaturg Luke Pell, which brought together a working group of six artist members based across Scotland, who explore ecological practice within their artistic work.

    More on Groundwork:

    • About Groundwork
    • Read the Groundwork Manifesto
    • Meet the Groundwork Artists
    • Listen to the Groundwork Podcast Series

    Groundwork Artists: Amy Dakin Harris, Hamshya Rajkumar, Penny Chivas, Hannah Draper, Melissa Heywood, Emily Nicholl

    Groundwork Facilitator & Podcast Host: Luke Pell

    Editing & Sound Design: Sonia Killmann

    Artwork: Laura Fisher

    Distribution support: Nancy Jacinto

    Produced by The Work Room
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    21 mins
  • Episode 7: Emily Nicholl

    Episode 7: Emily Nicholl
    Oct 12 2024

    Emily talks about circus solidarity, paying attention and, leaning into one another and the reality that could be. Emily shares approaches to nurturing our embodied relationships with our natural surroundings, and centering ecological justice into the how of the practicalities of producing, touring and sharing practice and performance.

    Download or view a transcript of this podcast episode here

    The Work Room is an artist led membership organisation based in Glasgow, Scotland. Our members are independent artists in Scotland who work in dance, movement or choreography.

    Groundwork was a project by The Work Room, led by artist, facilitator and dramaturg Luke Pell, which brought together a working group of six artist members based across Scotland, who explore ecological practice within their artistic work.

    More on Groundwork:

    • About Groundwork
    • Read the Groundwork Manifesto
    • Meet the Groundwork Artists
    • Listen to the Groundwork Podcast Series

    Groundwork Artists: Amy Dakin Harris, Hamshya Rajkumar, Penny Chivas, Hannah Draper, Melissa Heywood, Emily Nicholl

    Groundwork Facilitator & Podcast Host: Luke Pell

    Editing & Sound Design: Sonia Killmann

    Artwork: Laura Fisher

    Distribution support: Nancy Jacinto

    Produced by The Work Room
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    28 mins
  • Episode 6: Hannah Deus Draper

    Episode 6: Hannah Deus Draper
    Oct 11 2024

    Hannah discusses what resources you; what keeps you grounded; bodies, land and being alive in aliveness. Hannah introduces us to the Greendykes Bings, to dealing with scars on the land, asking questions about slower processes in an accelerated world, and how we might find hope in unlikely places.

    Download or view a transcript of this podcast episode here

    The Work Room is an artist led membership organisation based in Glasgow, Scotland. Our members are independent artists in Scotland who work in dance, movement or choreography.

    Groundwork was a project by The Work Room, led by artist, facilitator and dramaturg Luke Pell, which brought together a working group of six artist members based across Scotland, who explore ecological practice within their artistic work.

    More on Groundwork:

    • About Groundwork
    • Read the Groundwork Manifesto
    • Meet the Groundwork Artists
    • Listen to the Groundwork Podcast Series

    Groundwork Artists: Amy Dakin Harris, Hamshya Rajkumar, Penny Chivas, Hannah Draper, Melissa Heywood, Emily Nicholl

    Groundwork Facilitator & Podcast Host: Luke Pell

    Editing & Sound Design: Sonia Killmann

    Artwork: Laura Fisher

    Distribution support: Nancy Jacinto

    Produced by The Work Room
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    27 mins

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