Freefall Dance Company, a group of ten dancers with learning disabilities, will perform two pieces, After Luna and Seaside Rendezvous, at Birmingham Hippodrome’s Patrick Studio on 14 and 15 November 2024.
After Luna, a creative response to BRB’s recent world première of Luna, is a choreographic piece for a 180 virtual reality film created earlier this year at Winterbourne House and Gardens. Freefall dancers Hannah Clarke and Luci Miles with dance artist Jenny Murphy have worked over six sessions to bring After Luna to the stage featuring a new generation of dancers from Fox Hollies School.
Seaside Rendezvous, first performed in 2011 and again in 2017, is being revived with additional choreography. Inspired by bygone holidays at the coast and the saucy postcards of Donald Mcgill, the piece captures experiences of seaside holidays from amusement arcades to the fairground, via ice cream sellers and fortune tellers.
Earlier this year, Freefall celebrated its 21st anniversary. In July, the company led workshops with participants from local schools and community centres at BRB’s first summer residency at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and also took part in the People Dancing symposium. In August, Lee and Tom Rogers (BRB’s Creative Content Producer) shared Freefall’s story and most recent digital works with the African Dance and Disability Network JOMBA festival / colloquium in Durban, South Africa.