Spring – 2020
Surge are hosting a series of free performance workshops and showings relating to our Spring residency programme. .
These workshops and showings are open to all and will take place at our rehearsal space on the 2nd Floor, 51 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 7HF. Please email Melanie Jordan at melanie@surge.scot if you have any questions or to book your free place, or call the office on 0141 248 6910
| Emma Brierly – My Body My Voice WORKSHOP: Wednesday 12th February, 11.30am – 1pm SHOWING: Friday 14th February, 4pm Emma is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on the notion of home, social inclusion and equality. Collaborating in the UK and internationally with circuses, farmers, activists, dancers and pensioners alike to create visual art / performance and installations both political and absurd. In 2019 she set up Temporary Commons as a home for her freelance and collaborative work. My Body My Voice 2D puppet making workshop exploring our relationships with our bodies. This workshop was devised in collaboration with Pakistani puppeteer Yamina Peerzada and first shared with participants at Women of the World Festival in Perth, Scotland, then Rafi Peer Puppet Theatre in Lahore, Pakistan. |
| Joy Jin, Melody Fu, Zhuoer Lin, Jo-Lee – Dream WORKSHOP: Wednesday 19th February, 11.30am – 1pm SHOWING: Friday 21st February, 4pm The group includes Joy Jin, Melody Fu, Zhuoer Lin, and Jo-Lee French as collective performers and deviserswith a main focus on contemporary and physical theatre. Melody Fu and Zhuoer Lin received their have experience in performance making with materials; Joy Jin and Jo-Lee French are trained physical performers with rich collaborative experiences. We all come from different background and we believe physical movement is a universal language to communicate with the world. We are exploring the presentation of memoryand mental healthin both defined and abstract status, the boundaries between the exposed and hidden emotions. Workshop attendees are encouraged to think about a memorable dream. And we, as collaborative performers, with the participants of the workshop, will create physical images (with sound and bodies) to reimagine and represent that inner world. Ultimately, we hope to extract these memories and to compose a story that speaks to all of us with connections built throughout the workshop. |
