Solo Performance Commissioning Project
About next year's Project
| Location | Findhorn, Scotland |
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| Time | Wednesday 29 August – Friday 7 September 2012 |
| Price | Commission fee (to include one meal per day) £1100 |
| More details | Travel to and from Findhorn and accommodation are additional | To apply | Please contact ID (click on name) if you are interested in registering for the SPCP 2012 The Project Description is downloadable from this page and gives the criteria of attendance. We advise you to also visit Deborah Hay’s website here. |
ID is delighted to continue its working relationship with pioneering and award winnning choreographer Deborah Hay by producing this, the ninth UK SPCP, in collaboration with Bodysurf Scotland. The project is located in the focused rural setting of Findhorn in the North of Scotland and is a unique opportunity for mature professional performers to work with this renowned experimental artist over 10 days.
What is it?
The Solo Performance Commissioning Project (SPCP) involves 20 dance artists who commission the same solo dance choreographed by Deborah Hay. They are guided and coached by Deborah Hay in the performance of the solo during a 10-day period in a residency setting. At the conclusion of the residency, each participant signs a contractual agreement to a daily solo practice of the new piece, for a minimum of three months before their first public performance.
What is unique about the SPCP is that the dance artists must raise the commissioning fee from within his/her community. This becomes the selection process by which a performer attends the SPCP. Community, whether family, friends, local, state, or national grant-giving agencies, or corporations, become the patrons for each dance. All patrons will receive acknowledgment every time the solo is performed by any of the participating dance artists.
Please download the Project Description document on this page for more information.