LIVING BOOK ABOUT DANCEPOEMS

I have created a Living Book about dancepoetry, as part of my ongoing efforts to enrich contemporary poetry with new art forms and diverse voices. It is not a manifesto and it not a manual for dancepoems. Rather, I seek to promote the emergent nature of this fascinating new genre, create conversation and excitement around it and share inspirational practice. Join the community! The book is freely available from HERE.

celestial dialogues in dancepoems

I am fascinated by celestial bodies and have collaborated with dancers and musicians to create dancepoems about the Moon, Sun and Earth. More information about the project is HERE.

More about Eleni's work is here: http://www.eleni-cay.com/ More about Roberta's work is here: https://robertastepankova.com/ The poem is from Eleni Cay's pamphlet 'A Small Love Dictionary Of Untranslatable Japanese Words', published by Eyewear Publishing, UK. https://store.eyewearpublishing.com/collections/eyewear-20-20-aviator-pamphlet-series
A Poetic Behind the Scenes of the Dancepoem Earth/Moon Diglossia. With Ed Swift, in Manchester, 2016.
Note to viewers: This video contains the song called Ghada's Dream which is copyrighted by PLG UK Classics. As a result, ads might appear with this video which I have no control of, I do not monetize any of my videos. If you wish to see the written poem please click on subtitles.

My poem 'Des larmes sur une pierre humide' has been adopted for a beautiful dance performance in France. The poem is a call for humanity and was translated from Slovak to French by Anna Franova-Visnovska. Watch the moving choreography made by the talented NJ Movie, danced by a group of French students from #Strasbourg. Is there a better way for poems to cross borders?

A dancepoem choreographed by Chris Bradley.

For Behind the Scenes and more on Dancepoems, see: https://youtu.be/B-UXvP3_7V8 For more information on Cloud Aerial Arts visit: http://cloudaerialarts.co.uk/ For more amazing music, check out YouTube Channel: The Theorist
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Dancepoem, with Ed Swift, Dual Focus Media and Cloud Aerial Arts in Manchester. Music provided by The Theorist (Jessie Ware's piano cover).