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Flight: Enchanting choreography, childlike imagination and nostalgia

11 February 2022

This multi-sensory dance film blends the performance space and the digital dimension. A young hero-in-the-making attempts to defy gravity through the power of imagination and dance. One of eight short films featuring innovation in visualising dance - for Dance Passion 2022.

Flight

A young child attempts to defy gravity through the power of imagination and dance.

Step inside the imaginative and playful world of childhood, as a young hero-in-the-making attempts to defy gravity in their very own living room. Combining choreography and a 1990s aesthetic, we are transported back in time to a place flooded by the sights and sounds we once knew.

Our actions were uninhibited, possibilities seemed endless, and everything was both fresh and fascinating.

Childhood nostalgia. A period in our lives when our actions were uninhibited, possibilities seemed endless, and everything was both fresh and fascinating. Spring-boarding from the early memories of the film’s creators, Ciaran Haggerty and Jennifer Rooney, this original short explores that most universal theme: a child’s desire to fly.

One of fourteen short films and interactive projects that explore innovative ways of capturing and experiencing dance. Part of Dance Passion, a celebration of dance from across the UK.

Innovation in dance

What is Dance Passion?

This is one of fourteen short films and interactive projects that explore innovative ways of capturing and experiencing dance, as part of Dance Passion - a landmark celebration of the world-class dance throughout February and March 2022. Â鶹ԼÅÄ Arts, in partnership with One Dance UK and supported by the Arts Council, bring you unique perspectives on the creative forces in dance, and spotlight innovation in choreography and performance.

Rambert performing in Plymouth for Dance Passion

Highlights include:-

  • Josie d’Arby and Karim Zeroual present five hour-long programmes of dance as a boxset on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer, and a special highlights programme on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four;
  • Performances by thirty-two companies, recorded in ‘dance hubs’ across the country;
  • Exclusive first screening of excerpts from Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet;
  • World premiere of Corey Baker's thrilling new film, Dance Race;
  • Fourteen short films and interactive projects exploring innovative ways to experience dance.

Dance Passion on iPlayer

  • Highlights

    Josie d’Arby and Karim Zeroual with selected highlights from Dance Passion, including Birmingham Royal Ballet's Don Quixote.

  • Leeds

    Karim Zeroual presents from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, featuring Akram Khan, Vale School of Dance, Balbir Singh Dance Company, Phoenix Dance and more.

  • London

    Josie d’Arby presents Dance Passion 2022 from Sadler’s Wells in London, with exclusive performances from Ballet Black, Patience J Collective, The Royal Ballet and more.

  • Coventry

    Josie d’Arby and Karim Zeroual shine a spotlight on dance in the Midlands, brought to you from Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry,

  • Plymouth

    Josie d’Arby visits the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s production and learning centre TR2 to shine a spotlight on the UK dance scene, with a focus on what’s on offer in the South West.

  • Around the UK

    Includes National Dance Company Wales, and Scottish Ballet's Starstruck. Presented by Josie d’Arby & Karim Zeroual. Available 29 March on iPlayer.

Exclusive world premiere from Corey Baker

  • Dance Race

    From ballet to ballroom, sky-diving to car-eography, it’s a thrilling race to the finish in Corey Baker's stunning new film showing exclusively on Dance Passion.

Dance Passion 2022: Short films displaying innovation in dance