Scotland, May I Have This Dance?
A$605
of $500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 11th Jun 2014 at 4:00AM.
This year as part of the Commonwealth Games, the Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival is also being held in Glasgow. A number of youth dance groups from around the world have been selected to participate and perform. Since January this year I have been working very hard with 8 other dancers from Quantum Leap Youth Dance ensemble and choreographer James Batchelor to create a short dance piece, 'Cinders', that we will perform in Glasgow and Bangkok. We have been dancing and creating nearly every Sunday since the beginning of the year plus all day nearly everyday during the school holiday periods. We will be travelling overseas from the 1st to the 14th of July this year.
We are making the most of our international trek, stopping along the way in Thailand for a couple of days to participate in dance workshops and performances with our partner Bangkok dance academy, as well as London to explore the British dance scene. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that has been offered to me and will allow me to combine many of the things I love most- dance, travel, learning new things, meeting new people, the list goes on.
The dance work we have created explores the Utopian complex and many issues that surround it- the contradiction between the impossibility of a Utopia and continuous human progress and improvement. Movement is used as a medium to explore the power, possibilities and limitations of human perception.
Thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia, every dollar you give will be matched up to $500 through their Match: Crowdfunding for the Independent Arts Sector initiative. However, due to what is called the 'all or nothing' framework, my $500 target must be reached in order for the funds to be matched.
We are making the most of our international trek, stopping along the way in Thailand for a couple of days to participate in dance workshops and performances with our partner Bangkok dance academy, as well as London to explore the British dance scene. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that has been offered to me and will allow me to combine many of the things I love most- dance, travel, learning new things, meeting new people, the list goes on.
The dance work we have created explores the Utopian complex and many issues that surround it- the contradiction between the impossibility of a Utopia and continuous human progress and improvement. Movement is used as a medium to explore the power, possibilities and limitations of human perception.
Thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia, every dollar you give will be matched up to $500 through their Match: Crowdfunding for the Independent Arts Sector initiative. However, due to what is called the 'all or nothing' framework, my $500 target must be reached in order for the funds to be matched.
How The Funds Will Be Used
The travel costs for our international tour amount to $6100. Your funds will most likely be used to help with flight costs and domestic travel however if my initial fundraising target is by far exceeded the surplus shall be used to cover other costs such as:
Accommodation in Bangkok, London, and Glasgow
Domestic travel within Bangkok and the UK
Development workshops
Workshops, tourist activities and performance in Bangkok and London
CYDF festival registration fees
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at CYDF 10–12 July.
Share of some other costs of running the project including QL2 staff
Travel insurance
Accommodation in Bangkok, London, and Glasgow
Domestic travel within Bangkok and the UK
Development workshops
Workshops, tourist activities and performance in Bangkok and London
CYDF festival registration fees
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at CYDF 10–12 July.
Share of some other costs of running the project including QL2 staff
Travel insurance
The Challenges
This will be the first time I've performed in so many completely unfamiliar environments, which I believe will be quite unnerving but also very exciting. I have no idea what to expect from a dance tour, and I am sure complications will arise that would not be so much of an issue at home due to the unpredictability of travel. We have very organised coordinators of this trip who will be with us the whole way and I'm sure we can handle what's thrown at us.
A Virtual Hug :) This reward applies to all of the following ones as well
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
A huge thank you and a public acknowledgement on the QL2 facebook page of your contribution towards making this tour happen!
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Jun 14
News flash! The latest and greatest news from the project. I'll update you via e-mail as to what's been happening- our activities, challenges, recent highlights, and if you have any questions about how the project is going/ what stage in the creative process we're at I'd be more than happy to answer them.
2 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
A signed photo with a personal message of thanks for your wonderful help!
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
I will of course be taking many photos of the wonderful sights I'll see on this tour and for this reward I will personally make you an A4 or A3 (whichever your preference) handmade collage of the best photos I will take overseas. Hopefully it will give you a glimpse of the experience you've funded :)
2 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
A happy dance video, of me, just for you :D
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
Ever wanted to learn to dance or expand on your dance vocabulary? This reward is a 1 hr dance workshop! There are a few ways this workshop could take place: *A video tutorial *At your dance school with friends (providing that it is in Canberra and I have permission to use the space for free). I am also open to suggestions as to available spaces e.g. park, club, hall OR I understand a workshop may be hard to organise in which case I will send you a drawing of a dancer as I also love to draw!
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 14
A souvenir from my travels! Who knows what this reward will be....? An exotic food? A strange piece of clothing? The Loch ness Monster? There's certainly an element of primary school fete Lucky Dip Stall to this one. I'll try to make the souvenir as unique and interesting as possible :)
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Jul 14
All of the above PLUS a dance choreographed for you! Indeed, for this amount I will film myself performing a short dance phrase choreographed by yours truly. It will be my own way of expressing my gratitude; through the medium of abstract contemporary dance. If you'd like to, you could tell me a wee bit about yourself to give me inspiration for the choreography. The exciting part is neither you nor I know what the nature of this dance will be yet, but it's sure to be interesting!
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 14