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Blueprint

Blueprint is our research and development programme that enables artists to take risks, push boundaries, explore ideas and expand the possibilities of what outdoor arts can be. 

We Break. We Build (Working Title)

Working Boys Club

Shadow & Persona

Poppy Plowman Productions

One Sky

Pagrav Dance Company

GO GRANDAD, GO!

Company DHW

SYNERGY

Mark Smith Productions

John from Hull (Working Title)

Middle Child
A performer wearing all black is moving with a sheer red sheet that is dramatically draped over their face and right arm.

Tell Me [working title]

Sadiq Ali
Performers walk a tall wooden trebuchet wheel through a green park space with a large audience following behind them

Parade – The Giant Wheel

Autin Dance Theatre
Four performers are rehearsing a pieces in a room full of reflective materials around the outside. Two are on a bicycle and sidecar, one is in a wheelchair and the last is behind them on rollerskates.

JOYRIDE

Ockham's Razor and Oily Cart

Garbh

Shyam Dattani

A matriarch stands adorned with her fabric crown. Image is in hues of purple and yellow.

(An Ode To) Sweet Mothers

Initiative.dkf
Moments from first R and D. Performers Jonny Leitch, Tilly Lee-Kronick and Helene Park. Images by Omari ‘Motion’ Carter

Anchored in Air [working title]

Head Over Wheels
In the centre of the images are 2 performers. Laura, a curvy brown skinned Filipino female wheelchair user with an above right knee amputation wearing a plum coloured dress. She is sat in a manual wheelchair. Danielle, a white woman with ginger hair in ponytails is wearing an ochre jumpsuit. Together they create the shape of a starfish. Laura's left arm is stretched outwards and her right arm is clasped around the waist of Danielle. Danielle has her legs spread out midair, her feet are flexed, and her right arm is stretched outwards. They look at each other smiling. Behind them is a sunny urban street with a blue sky. They’re framed by bare-branched trees.

Look Mum, No Hands!

Daryl and Co. and Mimbre Co-Production

Pedal Powered Silly Sideshow: The Water Cycle

Bureau Of Silly Ideas

A performer poses wearing bold and colourful clothes: a red hat with black faux fur band; sunglasses; a multicoloured, mostly pink, paisley silk shirt; a pastel pink overcoat with lilac lining and a silver flower brooch pinned on the lapel; orange striped tie; and blood orange high-waisted trousers with a black belt.

Domesteeque

Patrick Ziza Dance
Colourful bouncy plastic balls fall out of a trap door installed in a wooden grand piano, which is suspended several metres off the ground. You can just catch a glimpse of someone's hands pushing the balls out.

Standing High

Out Of Order
Outdoors at night, someone is smiling and looking up close at a big robotic flower, which has petals made out of lace and bent metal wire is lit by a pink light.Tucked inside is purple felt that resembles more petals.

The Uncommons

Little Lost Robot
A black-and-white photo from rehearsals. A performer is being lifted up by four other performers, with three performers spotting behind them.

A series of attempts to take up space [working title]

Jennifer Jackson with Nickie Miles-Wildin and Kat Joyce
Close-up of giant Hanuman and Ravan wooden puppets.

Ancient Giants R&D

Inspirate
Two performers using an unusual steel apparatus are dancing on it. One is lead back while the other is crouched on it.

Closer to My Dreams R&D

Chad Taylor