Spaces Between
(2005) was a live performance project which formed part
of a three year collaborative project with Newham Sixth
Form College, CandoCo Dance Company and the education
team at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The ongoing
project Spaces Between is designed to chart the changing
face of the Royal Festival Hall building as it undergoes
major renovation.
As artistic
director of East London Dance’s Integrated Dance
Company, Jo worked with 13 dancers aged 18 –
90 and collaborated with co-choreographers Laura Davies
and Kelly Davidson to animate the Royal Festival Hall.
The piece explored the notion of transition
in a building in transition. Dancers depicted the
transitional moments in life – birth, marriage,
parenthood and death and explored the transitional
spaces in the building – the “spaces between”.
Costumes were designed and created
by Louise West and students from NewVIc and music
was created by Robert Wells and Femi Akinyemi.
