Maiden Voyage Dance is celebrating the conclusion of the first phase of Belfast Movement Choir. Re-Emergence, screened at the Strand Arts Centre on Thursday 23 June was the culmination of over two years of work by 100 participants from the Belfast Movement Choir, which brought five groups of women and girls from across the city […]
We are delighted to be performing with Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble on Friday 17 June at 7.30pm at Queen’s University Belfast Sonic Arts Research Centre This is the second (of many we hope!) collaborations between Maiden Voyage and Hard Rain and and we will be performing with the last piece in the evenings programme, Schoenberg’s Chamber […]
Somatic movement education explores the creative and transformative aspects of movement and lived body experience. Somatic work aims to explore how moving from the felt experience of the living body can stimulate creativity and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. BODY STORIES In this programme we will develop our somatic movement through experiential anatomy and imagery, with […]
Last night we ran our final Maiden Voyage Belfast Movement Choir session. Our groups from across Belfast have spent this week reflecting on the project after two days of performance for a final dance film, Re-emergence, filmed in Ormeau Park on Sunday 8th May directed by Jennifer Rooney. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and […]
We are inviting women across the city to join us for the final term of the Maiden Voyage Dance Belfast Movement Choir. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, this is an intergenerational project which focuses on movement for health and wellbeing for women aged 18 and above across Belfast. The Movement Choir has groups in […]
Put a bit of magic into your weekend as MORF goes digital! Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March at QFTPlayer MORF, created by David Ogle with a score by Brian Irvine explores the magical in the everyday, as two dancers find themselves embarking on a ‘suit safari’ creating familiar animals from their suit […]