To The Beat Of A Different Drum 2020

This dance piece was the result of a collaboration between RJC Dance and Yorkshire Dance over an 8 week period under the artistic and choreographic direction of TC Howard. Joe Montague provided musical inspiration and insight and creative support came from  The Saturday Shahck Out Juniors teacher Nilanthie Morton. The Shahck Out Juniors and a group of elders, with a collective age and combined wisdom of a thousand years between them, shared a process of research, writing, improvising, talking and drawing resulting in the creation of a unique piece of intergenerational work, stretching all expectations, which belonged to them.

“We invite you to an unexpected gathering and a meeting of worlds as youths and elders meet in the space that separates them and unites them. There’s a microphone, a drum kit, an opportunity and an exchange of curious minds.Here they chime to the beat of a different drum, rub shoulders, take a risk and go all out to bring themselves and who they are to a unique happening on the dance floor”.