GDance has partnered with National Trust property Hidcote Manor Garden and Ballet Cymru to create an inclusive production in July 4-7 2013.

This pioneering dance performance will take place in Hidcote Manor Garden in Gloucestershire this summer.

It will feature a cast of 13 professionals, including 3 disabled dancers, and 50 local dancers.

The open-air work will be choreographed to fit the surroundings of the unique National Trust property near Chipping Campden. The music will also be specially commissioned.

After its Cotswolds premiere, the show, called Stuck in the Mud, will go on tour to Blackfriars Priory in Gloucester, and to a National Trust property near Newport in Wales. A European tour is envisaged in 2014.

The venture is made possible by a unique collaboration between the National Trust, Cheltenham Festivals, and two dance organisations that share a commitment to work with disabled dance artists: Ballet Cymru and GDance.

Choreographed by renowned disabled choreographer Marc Brew, the show will consist of an hour-long dance experience at Hidcote, performed two to three times per day from July 4-7.

It aims to reinforce positive impressions of the talents of disabled people, as evidenced in the 2012 Paralympics.

Marc has created dance all over the world. He was guest collaborator and media spokesperson for the London handover ceremony at the Beijing Olympics, and was hailed in Time Out magazine as ‘the best of the new breed of London’s rising dance talent’.

Local community dance groups and schools are being invited to apply to take part – more than 50 dancers are needed to back up the professionals.

Could you be one of them?

If you are interested in finding out more contact Helen Crocker


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