Collisions

Collisions is an annual festival of practice-research in theatre and performance, hosted by the Research Degrees Programme @CSSDLondon

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To finish the day, we have a performance by Hawiyya Dance, a company that uses traditional Palestinian dance as a mode of resistance

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As well as time, the participants notes that space, place and improvisation all played a role in determining their work during the pandemic

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To round up the presentations, @DrMarZaroulia facilitates a panel discussion on the work presented today. She’s observed that themes of time and relationship building are crucial in practice

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@DuskaRados reflects back to working in lockdown, and how everything had completely changed. Our typical markers of time disappeared, or merged into others. Working in these conditions gave rise to parallel narratives

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After the film, the three women share their stories with us, and some of their work. They read poems they wrote during lockdown, and reflect their lived experience

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Central PhD candidate @Hayeslaughton discusses her practice working with refugee and asylum seeking women as part of a weekly drama group

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Along with 3 members of the drama group, Rebecca shares a short film they made during lockdown

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Jane then discusses the methodology of creating an activity pack for the detainees. Illustrations of dance and yoga moves were carefully selected after their success in the face-to-face workshops

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Next we’re hearing from @janemunroDANCE, a @CSSD_Research faculty member. She’s presenting, “De-stress Through Movement: a music in detention project”

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Co-authorship is also an important aspect of this work.