on wed 15th of july negotiationofspace took part in a magical evening of performance at The Rose Garden at the Bradford Playhouse.
The Rose Garden is a quite fantastic installation that ran from the 9th-17th of july, transforming a black room in to a winding maze of wicker, trees and roses which provided hidden performance spaces.
the evening of the 15th was curated by Isabelle Cressy, and included performances/choreograohy by Kip Johnson, Mary Eddowes, Lindy Nsingo, Martha Grover and negotiationofspace.
the evening took was shaped as a guided tour, (directed by Kip Johnson, based on the idea of a national trust tour gone wrong) and it was Dwayne Simm's excellent, excellent, skills as a slightly odd tour guide that pulled the whole evening together. he led the audience around the maze, with facts such as 'the rose needs 5 hours of direct sunlight a day', or asking them to feel how sharp the rose thorns were, whilst leading them to come across 'happenings', such as Martha, suspended in a harness between a cobweb of tights.
negotiationofspace's space included a park bench and a pond. for the event we had focused on the idea of nostalgia, and recreated a photo of us from when we were bridesmaids, age 6, using the original dresses. on the night we wore the dress and played with the idea of childhood.
apparently most people were a little bit freaked out by too very similar looking adults dress in children's' dresses. thats one thing about being a twin. sometimes i forget it freaks people out.
but we had fun unintentionally scaring people and the whole evening was went down well..so watch this space for more Rose Garden events!
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