{"id":108,"date":"2015-02-10T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T14:23:56","slug":"dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one-third first\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/dance\/heartland\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heartland.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds\">\n<div class=\"nickysays\"><span class=\"firstcharacter\">I<\/span> collaborated with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scarabeus.co.uk\/\">Scarabeus Aerial Theatre<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoco.co.uk\/\">Candoco Dance Company<\/a> to create Heartland, a story of imprisonment and freedom, and the longing for the lands of home and heart \u2013 based on the Minotaur\/Icarus legends. The show toured six outdoor festivals in 2011, playing in my home town of Brighton as well as in Trafalgar Square, London.<br \/>\nWe then re-designed the show to be site specific to celebrate the opening of Platform at the old Hornsey Road Baths, London N7. For this version we commissioned a new, young composer Jude Obermuller to write music for the \u2018Crossing Song\u2019 (as the audience walked to the final site) and then a reprise in \u2018Climb to the Sky\u2019 for the finale.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"453\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/dance\/screen-shot-2015-03-02-at-10-13-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40.png\" data-orig-size=\"200,141\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"choir\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40.png\" class=\" size-full wp-image-453 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40.png\" alt=\"choir\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40.png 200w, http:\/\/nickysinger.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-10.13.40-150x106.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Children\u2019s Choir, singing The Crossing Song.<\/div>\n<p>Reprise and Climb to the Sky \u2013 soundtrack Heartland by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jude-obermuller\">Jude Obermuller<\/a>.<br \/>\n<div class=\"sc_fancy_player_container\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-108-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickysinger.com\/new\/sounds\/heartland.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickysinger.com\/new\/sounds\/heartland.mp3\">http:\/\/www.nickysinger.com\/new\/sounds\/heartland.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"one-third first\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I collaborated with Scarabeus Aerial Theatre and Candoco Dance Company to create Heartland, a story of imprisonment and freedom, and the longing for the lands of home and heart \u2013 based on the Minotaur\/Icarus legends. 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