About Cascade
Cascade is an artist's group established to provide participatory arts workshops, projects, events and exhibitions. It is the aim of the group to promote inclusion through engaging local communities in creative activities.
Cascade artists have a strong track record in designing and delivering participatory activities, we are also able to offer high quality design and production services for web sites, video and music.
Into the Light Performance
All images by Nadine Storrer
Into the Light
A Cascade Production
For two nights only 19th and 20th July 2011. (Please note the dates in the Hull Truck brochure are incorrect).
Straight from the “Light Fantastic” project, “Into the Light” explores the hopes, concerns, dreams and ambitions of young people aged 13-25. Through dance, fantastical light infused costumes, stunning visuals and enchanting lighting effects comes a unique snapshot of life for young people, in contemporary Britain.
Tickets £7/£5 concession. To book contact Hull Truck Box Office on 01482 323638 or online at http://www.hulltruck.co.uk/book-tickets (opens in new window)
Play The Game
You can play Mind Games here:
www.cascadearts.org.uk/mind-games/
We’ve also added a walkthrough!
Final days
My last Mind Games meeting is still in session as the project draws to a close. Today has been spent tweaking things and smoothing out any rough bits.
It’s still in various sections at the moment so even though we have seen all parts of it, it will still be a bit of a treat to see it all put together.
There are some little comic moments within it to look forward to and it gives an insight into the minds of those of us that have been working on it. Hopefully it will also give people an idea of what it is like to experience having a mental illness and the common feelings attached to that. I’m glad that we have chosen to be slightly vague about it all though because we didn’t want anything that is too pushy with it’s message. If people do understand more from it or go onto to look at mental illness in more detail then great, but if not it will have just been a great game played!
There is going to be a launch for the game to give it it’s first exposure to players. This will take place at the Kingston Youth Centre in Hull on the 2nd March 
Hopefully this will give us the chance to meet some of the other young people who are behind parts of the game as it has just been the two of us at Cascade HQ working on the main room of the game.
We hope you all enjoy it and the game will be online soon!!
Half Term Workshops
Kingston Youth Centre, Beverley Road. Monday 21st – Friday 25th February
The half-term programme includes:
- Light Fantastic Intro – Come along and find out about the project. Taster session in dance, costume design and a chat about the themes for the project.
- Light Graffiti – play with long photography exposures and draw and write with light!
- Costume Design – work with designer Liz Dees and help to build fantasy costumes for the Light Fantastic performances at Hull Truck.
- Light Dance – explore styles including street dance and contemporary dance with Louisa Ingleson.
- Photoshop Trix – play with the images created during the “Light Graffiti” sessions in Photoshop software.
- Documentary Team – be a part of the documentary team and develop skills in camera work and interviewing.
- Fancy Edits – Media Arts are a central part of the project and will be projected at the performances. Using Final Cut and Resolume software to explore moving image production for image mixing and projection.
- Light Sketching – this session brings together dance, costumes, and media arts and will show just how fantastic the Hull Truck performances will be!
For times and to book places please contact Claire Taylor on 01482 213447 or email claire [at ]cascadearts.org.uk
