Light Fantastic
Light Fantastic is a new combined arts project, involving dance, light art, costume design and media arts. It is an opportunity for young people aged 13-25 to work with experienced artists, and be involved in a production which will be showcased at the Hull Truck Theatre in July this year. The project is an exploration and celebration of the hopes, concerns, ambitions and expectations of local young people.
Through dance and by creating fantastical light infused costumes, the young people will create light sculpture. There will be a strong media arts element to the project. Artists, in partnership with young people will use film to create visuals for projection. Documentary film techniques will also be used in order to examine areas central to the young people experiences of life in contemporary Britain. There will be emphasis on representing this in a visually rich and positive way. There are opportunities for the young people to script these ideas, and film them in a TV studio environment, with appropriate lighting and sound. By forming a new technology partnership, we also plan to arrange a visit to BEA Systems in order that young people can create moving images for projection using a high speed camera. This technique reveals a new sense of the nature of movement. By capturing at 100 plus frames per second, film can be played in “hyper slow motion” and we see more than is apparent to the naked eye.
Light Fantastic Photography
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These images made up the photography exhibition at Hull Truck Theatre. You can buy prints from our Etsy shop. All the proceeds raised will go to support the work of Cascade in the community.
Into the Light Installation Images
Clare Lynn has uploaded some great photos of the stage installation she designed for the performance.
http://www.clarelynn.co.uk/untitled-gallery-40544/
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)
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
