The Place

Bloomsbury Festival works annually with over 100 local organisations and individuals to celebrate the range of art and culture to be experienced in and around Bloomsbury.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 Oct
Rosemary Lee
Square Dances
Free outdoor event - Queen Square WC1

Following its premiere in Dance Umbrella 2011, an extract of Work Place artist Rosemary Lee's Square Dances will be restaged as part of the Festival. 22 students from London Contemporary Dance School will appear in Queen Square at intervals throughout the morning. The quietness and reverie of the square will be punctuated briefly by intense, intricate, yet fleeting solos performed to audience members seated on the benches. Each solo is distinctive to the dancer and made specifically for the square and its visitors.

Square Dances is commissioned and produced by Dance Umbrella in association with Rosemary Lee Projects and Artsadmin.
Supported by The Place and repeated with the kind permission of Dance Umbrella.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 Oct
Dancing Around The Place
Young dancers from The Place's Children and Youth Dance Programme plus the Adult Performance Company will be performing surprise 'pop-up' dances in a number of squares and other locations, interacting with their surroundings.

These performances culminate with In Large Numbers, a grand finale with live music taking place in Russell Square on Sunday 23 at 5pm. You can take part in the grand finale by learning sections of the choreography in a workshop at The Place on Sunday.

To book a free workshop please contact Bloomsbury Festival on
020 7713 0350. 

Sat 22 Oct 2pm
Darshan Singh Bhuller
Caravaggio: Exile and Death
An opportunity to glimpse the progress of Darshan Singh Bhuller's latest work in an exclusive open rehearsal at The Place prior to performances in the Robin Howard Dance Theatre from Wed 9 - Sat 12 Nov .

To book tickets for this rehearsal visit www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk

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