BRIDGET FISKE

Identity. Lineages. Change. You Tube. Family. Love. Freedom. Expression. Boundaries. Residues. Consequences. Archives. Artefacts. Influence. Health. Happiness. Mind. Body. Spirit. Connection. Knowledge. Education. Equality. Futures. The Music. The Rhythm. The Story. The Relationship. Manchester. Karachi. 
 

In an exciting first-time collaboration.‘On The Hour: Dance Kahanyan’ brings together internationally respected Choreographic and Dance Artists Wahab Shah (Pakistan) and Bridget Fiske (UK), in an essential and celebratory investigation of what dance is and means for various individuals and communities in both urban and rural areas of Pakistan and the UK in 2022. 

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From self-taught breakdancers and Hip Hop archivers, to community Flamenco dancers and Bharatanatyam teachers, from artists on the fringes to those in the mainstream, as well as young people and students creating futures, this project celebrates how people are dancing and contributing to change and development of self and community in their own unique ways.

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Via on-the-ground research, interviews, and creative exchanges in both Karachi and Manchester, as well as community engagement projects this project creates: 

• a new short documentary of process and people that shares the experience of Fiske and Wahab in each other’s cities and brings forward the voices, dances, and experiences of young people, artists, and communities in each place at this moment in time.

• two new short dance films made with young people in rural areas of each country, Cumbria in England and Harsuk in Pakistan.

 

Through this project, Fiske and Shah also delve into an exchange of practices and approaches informed by both their own histories, in order to gestate new creative ideas informing their work with others and each other.