Folk Discovery – Research and Development Days

Call-out for artists: towards a cross-cultural creative learning programme

5 & 6 November 2019, 10am – 6pm

Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY

The English Folk Dance and Song Society is developing a new project to explore, share and create artistic connections between English traditional folk music and dance, and folk traditions originating from outside Europe.

As the first stage in the project, we are seeking artists from a range of backgrounds to work together for two days to explore ideas and material towards developing new cross-cultural creative learning projects with young people in schools.

We are looking for artists who are:

• Practitioners in English or non-European folk music or dance traditions
• Singers, instrumentalists or dancers
• Established in their own artistic practice
• Committed educators with experience of working with young people in schools
• Excited about cross-cultural and cross-artform collaboration
• Enthusiastic about sharing practice and developing new hybrid forms
• Live and work in England
• Available for both days (5 & 6 November), 10am – 6pm

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