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There has been, white brollies and boiler suits, shire horses, bagpipes & jazz. Ice cream vans.

There may yet be...

This year, the ICD will be taking over Briggate to create an Extravaganza that lasts the whole night. Come to Briggate between 6pm and midnight, to become a part of it.

Go on, risk it for a biscuit...

Last Updated : ( 06 September 2007 )

Public Arts

Latest :

The ICD is helping 'Public Arts' - a company based in Wakefield - with its' re-launch and re-naming ceremonials at the end of January 2007...

Check here soon for their new name and further proposed performance spin-offs from the Launch Jigsaw that the ICD has designed for the event...

Last Updated : ( 09 January 2007 )

Side Show Number 1

Seven 10 minute sections dedicated to the audience...

Booking Now : Theatre in the Mill @ Bradford, 16 - 18 November 2006, ( 7:30 for 7:45 pm start )

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MUSIC / DANCING / DISCUSSION / CONTEMPLATION & probably a little chaos

Broadly titled, the themes and variations of choice for this first SIDESHOW are :

INTRO / BOXING RING
PRECARIOUS BALANCE
CHANCE
CONTEMPLATION
EXTRAVAGANZA
MENTAL BLACK HOLE
CRAZY DANCING

The explanations and explorations of each of these sections will be detailed in the Introduction.

A Precarious Balance of musical and physical forces will then proceed. Chance will pose a question and see where it leads. The Extravaganza will follow a 20 minute interval and will involve a degree or two of transformation. There will more than likely be some film / projection in the Mental Black Hole... and hopefully the Crazy Dancing will speak for itself.

Don't be afraid. We won't attempt to hurt or humiliate anyone. There is enough of that going on in the world already. We intend to form seven 10 minute sections around themes and variations drawn from the ICD's researches into PERSUASION over the past two years.

The project began at Theatre in the Mill in October 2004 and returns via several further PERSUASIONS and TREASURE HUNTS.

The ICD is an international and irreverent collective of thinkers, do-ers, dancers, musicians, artists, builders and clowns. It specialises in creating extraordinary and compelling site-specific events through which the audience become integral to the work.

The Institute is constantly seeking ways and means to produce work that engages and excites people. They are always on a treasure hunt; the work is always collaborative and exploratory. It is a devising process. SIDESHOW #1 will feature Stevie Goodwin and Jason Hird attempting to present themselves and the ICD in the here and now, from close, far, up, down, and all around; keeping their wits about them and always crossing with the Green Man...

The theatrical characters Lord Tony Rigoletto and Sir Peter Skylord may well make an appearance...

Breathe in - and - breathe out... Please wear comfortable shoes...

( May contain traces of other nuts )

PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE : 01274 233 200... LIMITED TICKETS...

Last Updated : ( 08 November 2006 )

Persuasion

Persuasion ( Phase 3 ) - The Institute For Crazy Dancing

The cliché or most obvious manifestation of possibility for Phase 3 would be a bar or club at which audiences and performers would attend from across Europe (and beyond): to experience the on-going and developing work-in-progress. This is not to be dismissed.

However, The Institute could be a ' travelling circus ', a series of permanent installations in different locations, or an opera ( of sorts )...

The work is a devising process

The parameters shift. The challenge lies in drafting tangible structures for long-term development – charting courses, sailing close to the wind and also working with prevailing conditions...

Last Updated : ( 30 October 2006 )

The Conceptual Ball

Persuasion ( Phase 2 ) - The Conceptual Ball

This will be a hub of conceptual material accompanied by a team of collaborators, practical expressions / applications and intentions. The Ball will be applicable to multiple situations, forms and sites of production. It will – more than likely - manifest itself into an event / performance / ball, at some stage...

Phase 2 will also see a lengthy period of nomadic explorations, nationally and internationally.
Taking "The Ball" to festivals, galleries, spaces and places in order to develop and refine marketing, material and concept. Alongside live and time-based works, further collaborations and explorations in image, text, music, and on the web will take place.

Last Updated : ( 30 October 2006 )

Little Conversations

Persuasion (Phase 1) - The Little Conversations

The Little Conversations aim to craft a team of contributing artists and performers, fabricate an aesthetic and rough draft of ideas and physical material, and put in place systems and structures for marketing and audience development. Little conversations with audiences, producers, performers, journalists, etcetera are expected to fuel and continue throughout the project.

This phase of the project is in its 10th month. Six of the nine scheduled parts have been undertaken or are in development.

PERSUASION ( Parts 1 & 2 ) – Bradford, London and Leeds, Launch Night – Halifax, and Treasure Hunt – Bracknell, have all employed basic building materials, masquerade, gentle but full audience participation, choreography, baking, precarious balances, consideration of extremes and absurdities and have all opened up dynamic lines of communication. Continuing analysis and evaluation of the work will take place before the final part of Phase 1 is undertaken.

This will be the first draft of the Conceptual Ball...

Last Updated : ( 30 October 2006 )

Over-View

We´re in stage 1 of a 3 stage process. There´s more to come...

The newly constituted project : The Institute For Crazy Dancing intends to focus upon the continued development and expansion of the structured improvisation around the broad theme : Persuasion.

The work of the ICD creates links between academic, practical and theoretical experiences and research into devising live performance. The work is a devising process, it is a long-term speculation in the art of Persuasion – as a motivation to action and engagement in the fabrication of a theatre which is genuinely inspiring and illuminating.

The project is divided into three phases which provide trajectories and structures for the process to evolve through.

The 3 phases of the work are titled :

Little Conversations
The Conceptual Ball
The Institute For Crazy Dancing

It is a 5 to 7 year work-in-progress...

Last Updated : ( 30 October 2006 )

ICD - Video Highlights

ICD The Movie - Take A Peek Inside

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The ICD is an international and irreverent collective of thinkers, do-ers, dancers, musicians, artists, builders and clowns. It specialises in creating absurd, surreal, extraordinary and compelling site-specific events through which the audience become integral to the work. The ICD is constantly seeking new ways and means to produce work that engages, entertains and excites people. They are always on the hunt for the treasure. The work is always collaborative and exploratory. It is a devising process.

Fabricating structures to form counterpoint and frame reality. Crafting connections – of great value in themselves – but also with a view to expanding a wide and varied membership of a devising process titled : The Institute For Crazy Dancing. With a view to manufacturing the Conceptual Ball, and in time :

THE Institute for Crazy Dancing

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It´s all smoke and mirrors...

Last Updated : ( 30 October 2006 )

Treasure Hunt - Leeds

Treasure Hunt : October 4th - 6th 2006...
The INSTITUTE for CRAZY DANCING present TREASURE HUNT - View Map

Ignore any other previous rumour or gossip. Tell your friends to re-check our illuminate web site, view footage and imagery of previous hunts. And then prepare for something almost completely different. This time there is prize money :

£1000.00 PER NIGHT. The hunt is on...

But the journey doesn't end or begin there. This is a hunt with attractions and maybe even a small extravaganza along the way. The entry fee is £5. There is a limit of 205 participants per night. That's it. That's all we're telling you.

Meet ( Town Hall steps ) on Wednesday, Millennium Square on Thursday and Friday. 7:45 for 8 pm Horn. Prompt.

Don't forget to read the small print! Please wear comfortable shoes.

( May contain traces of nut ). Go on, risk it for a ( free ) biscuit and five consolation prizes of £5. ( Any under 16s must be accompanied ).

RIDICULOUS / COMIC COMPELLING / CRAZY DANCING / & MUCH MORE THE SMALL PRINT: THIS IS A GENUINE GIVE-AWAY... WHOEVER WINS THE CASH PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF ANONYMITY - AND WILL NOT BE FACED WITH HUMILIATION OR EMBARRASSING OPTIONS AS REGARDS THE MORALITY OF THEIR DECISION. THAT IS A GUARANTEE. IT IS THE ONLY GUARANTEE WE ARE GIVING. COME ALONG, RISK IT, AT LEAST FOR A BISCUIT - AND HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE. ALL PARTICIPANTS UNDERTAKE THE JOURNEY AT THEIR OWN RISK. WE WILL, OF COURSE, DO OUR ABSOLUTE BEST TO PROVIDE A COMPELLING NIGHT OF CRAZY DANCING AND COMPLEX CHOREOGRAPHY. ATTRACTIONS COULD INCLUDE CHOIRS, HORSES, MULES, MUSICIANS, DANCERS, BLUE JUICE, SPARKLERS, AND OTHER EXCITING THINGS. BUT REMEMBER: AH: the hunt for the treasure is always the treasure.... GOOD LUCK.

Last Updated : ( 29 October 2006 )