North East fishing stories sought for dance performance
The project is in its early stages of development and aims to tell the story of heritage of fishing villages and celebrate the present day.Co-director and founder Charlie Dunne said: "At this stage, we're looking to consult with the community that have family connections, who have personal connections, stories, tales, funny anecdotes of maybe things that happened 40 years ago."Maybe things that happened yesterday. It doesn't matter."He said there was no requirement for people to have dance experience."They can just come and sit down and say, 'Oh, my auntie used to help bring the fish in or whatever it might be," Mr Dunne said.
Fisherfolk has received funding from the Northumberland Dance Development fund, and was commissioned by Moving Art Management.Meta4 Dance said consultations would be held on 27 and 28 July, but invited people to get in touch via email or social media in the meantime.
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