During our first year of operation 2017-18, we produced 2 two solo shows reaching 1750 audiences and participants. Through partnering with other arts and conservation organisations we engaged in 6 projects involving over 1,000 participants (aged 6 – 86 years) and reached 210,000 audiences through live interaction.
Past Participatory Events
Stepping up to the COP 26 challenge
MSD are proud to be working in partnership with Footsteps and Climate Action Network West Midlands (CANWM) to co-ordinate activities and events to raise awareness of the COP 26 summit being hosted in Glasgow in November 2021. Full details of […]
Artful Migration 2022 – 2023
Following on from the successful Artist in Residence programme led by John Wallace last year in NTS Threave, we are planning a third residency. https://www.weareupland.com/projects/artful-migration-2020
ACE dance and music presents COMMUNITY FLORA
generously funded by Birmingham City Council photo Flora Ginnie worked as a consultant for ACE dance and music to research and investigate the feasibility for the North Birmingham Alliance (ACE dance and music, Black Voices, Black Arts Forum and […]
Going beyond the COP 26…
This final video of Loving Earth Poetry was performed by young people for the COP 26 Climate Action week and presented in Glasgow in booklet form alongside the Loving Earth tapestry exhibition. This film made by Bitman Films includes all the […]
Designing Flora, a Carnival Costume for the Commonwealth Games
Ginnie is working as a consultant with ACE dance and music to facilitate the design process to create a largescale Carnival Costume, Flora, for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022. The costume will be part of a large dance procession, […]
Route 34: Embracing Cultures
Family Fun Day in Perry Hall Park The Family Fun Day in Perry Hall Park on July 16th 2022. All the 13 schools, who had received 6 sessions of dance and craft sessions to build their costume and headdress were […]
Daksha Sheth Dance Company residency October 2017
Moving Souls Dance managed a week long residency with Daksh Sheth Dance Company following their performance of Sari – the Unsticthed at mac Birmingham in September 2017. Moving Souls Dance worked with the performers from the DSDC – Tao, Devissaro […]
Artful Migration – 2018
This pilot artist in residence programme was set up by Moving Souls Dance with an original donation of funding by George C Clarke (uncle to Ginnie Wollaston). We worked with WWT Caerlaverock and We are Upland to recruit a visual […]
DIANA project
DIANA project – Dancing in Aston & Newtown with ACE dance and music This project was completed during 2017 – 18 and involved Moving Souls Dance as evaluators and project support to ACEDM education team to develop their skills in […]
Carnival 50 – Summer 2017
We had so much fun dancing along the streets of Chapeltown Leeds for the 50th Anniversary Leeds Carnival, with a large Festival parade of over 35 different troupes, seen by 80,000 audience. As it was our first carnival parade, Nicholas […]