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Planet Dance
2/3 Lancaster Buildings
(Opposite Guildhall)
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire
ST5 1PG
Tel: 01782381373
About
Join us on a journey to PLANET DANCE
Aliens have landed in Newcastle Common and can only return to Planet Dance when they've learned how to put on a show – Earth style.
Whether you twisted your way through the 60s, did the shuffle in the 70s or pogoed through your punk phase, they need your help to get back home!
And so we're calling all Earthlings to come help these deep-space dancers master your moves and help them on their way. From rhumba to robot, floss to foxtrot, Charleston to the Cha Cha Slide, they want to learn it all!
Drop in to Newcastle Common any time between 11am and 3pm on Friday 29 March to help get this research mission off the ground.
But what is a show without style? Our curious visitors also need to know how to do their make-up to take them from facepalm to fierce and truly dazzle the crowd. If you have ideas and tips to pass on, they would love you to come by from 1pm to 3pm and share them.
Will our new friends be able to cram the whole history of human dance into one performance? Will they look absolutely fabulous? Will your moves make it into the final show? And will you join the boogie and get your groove on?
Find out all the answers when you join us at Newcastle Common on Saturday 30 March for performances that are truly out of this world!
All activities and performances are free and suitable for all audiences
The Earthlings behind Planet Dance are Anna-Louise McMinn, Pauline Mitchell and Caitlin Ross.
Access at Newcastle Common
There is a small step into Newcastle Common, we do also have a ramp for wheelchair users.
The performances and activities are accessible for everyone.
The nearest toilets to Newcastle Common can be found at Castle House, Barracks Road, ST5 1BL, including accessible toilets and Changing Places facilities and baby changing. This is about a 4-minute walk from Newcastle Common.
The nearest car park to Newcastle Common is Lymelight Boulevard, 27 Paradise Street, ST5 1RS. This is a multi-story pay and display car park with blue badge parking.
On-road blue badge parking can also be found at Merrial Street.
Planet Dance & #FAF2024
Planet Dance is an artists' residency brought to you by Appetite in support of the FRONTLINE Arts Festival. 'What's all the FAF about?' is a four-month awareness-raising project from FRONTLINEdance that will highlight the creativity and skills of d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists culminating in a festival day. FAF aims to increase the number of d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists working, commissioned, and showcased in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. Find out more on the FRONTLINEDance website.
* Image from Appetite's Dance Through the Decades 2022 by Andrew Billington
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