{"id":33552,"date":"2023-08-14T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?post_type=artwork&#038;p=33552"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:43:52","slug":"moving-portraits","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/get-involved\/sense-art-gallery\/artworks\/moving-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving portraits: An inclusive dance project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">An inclusive dance project from Sense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moving Portraits - Sense\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DgGurPpTjvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moving Portraits<\/strong> project captured the stories of six people with complex disabilities through dance. Each were asked: What it is like being me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inclusive dance workshops across Birmingham were run by Lisa Simpson, choreographer and new artistic director for Sense and the National Inclusive Dance Programme. These workshops helped identify six people happy to share their stories through dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two dancers on a stage\" class=\"wp-image-27132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-4-Dancers-Abdul-and-Musa-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abdul and Musa, two of our dancers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These stories were then filmed and presented as part of an immersive community experience during the <strong>Birmingham 2022 Festival at the Birmingham Rep theatre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A fim showing on a large screen to an audience in a darkened theatre\" class=\"wp-image-27129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sense-Moving-Portraits-2-Moving-Portraits-Inclusive-Accessible-Installation-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessibility of the stories was key. Each story was captured using cinematography, dance, audio descriptions, captions and a specially-designed sound score that translates movement into vibration. The sound score was split into two elements, one score that reflects the movement through vibration and another co-designed by the dancers to reflect their story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free event <strong>at the Birmingham Rep theatre<\/strong> became a celebration of the people&nbsp;<strong>Sense<\/strong>&nbsp;supports, as well as the work of dance artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With thanks to Arts Council England and Doyle Cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving Portraits won the award for Digital Inclusion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalculturenetwork.org.uk\/news\/digital-culture-award-winners-2023\/\">Digital Culture Awards 2023<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/\">Arts Council England<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalculturenetwork.org.uk\/\">Digital Culture Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inclusive dance project asking six people with complex disabilities &#8220;What it is like being me?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33553,"template":"","artwork_medium":[1343],"artwork_theme":[],"class_list":["post-33552","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork_medium-dance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/33552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/33552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork_medium","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork_medium?post=33552"},{"taxonomy":"artwork_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork_theme?post=33552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}