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David Bower of Signdance Collective blogs on the work and travels of a dynamic sign dance performance company

David Bower gives an evocative account of Signdance's trip to India in India 2009
10 February 2009

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The tired hot sun rose wearily over the horizon, as we meandered our way from the airport down recently well heeled motorways into Bangalore. Pass the night time fires. Mingling into the dawn rush hour traffic of wagons, carts, tripod taxis and cars, all ducking and weaving like Shiva's dance of life. Shushing into ever the increasing quietude, pass carnivalesque' Krishna temples, Bangalore receded into the east as we rose up into the Deccan hills through ancient villages, exuding an ineffable...

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Signdance give details of the High Wyrrd Festival Fri 19 – Sun 21 September 2008
26 January 2009

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In a once wooded valley the wild, wonderful and wacky is about to happen! Friday 19 September - Sunday 21 September, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Signdance Collective presents High Wyrrd International dance, theatre, music and art showcase on the streets of High Wycombe High Wyrrd Is Signdance Collective's International Performance and Visual Art Showcase. SDC has invited many of its favourite artists and collaborators from Europe, USA, South America and the U.K to join them in their hometown,...

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Signdance give details of their regional touring commitments Autumn 2008 / Spring 2009
26 January 2009

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For Press enquiries please contact Signdance Collectiive directly on 00447887974684 or email signdancecollective[at]gmail.com 1-10 November 2008 Signdance Collective is in Tunisia working with CAROVANA SMI plus several French & Italian promoters working on the Company's International Profile , and extending the company's work into Africa and the Far East. 11-17 November 2008 Penn School Residency , plus meetings with regional dance companies , photographers visual artists dancers including...

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Late Autumn Blog
26 October 2008

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David Bower and Isolte Avrila of Signdance Collective. Photo by Rob Walker

Greetings just got back from our holiday in Tunisia. First visit I hope of what will be many trips to Africa. Whilst we were there, we indulged ourselves in a little nightlife, boogie on down! We didnt do all that much travelling, it was just good to stay still for a change. You know like how if you stare at the road on a long journey, and you come to a stop, and everything still seems like its moving, thats what this break was like. The illusion of travelling, courtesy of Thomas Cook!. A bit...

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Autumn 2008
26 September 2008

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David Bower of Signdance Collective during a rehearsal of Travelling. Photo by Rob Walker

After Turkey, having created three of the pieces for 'Three Films + one', we set off to join Carovana in Sardinia to work on our final piece. This work, rather appropriately came to be called 'Travelling'. We had comissioned Carovana, a long time collaborator to create the work. They are based in Sardinia's capital, Cagliari. photo of performer The first problem we encountered was how to make the work in just a period of four weeks. As both Carovana and ourselves usually take two years to...

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July 2008
26 July 2008

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David Bower of Signdance Collective.

Whoah!..I just left it hanging there. Since I last wrote, I think that in the last few months, I have experienced some of the most full, rich, intense, rewarding, and challenging times that I have ever had. Everything is happening for us here at the Signdance collective. Picking up from where I left. Istanbul was a mad, crazy, non-stop filming and rehearsal explosion. Our team comprised of Isolte Avilla (dancer), Primosh Bayzak(director), Caglar Kimyoncu (film-maker), and myself (dancer).   ...

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Istanbul
24 April 2008

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Outline of the city of Istanbul from the sea

Istanbul is an amazing city, full of history that is at once both ancient and contemporary. There's a lot of tourist blurb that de-sensitizes and strangely makes mundane what is in fact is an intensely inspiring and vibrant hub of energy. It sits on one of Eurasia’s most volatile faultlines; it runs from north to south down the Bosphorus straits. People in Istanbul look to the antiquity of the Aya Sofya, and count their blessings. There is stuff here that I no longer see back home in the...

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David Bower on the highs and the wyrrd's of this years' Signdance programme
26 March 2008

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Isolte Avrila of Signdance Collective. Photo Nitra Festival

Okay, so what ‘ails. Well quite a fair bit, its a big un' for us at the Signdance Collective this year. First, over the next few months, I will be reporting the events in the run-up for the Signdance collective showcase. The whole thing’s called The High-Wyrrd Showcase, and it is going to be held over a long weekend in the quaint little old market town of High Wycombe. It will all begin on Friday 19 - Sunday 21 September. As of now, the schedule is shaping up nicely, and we believe...

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