Taking Up Space
Kwanzaa Collective UK
Film, Dance, Poetry
Gabriella Gay invited black women from Staffordshire to walk together in green spaces after the first lockdown in Spring 2020. She collected the experiences and transformed them into poetry. The women’s stories were shared simultaneously with Caribbean dance artists. Three separate dances were devised and rehearsed in isolation, and then performed and filmed on location in Hanley Park.
Lead Artist & Poet: Gabriella Gay, Walk Leader: Monienne Stone, Choreographer: Caroline Muraldo, Dancers: Caroline Muraldo, Shona Muraldo-Parks, Shanice Harris, Filmmaker: Cynthia Coady, Composition: Paul Rogerson & Tony Reid, Support & Advice: Clare Reynolds, Restoke
