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Grass, which was first performed in 2014, is off to Hong Kong next week! We can’t wait to learn about and see some different types of insects!

hkdancemagazine.com/whats-on/2019/12/19/cheers-series-grass-by-second-hand-dance-uk

Our preview tour of Touch has now come to and end, but we're looking forward to bringing the show back again next year. Here is a lovely quote from Ben Kulvichit writing on his day at Cardiff Dance Festival 

"watching other bodies move makes something move inside you"

http://exeuntmagazine.com/re…/review-cardiff-dance-festival/

Rosie is featured on Disability Arts Online as part of Alexandrina Hemsley’s July guest editorship - read the full article here: 

GRASS is back on tour at Wakehurst Place with Kew Science exploring the world beneath our feet and mini beasts that live there through dance http://bit.ly/2HFGEdd 

Grass @ Wakehurst, Kew’s Botanic Gardens in Sussex

Selsfield Road, Ardingly, RH17 6TN
Saturday 25 May 2019, 11.30am & 1.30pm
Sunday 26 May 2019, 11.30am & 1.30pm

https://www.kew.org/wakehurst

No booking required, free show with entry to the gardens

Grass @ Kew’s Gardens 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond,TW9 3AE
Saturday 20 July 2019,11.30am & 1.30pm
Sunday 21 July 2019, 11.30am & 1.30pm

https://www.kew.org

No booking required, free show with entry to the gardens

We've truly kicked off our creation process of 'Touch', a gentle show for 0-3 year olds. Last week we had a wonderful timing dancing with babies and toddlers from Canterbury Day Nursery while in residence at The Gulbenkian.

Alongside making 'Touch' for 0-3 year olds, we are investigating dancing the show in a hospital environment with Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children Nhs Trust and Unlimited. We had our first visit at the beginning of May. These photos share a little part of our beautiful dance with Zharyia.

Hip hip hurray! We've been awarded funding from Arts Council England to create and tour 'Touch' for ages 0-3. Watch-out more more updates coming soon.

Inspired by the importance of touch in the cognitive and physical development of young children, ‘Touch’ is an improvised and interactive dance-show performed by four dancers and a DJ. Commissioned by The Place, Pavilion Dance South West and supported by The Egg and Gulbenkian, University of Kent.

Alongside creating this version, we'll also be researching the possibility of adapting a version for teenagers with South East Dance as part of their City Dances festival, and working with Unlimited and Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Charity