\n Bex Anson, a visual theatre maker and scenographer based in Glasgow, is on the hunt for participants to join in with Flock, an \u2018extraordinary live dance poem\u2019, transforming the streets outside Port Glasgow Library.\n<\/p>\n
\n Bex wants to see \u2018dancers, non-dancers, professional performers, kitchen-sink-dancers, friday-night-dancers, pushing-the-pram-dancers, and humans who like to move in community\u2019 join in the performance of Flock on Saturday, October 18.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Lifting the lid on what people can expect when they come along, Bex told the Tele: \u201cThere is no audition and no commitment – just a chance to connect through gentle movement and find the pulse of art in the everyday.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTo celebrate this temporary ensemble, the performance features a professional ballet dancer, custom costumes, and original music.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe come together as strangers to notice the birds and each other, seeking that ‘shared language of instinct, a silent conversation understood by all, spoken by none\u2019.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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\n Those who are keen to take part in the performance are being invited to arrive with an oversized white shirt and a willingness to move and respond to one another and the space around them.\n<\/p>\n
\n The experience will begin with a hands-on workshop where participants move as a flock, immersing themselves in visual poetry.\n<\/p>\n
\n From this, Bex says, will emerge a group dance created in tandem with a contemporary ballet dancer as a vibrant, collective artwork.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cParticipants will then freely mark-make unique poems onto the outdoor ground,\u201d she continued.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cA contemporary dancer organically weaves amongst this \u2018flock of scribes\u2019, improvising movement inspired by their visual narratives.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat emerges is a dynamic, shapeshifting murmuration \u2013 a living, ever-changing visual and physical poem that swoops and swirls with grace.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Flock was recently performed at Govanhill Baths in Glasgow, with great feedback from participants, including Jesse, 55, and 75-year-old mum Roz.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Jesse said: \u201cThat was so restorative and my mum loved it – she’s never done anything like that before.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe\u2019s quite the elated woman now!\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Those who are unable to participate in the movement are also welcome to come along and watch.\n<\/p>\n