2. Co-ordinators of SOLO
Misri Dey – Founder & Director
Senior Lecturer in Music Theatre
Falmouth University
Tremough Campus Penryn Cornwall
misri.dey@falmouth.ac.uk
Ria Hartley – Co-director & Producer
Artist (Associate Lecturer in Theatre)
Residence
The Milk Bar Bristol
riahartley@ymail.com
3. Context: Solo artists
You are the ‘author’ of the work
You are central to the process of development
You are ‘in’ the work
4. Is this for me? What do you mean by
Contemporary Performance?
The term Contemporary Performance is used to describe:
hybrid performance works and artists that travel between the fields of
Experimental Theatre & Dance, Video Art, Visual Art, Music Composition
and Performance Art without adhering to one specific field’s practice.
(Contemporary Performance Network)
Other forms of practice might be described as:
Live Art- Site-specific/site based performance – Acktions -Body Art Performance Writing - Devised Theatre - Digital/mediated/multimedia
Performance/Net Art - Walking Practice - Feminist performance – Oneto-One - Environmental Performance - Political/Activist performance Sound Art - Durational Performance - Street Art – Script Based - Score
based work – contemporary dance/movement – Physical Theatre –
Socially engaged – Participatory - Interactive - autobiographical –
Performance/sound installation etc
7. Why is it a Forum?
• Forum - a meeting or medium where ideas
and views on a particular issue can be
exchanged.
• a place of assembly for the people.
• an assembly, meeting place for
the discussion of questions of ’public’ interest.
8. What the forum offers
• Provide a monthly meeting ground for solo artists
to engage in a creative process with activities &
events to steer artists towards realising projects
• A space to share Skills, Knowledge & Ideas
between practitioners
• Develop partnerships in support of solo
practitioners and solo work in Bristol
• Offer a web space for exchange, documentation
and professional development
• A solo performance platform (Bristol & Falmouth)
10. Timeframe Structure
Feb 2014 – First Meeting
March 2014 – SOLO Dialogues
April 2014 – SOLO Dialogues
May 2014 – SOLO Devising Workshop 1
June 2014 - SOLO Devising Workshop 2
July 2014 - SOLO Devising Workshop 3
August 2014 - SOLO Devising Workshop 4
September 2014 - SOLO Lab 1 (Falmouth)
October 2014 - SOLO Lab 2 (Bristol)
November 2014 - SOLO Scratch Event 1
December 2014 – SOLO Scratch Event 2
January 2014 – Platform Preparation
February 2014 - Platform Preparation
March 2015 SOLO Platform (Bristol)
13. Opportunities
SOLO Dialogues Falmouth University
Present work (in progress)
Talk about the making of your work
Run a Workshop with a HE student group
SOLO Lab Falmouth University
September 2014
SOLO Residency Falmouth University
