Tonight we hear from Marie-Claude about her work on the Merchant City Festival and how important she believes dance is for connecting to our bodies and releasing emotions.
I joined the Merchant City Festival team this year as part of a Glasgow Life development programme for up-and-coming producers. We’ve been developing a community engagement programme, reaching out to various community centres around Glasgow, since April.
I’ve been involved in the dance community in Glasgow for years and have seen how much dance can help to transform people's lives. To come in as a new producer for the Merchant City Festival and develop a programme based on dance has reinforced my belief that moving and connecting to our bodies is really important.
This year, I’m so excited for the community programme participants. I’m delighted that we were able to engage people in our dance workshops and have them try some dance styles and activities that were new. The goal was always to have people feel like they were part of the festival, not just an audience. I’m also excited that through the performances, we have represented something different, telling our stories as well as the story of the Merchant City neighbourhood and what it was built on.
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