We step outside and start to dance

October 28, 2020

We step outside and start to dance - audio experience

<p><strong>We step outside and start to dance</strong> is a new immersive audio experience written by award-winning North East playwright Alison Carr (The Last Quiz Night on Earth, UK Tour; Iris, Live Theatre).</p> <p>We step outside and start to dance is inspired by an outbreak of uncontrollable dancing recorded in the 1500s when a woman did, indeed, step outside and start to dance. And kept dancing. Within a month, four hundred people had joined her.</p> <p>Why did this happen? Experts have put it down to mass hysteria brought on by extreme stress and hardships. Which surely begs the question – if ever there was a time to start dancing, isn’t it now?</p> <p>You are invited to download the piece, press play and start to dance (not for a month, don't worry!). Alongside the audio experience, there is also a BSL interpreted and captioned film which you can find at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westarttodance.com&amp;token=e48e35-1-1603896861467" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://www.westarttodance.com">www.westarttodance.com</a>.</p> <p>Any dancing is welcome, from brilliant to terrible, it’s just about taking part!</p> <p><strong>CAST &amp; CREATIVE TEAM</strong><br> Performed by<br> Eleanor Chaganis<br> Dale Jewitt<br> Sarah Lewis Obuba<br> Karen Traynor</p> <p>Written by Alison Carr<br> Directed by Melanie Rashbrooke<br> Produced by Emma Biggins<br> Production Manager and Sound Designer Craig Spence<br> BSL Interpreter Caroline Ryan<br> Film maker Merlin Mee</p> <p>With special thanks to Live Theatre and Arts Council England</p>