Dancing with Colours

Dancing with Colours is an interactive performance for young people (4+) and their grown-ups. It’s about seeing art in everything & everybody; it says art can transform places and can help our minds when we are feeling worried.

A participatory performance using dance, movement, music & paint; the

audience are just as important as the performers, and the show challenges perceptions of who gets to make art & how.

Dancing with Colours is a joyful, sensory (& very messy!) dance performance co-created with audiences of learning-disabled people & families in Bradford and is led by learning disabled Artist, JoAnne Haines.

Audiences join JoAnne to dance with pastels and paint, and help bring the space to life with colour. Whether you want to sit and watch, or get right into the action; by the end of the show, JoAnne hopes you’ll feel inspired to find moments of creativity in your own lives.

Show guidance:

This performance is relaxed and lets audiences engage in whatever way is comfortable for them.

The age guidance is 4+ but all are welcome.

The performance is messy and some of the materials used can stain clothes. As such, please wear clothes that you don’t mind getting stained.

Handwashing stations are available throughout the performance should you need them.

Show duration: 1 hour approx plus short post show activity.

Tickets for Dancing with Colours are Pay What You Decide. This means you watch the performance and choose what to pay afterwards. Cash and card payment options will be available.

• Quiet space
• Visual guide – see here
• Wheelchair accessible
• Accessible toilets and changing places facilities.

If you have other access requirements in relation to this event, please let us know at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Mind the Gap