23 - 27 March
During this week, Penny will begin to work with fellow collaborators towards a new screendance work investigating former curling sites across Scotland. Layering interviews with those who used to practice this sport when lochs outside froze with the movement of three dancers, Penny will draw upon her extensive background in contact improvisation to look at rolling and sliding to create a physical vocabulary drawing parallels to the movement of curling stones.
Penny will be joined by Nicolette Macleod who will begin to shape sonic ideas including the heavy granite stones moving across ice, and Alan Paterson together with whom they can begin to consider the angles and framing of a camera alongside choreographic development.
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Friday 27 March | 16:00 – 17:00 | £ Free | Book Now
About Penny Chivas
Penny Chivas (she/her) is a Glasgow based dance artist originally from Ngunnawal Country, Australia. A graduate of WAAPA, VCA (Honours) and the MEd at the RCS, Penny works across a number of different settings including professional, community, theatre and screen and has deep investments in concerns around climate change. This led to the creation of the solo dance theatre work ‘Burnt Out’ which toured extensively within Scotland and internationally, and her latest work ‘Where We Choose to Stand’ (WWCTS) which premiered at Tramway in 2025. As a performer, she has worked with artists/companies such as Ian Spink, Rosina Bonsu, Heidi Strauss, Theatre Cryptic and Scottish Opera. Penny regularly guest teaches in institutions across Scotland and the Pre-Professional Year at Sydney Dance Company. With fellow long-term collaborator, Alan Paterson, Penny has created a number of screendance works including ‘Dissipate’, ‘Out of Time’ and ‘The Response’ and of which several have been awarded Honourable Mentions and awards internationally. Working with Nicolette Macleod, Penny and Nicolette co-lead workshops particularly around community participation and climate change issues, and Nicolette created the music and sound design for WWCTS.
Project collaborators
Nicolette Macleod (Composer), Alan Paterson (Film maker), Lou Honeybul, Hannah Draper and Jorja Follina (Dance Artists).
Links
Website: Penny Chivas
Instagram: @pennyjchivas