As well as the Cultural Catwalk performance we also launched the new Loan box "Precious Treasures" and had the Media team on hand to film and document the days events.
Here's how the day unfolded...
We all arrived bright and early to set up the dancer's sites and help them get into costume...
We had three performances planned for the day, one at 1.15, 1.15 and 3.00. The 8th was part of the Heritage Open Weekend, which meant Castle entry was free. It was
also the start of the WEYA festival, with saw 1000 artists from around the world coming together for the week to show work.
The Performance
At 1.00 our two Dohl drummers, Nick and Ajay started to drum, drawing the crowd towards the Bandstand.
Hayley then danced her way, in costume, down the path from the Castle towards the bandstand.
She was helped into costume by members of the Illuminate group, hidden behind her huge skirt and Xiao Ling began playing the chinese harp as Hayley danced.
After the dance, the drummers lead the promenade up to the Castle,
Through the Museum and up the stairs past Georgia and Cherry, our Illuminate Window Ledge Dancers
and in to the Long Gallery, where Conrad and Jen performed amongst the galleries paintings to music from Blockwerk Orchestra, a sound piece by Tom Hill and Noel Murphy that had been commissioned the year before.
We had an amazing day, with around 1000 people overall seeing the performances. It was brilliant to see all our hard work come together and to celebrate our Stories of the World project. As a group we have achieved and learnt a lot over the past year, planning and curating the "Unravelled" exhibition and running events to accompany it. We all feel very honoured to have been given such an opportunity by Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.