Five six seven wait is an ongoing project portraying young dancers from Oxfordshire at a time when all pandemic related restrictions are finally lifted, and the wait is over. A time when art gives them purpose and the energy to start again. Dance is healing, communicative, celebratory, joyful, and powerful. Used as a form of protest, it can spark political and social change.
Victor, 17
“I dance because I want to move people that are watching me. Like, you know when you’re watching a film and you turn to your friend and say, ‘I’ve got goosebumps’ that’s exactly the feeling that I want people to experience when they watch me dance.”
Aisha, 17
“I dance for relief of everyday life, and to express my emotions and feelings”.
This is rebels using grace and determination, hard workers, and healthy carriers of values to be transmitted. This is a way to celebrate their commitment to art and the spreading of the emotional contagion that needs to be infectious.
