Sacred InTransit - Chelsea
SACRED InTRANSIT
Saturday 30 July, 2011
The celebrated SACRED season at Chelsea Theatre is moving…
This summer for one day only, SACRED joins forces with the Arts Service of Kensington & Chelsea 
to present SACRED InTRANSIT – An action-packed extravaganza of walking and movement; all but one event completely free of charge.
Chelsea Theatre Artistic Director Francis Alexander says: “With this action-packed day of work from walking artists, SACRED moves into new territory. We explore one of the most basic of human needs – getting from A to B. Maybe in the process we uncover some truths about how our minds and bodies respond to the changing world around us.”
Best known for presenting and supporting artists who challenge traditional boundaries of performance, Chelsea Theatre’s previous SACRED seasons have been an ongoing success, attracting international artists and building a strong audiences. Now with its 5th anniversary fast approaching, SACRED makes a brief but dynamic summer appearance, prompting yet another irrepressible cavalcade of events and artists to experience and savour on Saturday 30th July, 2011. SACRED is also due to return to Chelsea Theatre this November for its annual season showcasing an exciting international collaboration, details to be announced.
SACRED InTRANSIT invites adventurous audiences to take part in a specially curated walk, led by an international artist duo around the comparatively unknown streets of Worlds End and Chelsea Wharf as well as the historic Kings Road. Consider walking as an art form in a one-day symposium and whirl the afternoon away with an authentic Latin tea dance. Enjoy a photography workshop with a prestigious international photographer…
What’s On, When:
10.00 AM
Walkie Talkie – a symposium
The Walking Artist’s Network
The Walking Artist’s Network launch the day with coffee and chat discussing walking as an art form. You’ll be free to give your opinions and walk with participants over the course of the day, feeding back your impressions to the team. Artists Clare Qualmann & Mark Hunter (University of East London) facilitate.
11.00 AM 1.30 PM and 3.30 PM
Here Whilst We Walk
Gustavo Ciriaco & Andrea Sonnberger
Here Whilst We Walk invites you to become a flâneur - Wandering through the streets, observing each detail, without being noticed, without impressing 
yourself onto the surrounding landscape, an observer of modern cities under non-stop transformation, and a witness of both amazing and subtle spectacles.
Here Whilst We Walk has travelled as far a field as Berlin, Lagos, Copenhagen, Porto, Sao Paulo and Paris amongst many other diverse destinations. Brazilian artist and choreographer Gustavo Ciríaco alongside collaborator Austrian artist Andrea Sonnberger return to the streets of Chelsea following a sell-out appearance at SACRED in 2008, with their beautiful meditation on the human condition.
11.00 AM, 11.45 AM, 12.45 AM, 1.30PM, 2.15 PM
Lost and Found
Amy Sharrocks
Like an air traffic controller with no GPS, Amy Sharrocks will guide walkers around different areas of Chelsea via their mobile phone. Lost & Found offers a kind of urban drift, orchestrated by chance, where you may not get to follow your chosen path. How can we stay ‘in touch’ with someone when they go away and what kind of impoverishment or enrichment is involved? The intimacy of a voice in your ear is contrasted with a continued absence.
Multifaceted artist Amy Sharrocks has a well documented body of work including SWIM, when 50 people swam, ran and bussed their way across London via 15 lakes, lidos and swimming pools. London Is A River City, a series of large public walks along the lost rivers of London and WALBROOK which involved 65 people tied together.
10 AM – 6 PM
Workshop with Manuel Vason
£30
This one-day workshop will examine the relationship between performance action and image. It will introduce participants to Manuel Vason's artistic practice and the role of collaboration within it and then will continue to a practical session, in which a series of tasks will be given out, questioning the relationship between live action and image. Participants will be encouraged to work individually and in groups to explore the dynamics of image making. The image created in collaboration as part of this workshop will be given to participants in digital format at the end of the workshop. Participants will be free to use the images once properly credited. Open to practitioners of all levels of experience and all areas of practice.
Manuel Vason is an international photographer who has shot for key publications including iD, Dazed & Confused, L’Uomo Vogue. He has produced several books and been commissioned by leading arts organisations including Tate Modern and the Whitechapel Gallery.
3.30 PM
Tea Dance
Ragroof Theatre
As the glitterball twirls, the dancers take to the floor. Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Jive… 
Beautiful gowns, great music, and the opportunity for everyone to put on their dancing shoes and trip the light fantastic. Ragroof Theatre arrive at Chelsea Theatre with one of their ever-popular dress-to-impress tea dances, suitable for experienced dancers and absolute beginners alike. Scintillating rhythms from resident disc jockeys Desert Ivan Discs & Champagne Charlie. Instant dance classes from Dorothy's Shoes to ease you onto the dancefloor. Dazzling dance displays from Ragroof's glamorous girls and boys. Of course tea and cakes will be available to keep you refreshed and energised for an afternoon of fun and frolics!
‘Witty, moving, energetic and well executed… Ragroof Theatre captures the past, without ever being sentimental.’ - Angus MacKechnie, Watch This Space, National Theatre
www.chelseatheatre.org.uk
Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, London SW10 0DR
Call: 020 7352 1967
Nearest Tube: Fulham Broadway or Sloane Square
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