Bringing free dance performances to communities across South-East England.
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, in partnership with Farnham Maltings, is delighted to announce the return of Doorstep Duets, touring to communities across the South-East this summer from 13 August to 10 September 2024.
Now in its fourth year, Doorstep Duets offers free opportunities for people to enjoy world-class performance in their local neighbourhood, on their street, in local parks, and through community-based organisations, bringing the joy and wonder of dance to all and making dance more accessible to everyone.
Performances begin on Tuesday 13 August at Farnham Maltings, before visiting Woking, Faversham, Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate, Margate, Colchester, Norwich and various locations throughout Surrey and Norfolk. This year, Doorstep Duets will visit care homes, youth clubs, libraries, children’s hospices, a men's mental health group in Farnham and The Turner Gallery in Margate, to name just a few. In addition, Doorstep Duets will be livestreamed for the first time, taking the production to doorsteps all over the world.
This year, Hum, has been created by choreographer and movement director Anjali Mehra with original music by Grammy nominated vocalist and composer Luke Brady. Just as the actions of the hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world, are essential to life in the towering rainforest, in Hum one small gesture of kindness to a stranger ripples out to create a community for those who need it most. Hum features New Adventures dancers Anna Maria de Freitas, Luke Murphy, Holly Saw, Molly Shaw-Downie, Xavier Andriambolanoro Sotiya and Mami Tomotani.
Choreographer and Movement Director Anjali Mehra said: “Bringing dance to people that would not normally experience theatre is hugely important and Doorstep Duets is doing incredible things for many communities who, for a variety of reasons, would not otherwise be able to see live dance. I’d love for audiences who don’t normally experience live dance to join us at a performance of Hum, and discover how much dance can bring us together in shared joy.”
Created with support from Arts Council England.
Find out more www.new-adventures.net/doorstep-duets