Share your story for a new professional dance piece

In partnership with Hertfordshire Library Service, Hannah Pickett Dance is creating a dance that explores and expresses people’s experience of isolation, belonging and resilience, which will be performed at Hertford Library on Wednesday 6th October and Bishop's Stortford Library on Sunday 10th October.

To kick-start the project, Hannah Pickett is looking for experiences, solutions and stories from adults over 65 as source material for her new professional choreographic work. You are not required to dance. We need your inspiration! Your answers to our online questionnaire will be the starting point for the dance company of professional dancers to create the dance.

The online questionnaire will take a few minutes. You can be as detailed as you like. All answers will only be used for studio-based research and will not be shared publicly without permission.

We are particularly interested in hearing from adults over 65 years, who may have experienced loneliness either in their adult life or during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please feel free to forward this questionnaire to your friends and family.

The final performance will be presented in Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford Libraries in October. Follow Hannah Pickett Dance on social media or sign up to the mailing list to find out more details.

This project is funded and supported by National Lottery Arts Council England and East Herts District Council.

About Hannah Pickett:
Hannah Pickett is a contemporary dance artist, teacher and choreographer based in Milton Keynes. After growing up in Hertford, she graduated with a first class BA (hons) Dance Degree from the University of Roehampton. Hannah has taught and performed nationally and internationally in different festivals and platforms including Brighton Fringe Festival, Barcelona International Dance Exchange, Freakatoni Witchy Improvisational Weekend, Amsterdam and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Hannah choreographs, directs and produces exciting, innovative contemporary dance work that inspires a diverse mix of participants and audiences to engage in making and enjoying dance. Her choreographic work ranges from professional group choreography, site-specific work, youth dance and music and dance improvisational performance and has been performed in theatres and public spaces in London, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Norwich and Amsterdam.
Website: www.hannahpickettdance.com

For more information visit https://hannahpickettdance.com/projects/easthertswellbeingdance/