Vocal improv is one of the hardest musical practices because of its necessity for surrender and compassion, as is the same in dance improvisation. Surrender and kinaesthetic compassion are things we have explored in detail in our Dancing with Parkinson’s programme.

Sara Hibbert, visual artist on the CID Project provides an insight into her process and experience working with the Dancing with Parkinson's Company

As the CID Project reaches its conclusion this coming Saturday 20 July, Danielle Jones (Teale) reflects on the ambition of the project, what has been achieved and how we aspire to make an impact artistically, creatively and personally

One of the original collaborative relationships that initiated the CID Project was that between Artistic Director Danielle Jones (Teale) and Music Director Jaka Skapin. From the outset this was to be an immersive experience bringing dance and music equally into the forefront of improvisation and creative exploration.

In week 4 of the CID project, our last guest workshop leader Kimberley Harvey joined the company to share practices from her work 'Inky Matter'...

Three (of a thousand and one) reasons to be happy dancing in Poplar

This workshop insight contributed by Sally Varrall, supporting artist on the CID project, offers thoughts on visibility within the frame of seeing & being seen, in the week 3 CID workshop led by Casson & Friends.

Week 3 of the CID project saw us play together with the concepts of narrative and storytelling led by Casson and Friends artist Chloe Mead. We developed close personal duet material which we shared together for the rest of the group.

One of the values underpinning the CID project is bringing visibility to people with Parkinson's and their contribution to the dance community. This has been a featured topic in our discussion groups at the end of each weekly workshop.

Week 2 of the CID project saw us lead physically in exploratory tasks by Bim Malcomson to find a sense of ballet’s use of points in space, how the carriage of the arms can help us reach and trace to the edge of our kinesphere, how we can use opposing directional forces to find moments of expansion and how we can shape the geography and landscape of the space by physically relocating from one place to another. Using this acquired information, we worked on a series of tasks in pairs to create duets which we then performed to each other.

Kate Swindlehurst is a dancer with the CID project as well as a writer and author of 'The Tango Effect'... here she reflects on her experience of the project so far.

Jaka Skapin (Musical Director for the CID Project) reflects on the first session of the project

Week 1 of the CID Project at Poplar Union started with an introduction workshop and conversations led by Danielle Jones (Teale).