When possible throughout the autumn term, Volcano children’s movement group, The Mighty New, came in to the theatre on Saturdays to create a piece, Looking Sideways: From the Future. It was clear that this year, unfortunately, they would not be able to perform in front of a live audience and so a special piece was devised for video.
The classes were led by Catherine Bennett.
“Looking Sideways: From the Future was made in response to the collective feelings of The Mighty New during this strange year – the year of the pandemic.
I see their bodies moving in the space, and I see their movement as an anthem for our determined youth. Our Mighty New members have been searching for, finding and feeling defiance. Defiance towards who they are, who they may become and how their dreams may still manifest themselves. In my view, despite this new regime of rules that they have all had to abide by, they have still felt, thought about, and understood what liberty means to them.”