Once Upon a 2024
With students from Rubicon Dance
PROLOGUE to THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
With guest performance : ONCE UPON A 2024
Thursday 18 April 2-4pm.
SHOW 3pm
ONCE UPON A 2024 is a co-creation between choreographer MARIANNE TUCKMAN and the 2ND YEAR BTEC STUDENTS AT RUBICON DANCE.
ONCE UPON A 2024 develops on some of the themes of The Rising Damp & Other Tails, a duet that Marianne made as part of the Shape of Things to Come series at Volcano in 2023. Set on a stormy night in the depths of a raging housing crisis, this immersive performance retells Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid as a tragic and exploitative love story between a merman and an estate agent.
The cast and co-creators of ONCE UPON A 2024 are on the cusp of a new chapter of their lives; in September they will each leave home to start full-time dance training in cities all over the UK. ONCE UPON A 2024 is a danced reflection on what it means to be young and to dream in the context of the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Yh yh, living conditions in rented accommodation may be damp but that won’t stop us dancing. And if it gets too damp to dance, no worries. We’ll swim from here. (Ancient Proverb, dated 2024)
