gracefool and spokeswoman present: a cause for celebration

1 4 pm talks and workshops 4 $ pm dance performances

Bike Workshop // Naomi Harriot-Brown // Passionate about the emancipatory potential of cycling for women, Naomi is a keen cyclist. She will be leading bike confidence games, a cycling tour (with music ! and other bike-related acti"ities including some inspiring stories and an opportunity to customise your high-"is. Creative Crafts // #irstie $illiams // #irstie is a %eeds based designer, maker and screen printer in"ol"ed with the Spokeswoman &ollecti"e. She will be holding creati"e workshops throughout the afternoon including origami and decoration making. She will be encouraging discussion about women in arts, music and dance and talking about the collaborati"e pro'ects Spokeswoman are in"ol"ed in. kirstiewilliams.com Bees and bee-friendly plants // Harry $oolner // (n this workshop we will discuss a little bit about what bees are and the current crisis that faces them. $e will then look at what it is that makes a plant )bee-friendly) and try to think about how we can support our little insect friends. harrywoolner.wordpress.com Consent is Se y // *llie Hughes // ()m *llie, your friendly neighbourhood feminist, here to talk about one cra+y se, tip that really works- practicing good consent during se,y time. (ntrigued. &ome find out more and share your thoughts at my fun consent workshop. !ippy // $orking hard to bring you a women)s maga+ine with a difference, %ippy writers will be holding a stall all day. /rop by and ha"e a chat and maybe catch one of their ama+ing readings lippyma".co.#k

%n.&'().s#S // #yle %awson // *ll we see is three bodies. 0wo dancers and a musician... 1et if we look closely enough we see so much more than that.

Can * become 1+ lets make this deal,,, 22 Susanne 3ngbo *nderson 22 duet 4d'u567t8 9. an action or acti"ity performed by a pair of closely connected indi"iduals "b duets, duetting, duetted (:usic, other! (intr! to perform a duet mar;riage m r '! <. a. 0he legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some 'urisdictions, between two persons of the same se,, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other %bo#t a Woman Who Was -nce % .irl // (++y Brittain and :arianne 0uckman // $e are a pair of dancing poets, mi,ing two parts together in e=ual measure, we make magical worlds out of mo"ement and words. &ome see us- there)s someone we)d like you to meet. "racefool collective // (ncorporating dance, theatre and music, the gracefools mi, sharp obser"ation with =uick wit, playfulness and a touch of the absurd to create performances in "arious mediums. gracefool will be presenting snippets of their latest piece $3 (spelt you > i! throughout the night. 0he full piece will be performed at the $est 1orkshire Playhouse on <?th No"ember as part of @urnace. facebook.com/pa"es/"racefool-collective

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m#sic performances

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live m#sic

/he 0evil 1akes /hree // $e are a newly formed accapella "ocal duo. (nspired by the stories told through folk music, gospel, 'a++ and beyond we)"e disco"ered song can be resistance, education, and solace. Aur passion is to continue e,ploring the lessons learned in the lyrics of these traditions, all the while e,perimenting with the possibilities of their contemporary arrangement.

)aphael %ttar // Daph is sort of like a rapper. Sometimes his raps don)t really work with music, so he calls them )poems) and hopes no-one notices. South %ondon born, he has been based in %eeds for se"en years, but has yet to see an appreciable change to his accent or mannerisms. His artistic work co"ers such topics as dinosaurs, the 0E =ui+ show )Pointless), and the true meaning of &hristmas. His crowning achie"ement to date is ha"ing his no"elty )hit) GBary BarlowG publicly dissed by &hris :oyles. facebook.com/raphael"oddamnattar paperti"erband.co.#k/abo#t/raphael-attar/ 6#artet 22 @eaturing Eanessa Dani &hutturghoon ("ocals!, Coe Harris (guitar!, Sam Bell (percussion! and Simon Dead (double bass!. %ush music influenced by Ca++, @olk, (ndian and %atin sounds.

. Bop -rchestra // Breta 3acott // @loor score, come play. facebook.com/1%2!eeds

Shambles 31 and *4 // Cames $hittle > Dowena Cacobs // shambles is a series of music-theatre pieces for solo musicians. 3ach piece e,plores the familiar yet bi+arre and 'ust plain awkward physicality of the musician and their musical instrument. Earious shambles can be combined to create de"ised ensemble performances, such as in this first sharing of a work-inprogress. 1our feedback and heckling would be much appreciated. Dowena Cacobs is a third-year music student at the Fni"ersity of 1ork. 0his year, she has been studying the role of the body in musical performance, focusing in particular on the mo"ement and gestures of flautists. Cames $hittle is a composer2cellist2conductor based in 1ork. He specialises in collaborati"ely de"ising music-theatre works as a composerperformer2director. His main interest is in the physicality and absurdity of musical performance. His pieces often ha"e a surreal or satirical slant. 5ames-whittle.co.#k

7a88 /rio // @eaturing /eclan, *ngus and :atthew from %eeds &ollege of :usic, accompanied by dancers Fla and Sarah.

9er#tics // * <H piece afro-beat band who play a mi, of original tunes and arrangements of *fro-beat, *fro-funk > Hi-%ife classics (@ela #uti, 0ony *llen, %i'adu Sisters etc!, and feature members of @un *dults 2 Nubiyan 0wist 2 :elodica, :elody and :e. so#ndclo#d.com/theher#tics

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m.5a88 // 9I.IJ K JJ.IJ // $elcome aboard the good-ship funky, your pilot for today, resident :-Ca++, will be taking you on a cross-cultural 'ourney through the uni"erses finest sonic delight K from @ela to 3rykah, :ar"in to /onna, Sa-Da to Sun-Da, 0ito Puente to 0heo Parrish > C /illa to Cames Brown K we shall e,plore deep and soul groo"es that will take you high into the solar system into * @FN# @DA: AF03D SP*&3. facebook.com/%:#nk:rom-#terSpace

;imble 7ack // JJ.IJ K J9.JJ // Nottingham)s finest party selecta Nimble Cack brings his all styles specialism to shake hips, shuffle feet, and ruffle hearts. $aistline. Bassline. Boodtime mi clo#d.com/5ackbnimble2 1arie %vril < 1#ck 22 J9.JJ K late 22 mariea"ril and :uck ha"e been engaged in the Bene"an artistic and musical scene for o"er <H years. :uck is an artist and runs a music label Saint-Eitus-Decords. /ance music has always been the main inspiration for his practice of drawing and he hand-designs all the "isuals for the label. mariea"ril is art curator for the 3lectron festi"al of electronic cultures and coordinator of the Breat &ouncil of the Night, an organisation defending nightlife and night cultures in Bene"a. *s a Ph/ student in the Fni"ersity of %eeds, she researches urban nightscapes and nightlife. *s d's, both of them draw in a "ery wide spectrum of musical influences and blend them to obtain a dark and groo"y tech house. so#ndclo#d.com/marieavril 22 so#ndclo#d.com/saint-vit#s-records

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/hro#"ho#t the day there will also be tasty food and drink on sale+ a delicio#s array of freshly baked cakes+ a free shop and vario#s pop #p installations+ films and performances 3even in the toilet>4

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