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Flying is the ultimate freedom of movement and Wingbeats explores flight in all its forms, from the bevies of birds at Bempton and Flamborough Head to the inspirational story of Amy Johnson, Yorkshire’s own aviatrix.

Wingbeats is teaming amazing artists with local schoolchildren to create work inspired not only by the theme of flight but by the spectacular scenery of the East Coast of Yorkshire. There are dance performances, new writing, exhibitions, music performances and special guests – something for everyone who has ever dreamt of spreading their wings and taking flight.

Wingbeats is supported by:

• Wingbeats – a taster…

  

  Swooping on us this summer and the next, Wingbeats is about flying, birds, poetry, song, dance, art, performance and the stunning landscape of the East Yorkshire coastline....

• Adam Strickson

  

  Writer and producer Adam is the lead artist for Wingbeats. Adam is a poet, librettist and producer and is currently Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (.4) at the University of Leeds.  He has worked as a performer and maker, and co-founded Chol Theatre, the pioneering inter-cultural company based in Huddersfield. His first collection of poetry,...

• Lara Goodband

  

  Lara has a finger in lots of imove pies!   Lara Goodband is a freelance artist-curator.  After graduating in art history from the University of York and Manchester University, Lara went on to take up her first post as Exhibitions Curator at York City Art Gallery.  Lara moved to Scarborough in 2002, to develop a...

• Steve Race

  

  Steve works for the RSPB and has helped with the Wingbeats workshops.  His photography will appear in the Wingbeats exhibition.   Steve Race’s interest in wildlife started at an early age.  He took up photography after encouragement from his secondary school biology teacher and has not looked back since.  Steve has undertaken photographic commissions for...

• Gabrielle Naptali

  

  Gabrielle has been working with the schoolchildren of Flamborough and Bempton to help them express what Wingbeats means to them. Gabrielle Naptali is a Ceramic Artist and Art Educator working with community groups in a variety of hands on and visual media. After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1996, she returned to Scarborough...

• Victoria Hunter

  

  Victoria has led dance workshops as part of Wingbeats. Dr Victoria Hunter is a Practitioner-Researcher in Dance at the University of Leeds.  Her work explores the relationship between site and creative process, and she has staged productions in the basement of Bretton Hall (Beneath, 2004) and the Leeds Central Library building (The Library Dances, 2006). ...

• Steve Kilpatrick

  

  Steve is the composer for Flight Paths. Stephen Kilpatrick is a composer of contemporary instrumental and electronic music. He began his career as a Jazz guitarist before going on to study composition with Michael Finnissy and Alan E. Williams. Steve has composed for Richard Casey of Psappha, as well as the contemporary music ensembles Rarescale,...

• Taylor Wilson

  

  Taylor will be giving voice to Wingbeats. Taylor Wilson studied singing at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before reading modern languages at Strathclyde University.  She went on to complete her opera studies at The Royal Northern College of Music, where she developed an interest in contemporary music and worked closely with the...

• Amy’s Last Dive (Leeds)

  

                          Amy wonderful Amy!  Joan of Arc in a flying helmet?  Rambler, hockey player, pilot, mechanic, lover and celebrity, Amy Johnson is as much of our time as she was for her own time. This sung drama looks back at her tempestuous life, and...

• Voxare String Quartet

  

  The New-York based string quartet will be in Yorkshire as part of Wingbeats. The Voxare String Quartet – Emily Ondracek, Galina Zhdanova, Erik Peterson and Adrian Daurov – formed in 2008 and has since received critical praise for its inventive programming, technical prowess, attention to detail and passionate performances.  Voxare has performing residencies at Dartmouth...

• Amy’s Last Dive (Bridlington)

  

                            Amy wonderful Amy!  Joan of Arc in a flying helmet?  Rambler, hockey player, pilot, mechanic, lover and celebrity, Amy Johnson is as much of our time as she was for her own time. This sung drama looks back at her tempestuous life,...

• Anikó Tóth

  

  Anikó helped give voice to Flightpaths. Anikó Tóth studied vocal technique and contemporary and cultural dance in Los Angeles and Budapest, completing her postgraduate studies at the University of Salford.  As a performer, Anikó has worked with a diverse variety of collaborators, from Meredith Monk to Manchester’s Hallé Choir.  She has performed in venues from...

• Em Whitfield-Brooks

  

  Em helped the schoolchildren of Flamborough and Bempton find their voices as part of Wingbeats. Em Whitfield-Brooks is a singer, songwriter, director, facilitator and ex-clown based in North Yorkshire.  She has led diverse singing, music and theatre projects since 1987, and works in schools, colleges, community and corporate settings across the UK and internationally. Em...