Desert Crossings
State of Emergency and Gregory Maqoma South West

Desert Crossings welcomes the world to the South West and takes us on a journey of discovery.
 
This cross-cultural journey is a collaboration between South West based producers State of Emergency and South African choreographer
Gregory Maqoma.
 
Desert Crossings traces our shared memories and the Earth’s history through the sands of time, beginning with the ancient desert landscapes preserved along the South West's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and their remarkable resemblance to the Skeleton Coast of southern Africa.
 
Desert Crossings will create an inspirational, site specific dance and film spectacle for the Jurassic Coast, along with a national tour and a public programme involving communities across the South West and in South Africa. The stories they uncover will engage communities in a global conversation about universal hopes and dreams of a better world.

Project Blog

Creating dance for the Jurassic Coast

21 September 2009

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State of Emergency invite South West based choreographer Laila Diallo to create dance for the Jurassic Coast, as an initial stage of Desert Crossings.

Dance and film at the Jurassic Coast - new photos!

17 September 2009

New photos by our brilliant photographer Kevin Clifford - Check them out on our flickr page. We had some amazing weather for our Jurassic Coast film shoot. Iron red cliffs against deep blue skies. Magical. The dancers had spent the previous day at the Exeter Phoenix dance studios working with Bristol-based choreographer Laila Diallo.