Blue Mind
“The performance felt very therapeutic and as though it teleported me to a different state of mind.”
Part performance, part group meditative practice, Blue Mind will leave audiences feeling calm, refreshed, and able to carry this experience with them whenever they need it.
Image Description - Three dancers are standing ankle-deep in the sea. The water is calm and blue-grey, blending into the clouded sky at the horizon. The dancers appear to be in calm, fluid motion. Their arms float up and out, as their bodies tilt and stretch past one another. Their focus is outwards with soft expressions. Text overlay reads ‘Blue Mind’.
Blue Mind was commissioned by Dance City in 2021, and developed into a live performance/installation.
Pilot Performances presented as part of Dance Edits, at Dance City Newcastle, and Circulate 2021 at Newcastle College.
We are now continuing the project as part of ‘Tranquil’ in collaboration with Meta4 Dance Company
“Pelican Theatre’s Blue Mind offers an antidote to the over-stimulating world we find ourselves in. An immersive hybrid of performance and installation, Blue Mind uses the meditative and healing properties water boasts as its inspiration. Through images, sound, movement and light, water becomes a remedy to the load of our monotonous routines.”
-Evie Lake, Narc Magazine
In December 2020, we were given the opportunity to share a work in progress film as part of EQDance Company’s Love Your Mind platform. We created this film using just our mobile phones, exploring concepts that we had been developing during an R&D at Creative Winter, supported by Dance City.
Image Description - Three young women stand with their eyes closed, overlapping at the shoulder, only their upper body and face in view. The background shows the blue-grey sea blending into the cloudy sky above, gentle ripples on its surface and mossy rocks standing out. The women’s faces are all calm, relaxed, and pleasant. Text overlay reads ‘Blue Mind Movement Meditation’.
“Memories from my early life emerged - powerful multi-sensory memories resonating with sounds, smells, textures, sights, and colours.”
Workshops
We offer guided improvisation and movement workshops, drawing from our creative process to encourage participants to explore their own Blue Mind.
These workshops can be tailored to all ages and abilities, please feel free to get in touch to discuss.
Blue Mind x Boundless
Boundless is the 55+ Dance Company at Dance City, Newcastle
We worked with them to reimagine our Blue Mind installation for Inspire Festival in January 2022
With thanks to our Funders:
Image Description - A close up photograph of a calm, clear stream flowing over colourful rocks, with light reflecting off the surface. End of Image Description.
Image Description - A stream with a small waterfall in the background where the water bubbles. In the foreground there is a fern and small white flowers hanging over the stream. End of Image Description.
Image Description - Close up of a babbling stream’s surface as it flows over rocks of various sizes. Some areas of the image are blurred from the speed of the water. End of Image Description.
Image Description - A splash of clear water jumps out of a calmly rippling lake. In the background there are small sailing boats in the shadows of trees. There is a contrast between the light of the sky reflected in the water and the shadowed edges. End of Image Description.
Photography by Ellie Trow, 2020
Image Description - A shallow stream flowing over pebbles with green and blue reflections on the surface. In the background there is a grassy bank with plants overhanging. End of Image Description.
Image Description - A small waterfall trickles off the edge of a brick wall, The top of the image has bright neon green moss and plants growing on large rocks. The bottom of the image is in darkness with light reflecting off the water droplets. End of Image Description.