27 May 2025
The Beacon – Bowling Park
Dancing with Colours
JoAnne Haines
A joyful, sensory and gloriously messy creative experience for children aged 4+.
Dancing with Colours is an interactive performance for young people (4+) and their grown-ups. It’s about seeing art everywhere and in everyone – and it shows how art can transform places and help our minds.
This participatory performance blends dance, movement, music and colour, and is co-created by artist JoAnne Haines with learning-disabled people and their families in Bradford. The audience are just as important as the performers, challenging ideas of who gets to make art – and how!
We enjoyed a joyful, sensory and gloriously messy experience, as JoAnne invited us to dance with pastels and paint to bring The Beacon to life. Dancing with Colours inspired us to find moments of creativity in our own lives.
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Creative team
JoAnne Haines – Artistic Director
Rachel Dean – Director
Zoe Katsilerou – Musician / Improviser
Karen Bartholomew and Becca Johnson – Creative Enabler
Caroline Sheard – Production Manager
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