Photograph - originating from the Greek words phos and graphe, meaning to paint with light. The Space We Take depicts what happens when we dance with light.
The Space We Take is a collaborative project between photographer and dancer that explores the use of light to paint movement in the space. This exhibition photographically explores how we take up space as dance artists, through my photographic lens and through the dancers own voices. View bold, colourful images that play with light, texture and movement. This exhibition comments on the importance of the space we as dancers and movement artists take up in our communities. This exhibition by Hannah Mulligan invites attendees to dance with the lights used in creation, take photographs and share what taking up space means to them.
Come on this visual journey with us and explore what taking up space means to you.
This interactive exhibit allows attendees to dance with the lights used in the photographs, take photographs of each other with their phones and physicall feel experience taking up space. In addition, to being able to record their experiences by writing them down and adding them to the community board or filming themselves.
Dancers and Collaborators: KJ Mortimer, Aeron Preston, Mandy Tan
R&D Dancers: Megan O’Donnell and Milly Tidmarsh-Watts
Where can you see The Space We Take?
Chichester Festival Theatre, International Womens Day Event
Friday 7th March, 11am - 3pm
Join me for a preview of The Space We Take at Chichester Festival Theatre
Brighton Fringe 2025
The Space We Take and Hannah Mulligan are this year The Pebble Trust’s Brighton Fringe Bursary winner!
Tuesday 27th May
5pm - 8pm drop in
The Dance Space, South East Dance
Tickets PWYW £3 - £6.50 (recommended £5- £6.50)
Portsmouth Fringe 2025
The Space We Take will be at Portsmouth Fringe 2025 25th July - 3rd August Date and Venue to be confirmed
I offer three different workshops around this project, depending on your group and interest.
Workshop 1: For the Photographers
This is an hour workshop where participants can learn and experiment with long exposure photography and how this can be used to capture movement in a new way.
Workshop 2: For the Dancers
This is an hour and a half workshop exploring the concepts explored in this project through movement. Within this contemporary dance workshop, we will explore ideas around carving, painting and drawing in the space with our movement. In addition to discussing ideas around permenance and dance and how we make lasting impressions on those around us. This is a creative workshop and is open to all ages and abilities and can be adapted depending on the group.
Please get in touch for more details.
Workshop 3: A Collaborative Workshop
This is a 2 hour workshop where photographers will work with groups of dancers to explore how the photographs in The Space We Take were taken and how a photograph can create a snapshot of time. Whilst the dancers also have the opportunity to explore how these photographs were taken by dancing with L.E.D lights, and exploring the concepts of carving, painting, drawing and permanence in the space. Participants will be able to explore how they can take up space in their own way whilst under the guidance of the artist.