An audience of people sit and stand under a large gazebo in the middle of St Helens. Two people with dark, dreadlocked hair sit in orange seats ad play a pair of African drums while two people dance in front of them.

Summer Streets

Name: Heart of Glass
Price range: $

31st Jul — 2nd Aug 2014

St Helens Town Centre was taken over during Summer Streets by 13 dance troupes including a newly commissioned work.

Event Details

Merseyside Dance Initiative worked with Heart of Glass, The Citadel Arts Centre and St Helen's Council to bring a vibrant and exciting international dance programme to the town.

On July 31st and August 1st and 2nd, St Helen's Town Centre was brought to life with street performance, circus and contemporary dance.

Merseyside Dance Initiative worked with Heart of Glass, The Citadel Arts Centre and St Helen's Council to bring a vibrant and exciting international dance programme to the town as City Steps met St Helen's Summer Streets Festival 2014.

The dance programme ran across the three days and includes stage and strolling performances on Church Street as well as site specific pieces in partnership with Tyrer's Department Store on Bridge Street.

A group of people dressed in vintage style floral dresses, skirt suits and hats are dancing on a stage in front of an audience of people.

Two people dance on a high street. One is rolling towards the floor while the other swings their leg over the top of the other.

An audience of people sit and stand at the edge of a high street clapping.

A group of people in vintage style floral dresses, and hats stand posed for a photograph in front of a colourful patterned curtain.

Gary Clarke, one of the UK's leading choreographers, also lead a residency with a group of dancers from St Helen's to create a specially commissioned new work for the festival.

Dance Companies and artists included:

Axial Dance – Manchester
Company Chameleon - Manchester
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers - Southport
Stopgap - Farnham
Ballet Nimba - Guinea / Cardiff
Nicoletta Cabassi and Simona Lisi - Italy
Kali Chandrarasegaram - London
China Pearl - Liverpool
Growing Older (Dis)gracefully - Liverpool
Taciturn - Liverpool
Gary Clarke - Leeds

With workshops led by:

Polly Scott - Liverpool
Lamin Dumbuya - Sierra Leone / Liverpool