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Contemporary British Artist

Starting Line

Starting Line

Taking their inspiration from the spirit and vision of Paralympic Athletes and celebrating Stoke Mandeville as the birth place of the Paralympic Games, Starting Line builds a dynamic universal performance collaboration between disabled and non disabled young people from around the globe, spinally injured young people from Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Rachel Gadsden (visual artist) Luke Pell (performance maker) Abigail Norris (film maker) and emerging young British dancers.
Artistic Director Ryan Laight will lead an extraordinary triumphant outdoor spectacular visual art/dance/film performance at Aylesbury Town Sq on the 28th August to coincide with the Paralympic Torch’s journey, as it travels from Stoke Mandeville to the London 2012 Opening Paralympic Ceremony.

In April 2011 Gadsden was awarded this New Outdoor Commission by Accentuate, and working in Partnership with Creative Junction, Rachel and the creative team are collaborating with young people from the UK and abroad to develop a stunning outdoor performance piece which will form part of the Paralympic Torch celebrations.

Link to: Accentuate

Link to: Creative Junction

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