I went to the Forge Festival today - a young people's dance thing at Windermere Jetty. (music, drama, film, dance and physical theatre)
Groups of YP did dances [movement-based think pieces] - and there were three ECAs.
I enjoyed the three ECA pieces - each choreographed by the dancer specifically for this festival - they seem to have to be multi-media savvy - spoken word, conceptualisation, music, video, sound ...
But I don't actually know what career prospects there are. So [obviously] I will have to do some research.
(They will have had to make an application and a proposal to get the bursary/funding, to support them while they developed and practiced the piece and brought together all the audio-visual stuff [there was a music specialist to assist]. I suppose they could take it into schools, but I don't know where else it would find a home.]
Another one was Orla Collier - she has got a nicely set up website.
Interesting image. Job prospects are difficult in the creative arts, but some people are born to perform and some people are happy to pay to watch them.
