RC

Roundabout Collective is a performance art group based in Scotland. Run by two dance artists, the collective collaborates with artists from various fields.
The Collective was born in 2014 in Dundee (Scotland) due to the curiosity and excitement of different artists (mainly related in the contemporary dance field) willing to collaborate and share their experiences and knowledge. Also with the intention of starting a movement that potentially embrace a bigger range of artists from different fields as well as people that is not necessarily involved in the art scene but have an interest to it.
The Collective is the perfect place for us to bring ideas that could potentially be developed into a further research towards the creation of more specific work. We organize improvisation performances with certain structure, introducing elements of our interest to experience what the reactions are and what we think it could go to a further study.


WORKS:



AGREECULTURE (2015)

     

photo by Katie McFarlane

 The premise of our research is a conception of agreement as something malleable  and constantly subject to compromise and adaptation rather than a fix point of  arrival. There is a journey before and after and agreement where we have been  wandering during the process. The various  attempts to persuade and convince  won't resolve themselves once the agreement is reached, but will rather evolve to  further power dynamics and negotiations. Initially being the core of our research  and interest, the concept of agreement became more and more relevant  throughout the process due to the nature of any collaborative process. In this  terms, the performance can't be read as the conclusion of the process, but rather a  life exploration of the process itself. Two individuals finding their way towards  the agreement.

 Video link: https://vimeo.com/138300572

photo by Aya Steigman

TAPAS (2015)

Structured improvisation evening performed at the Roseangle arts Cafe, Dundee.








THE GALLERY (2014)

photo by Artur Grabarczyk

Structured improvisation performed at the Roaseangle Arts Cafe (Dundee) and in Perth Museum Gallery (Perth).

Video link: https://vimeo.com/128392589




R&D BUSKING (2014)


Roundabout Collective research for an upcoming outdoors work concerning ideas of street performance,

Video link: https://vimeo.com/128386316