A Field Happening…NOW
August 21ST 2025, 10am-6pm - Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Curious Seed’s A Field Happening…NOW is an invitation to gather and dance in an act of embodied hope. Join us during one of the world’s largest celebrations of culture to dance in solidarity with those facing oppression, apartheid, genocide and state violence across the world. We will gather in a small act of resistance.
Across the day we will share ways of connecting using movement scores, playing games, and celebrating aspects of Palestinian culture through a Dabke workshop (led by Nancy Ahmar) and Palestinian food for sharing. Through a collaborative exchange with Al-Harah Theater and the Baladi Center for Culture and Arts, we will work with young people involved with these projects. The young people will send Curious Seed a filmed dance for participants to learn and respond to, building a connection between dancers in Edinburgh and young dancers in the West Bank.
Building on Curious Seed’s work Field…Something for the Future NOW, which started as an outdoor dance practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, the happening will take place in the same park. We want to honour the access to this beautiful green space in the city and the freedom to move, play and rest here that the Field project has explored over the past five years.
We are delighted to have live music throughout the day from Luci Holland and other musicians from the Tinderbox Collective.
A Field Happening…NOW is an invitation to gather in nature to / dance / rest / listen / heal / contemplate / connect / question / play / process /breathe together.
Come and join us as witnesses and active participants. No previous experience is required to take part in any of the activity on the day.
Timings: 10am-6pm
10 am: First dance
12-1pm: Dabke workshop (open to all)
1-2pm: Picnic time (we will be providing Palestinian food to share but please also feel free to bring your own picnic to enjoy)
2pm – 4.30pm: Filming for the dance exchange project will be happening during this time (optional to partake in being filmed)
5.30pm: Last dance
Location: Holyrood Park, in the trees next to the pathway behind Holyrood Palace
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There is no need to book, but if you have any enquiries or questions please email Hannah hannah@curious-seed.co.uk
In line with our values as an organisation, we are against all forms of oppression. We continue to condemn the ongoing atrocities and genocide being enacted upon the people of Palestine by the Western-backed Israeli government. We believe art must be enabled to flourish to give hope to all in these dark times, and this event is an act of solidarity with Palestinians and with our collaborators who continue to resist apartheid and oppression.
Curious Seed is building a relationship towards a future collaboration with the Al-Harah Theater in Palestine. Al-Harah Theater, established in 2005, is a non-profit organisation based in Beit Jala, Bethlehem. Al Harah Theater aims to produce theatre that is well-crafted yet moving, challenging yet accessible, essential, honest and, like Curious Seed, believe that theatre has the potential to change the lives of those who make it and those who watch it. We are thankful to Al-Harah for connecting Curious Seed with The Baladi Center for Culture and Arts in Bethlehem for this project.
Please consider reading more about and donating to their work:
https://cultureartsnetwork.com/baladi-center-for-culture-arts/