BLEEDING FAERIES ALL OVER THE PLACE
Saturday the 7th of March 2020
an intergenerational roundtable presented by the LCDS Feminist Society, with Sue MacLennan, Sasha Roubicek, Lauren Potter, Grace Nicol, Alethia Antonia, Iro Costello, and Elisabeth Schilling, discussing the idea of feminist legacy surrounding The Place and what it means to continue this legacy into the future at The Place, in the London dance community, and beyond
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Our title, 'Bleeding Faeries All Over The Place', and our event poster is in reference to the original 'Bleeding Fairies' image which was the front cover of New Dance Magazine (Issue 5 1978), as well as the 1977 performance of the same name by X6 members Jacky Lansley, Emylin Claid, and Mary Prestidge. X6 were an experimental dance collective founded by Fergus Early, Jacky Lansley, Emylin Claid, Madee Dupres and Mary Prestidge.
'The infamous image on the front cover of New Dance Magazine was of a romantic ballerina with the words 'bleeding fairies' emerging from her sweetly smiling mouth (Issue 5 1978). On the back cover was an image of a classical ballerina wearing a white tutu, her leg high in arabesque, with blood scribbled onto her crotch with a red pen. These crude images have been used as the publicity material for the performance Bleeding Fairies (1977)' (Yes? No! Maybe...: Seductive Ambiguity in Dance By Emilyn Claid page 63)
X6 were one of the first groups to have their own space, cultivating choreography, classes, discussions and a magazine (New Dance Magazine) exploring often highly political content. They left behind a legacy of dance/dancers being so much more than just performance/performers; they were feminists.
round-table panelists- Sue MacLennan, Sasha Roubicek, Lauren Potter, Grace Nicol, Alethia Antonia, Iro Costello, Elisabeth Schilling
contributions- Eva Recacha (text), Alexandrina Hemsley (audio), Tom Hastings (text), Jenny Alien (live music)
Fem Soc concept and production team- Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Anouk Jouanne, Venla Niitemaa, Rebecca Douglass, Kitty Pilgrim-Morris, Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir, Théïa Maldoom
poster photo- Théïa Maldoom
