Yanaëlle Thiran The Performance Path Turner Prize Route #1
Eastbourne Walking Festival
Sunday 1 October, 10.30am to 12.00pm, Free (booking required)
The Performance Path 2022 Trailer
Join Eastbourne-based dance artist Yanaëlle Thiran for The Performance Path, a different kind of walking tour, originally created for Eastbourne Walking Festival 2022 and returning this September.
The Performance Path (Turner Prize Route) starts at Towner Eastbourne, follows the seafront promenade, and ends on Holywell Beach.
Along the way, Yanaëlle Thiran performs short pieces of choreography for you. Silent disco headsets will be provided, enabling you to hear the music chosen or composed for each one. Between the performance locations, you will have the opportunity to talk to other walkers, and perhaps share what these dances and pieces of music evoked for you. Yanaëlle will also tell you how local landmarks inspire her movements.
When returning the headsets to Printers Playhouse, you will be invited to get creative in response to the dances. This will be your chance to pick your path (for examples: writing a poem, drawing, or creating a collage of photos of the walk). Artist Loupe Cooper will gather some of your creations in a booklet, to document a range of experiences of The Performance Path.
Supported by grant funding from Arts Council England and East Sussex Arts Partnership, the project is part of Eastbourne ALIVE which celebrates and coincides with the Turner Prize 2023 exhibition.
Other Routes
Sunday 17 September, 4.30pm to 7.30pm (Long Route)
Friday 22 Septemper, 10.00am to 1.00pm (Long Route)
Friday 22 September, 3.00pm to 4.30pm (Short Route)
About Yanaëlle Thiran
Yanaëlle Thiran is a Belgian dancer, choreographer and contemporary dance teacher who trained at London Contemporary Dance School, Art Factory International (Italy), Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and the University of Chichester. As a performer, she specializes in cross-disciplinary collaborations with musicians, visual artists and designers. She has danced in stage productions, installations and site-specific works by Kuan-Yu Chen, Kamala Devam, Irene Fiordilino, Amber Hahn, and Eleanor Tapper.
Yanaëlle’s own choreographic works draw connections between movement and sound; bodies and environment; performers of different ages or backgrounds; or performers and audiences.
About the walk
Difficulty level: Easy
Start time: 10:30am
Approximate finish time: 12:00pm
Exact meeting point: Towner Eastbourne, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ
Public transport to/from meeting point: See our Visit Us page
Please ensure you wear appropriate walking shoes and bring enough water for the walk.