Heartstone Performances & Exhibitions

Heartstone's touring exhibition is titled 'Descendants of All Worlds' and it is from this exhibition that photostories are taken to be adapted for group use in projects as Heartstone Story Modules and Heartstone Portable Exhibitions. Sitakumari, the Director of Heartstone is a dancer/storyteller who was initially trained in the Indian Classical dance style of Bharatanatyam. She subsequently went on to develop a contemporary style in which she now performs. She plays a key role in these exhibitions which often have a live performing component added to include speakers connected to the stories and dance. The latter may just involve Sitakumari or frequently, she will rehearse with and lead a company brought together for the duration of the exhibition comprising dancers and young people from the local area. 'Descendants of All Worlds' is constantly being updated with new stories as these are gathered by the Heartstone photographer and his team on the assignments they are sent on worldwide.

Heartstone exhibitions may however be smaller-scale and include just one or two sections from 'Descendants of All Worlds'. Examples have included the Brussels European Parliament, Victoria Hall in Bradford, Newcastle's Discovery Museum, the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter and many others. Plans are underway for similar exhibitions at Duxford RAF Museum and the London Aquarium.

Heartstone Educational Conferences

Since the end of 2001, Heartstone has staged several educational conferences when speakers from schools who have been involved in the Dept. for Education & Skills Heartstone Project connected to Citizenship have been invited to present how they have used Heartstone stories to achieve the results already described.

To obtain the CD which presents these case studies and will be available from September 2002, contact Heartstone HQ.

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