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Costume Archive Training

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Gerry Connolly, Senior Curator, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery delved into the Museum’s Costume Archive to share a fascinating selection of women’s costumes from 1890-1928. He showed stunning examples the kinds of clothing restrictions & fashion architecture women of that period had to endure & how dramatically things changed by the 1920s.

Amongst the items was a convertible horse riding outfit for a young woman, with a long skirt to cover jodhpurs, which had buttons at the waistline, to pull up the skirt out of the way whilst riding. Reminiscent of the convertible cyclewear which inspired the Blazing Saddles show costumes.

Photos © KP Projects CIC 2024

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Taster Workshops

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As part of the project in Newhaven & Brighton, we ran Bicycle Ballet Taster workshops for women, to explore new relationships & ways of using their bikes; develop new skills & confidence on their bikes. The workshop also served as an introduction to potentially participating in the Blazing Saddles performances at the end of the project.

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Newhaven Taster Workshops

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Three taster workshops took place in Newhaven in the run up to performances, to give potential participants the opportunity to have a go at the kinds of moves & techniques used in the Blazing Saddles & Bicycle Ballet shows & learn about the heritage of women cycling.

The workshops were funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, BN9 Arts Growth Fund, through Creative Newhaven & Newhaven’s Creative Enterprise Zone; & supported by Newhaven Active Travel.

16 September 2023, The Sidings with choreographer Janine Fletcher

18 June 2024 @ The Sidings led by Janine Fletcher

26 June 2024 with Haven Young Creatives at The Hillcrest Centre

Images © KP Projects CIC 2024

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Brighton Taster Workshops

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Four taster workshops took place in Brighton in the run up to performances, to give potential participants the opportunity to have a go at the kinds of moves & techniques used in the Blazing Saddles & Bicycle Ballet shows & learn about the heritage of women cycling. The workshops were funded by the UK government & Brighton & Hove City Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

22 June 2024 in Preston Park, with choreographer Janine Fletcher & the BMWs -Brighton Multicultural Women’s Cycling Club

6 July, Richmond Place – advanced moves – as part of Our City Dances

14 August, Preston Park, with Choreographer Virginia Farman

30 August – Final session with Third Space Theatre summer school students, led by Janine Fletcher

Photos © KP Projects CIC 2024

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