Parade – The Giant Wheel is a moving performance inspired by the beauty, power, and impact of people from different walks of life coming together, featuring a 12-foot tall Giant Wheel powered by 5 street artists and accompanied by music and a large community cast of local groups and individual performers.
Autin Dance Theatre uses their unique blend of contemporary storytelling, striking physicality and innovative large designs to transport audiences and communities along a carefully choreographed procession.
The 50-minute itinerant act is punctuated by 3 static moments that celebrate the tension and fracture between our individual identities and our shared collective humanity. Ultimately, Parade is about celebrating different journeys whilst honouring our shared life struggles and collective journeys.
The Giant Wheel carries the performers high above the streets, spins them around ferociously, turning their worlds upside down, at times giving them momentum and speed, and at others rocking them gently back and forth imitating the laborious and repetitive cycle of life.
Parade is an ambitious and scalable street performance that has inclusivity and accessibility at its heart. Local participants can join Parade’s community engagement plans including opportunities for groups to perform alongside the procession and for individuals to join the movement of mass participation.
Information Pack
Technical Rider
Easy Read Guide
Workshops - Easy Read Guide
Workshops Plan
Show Information For International Promoters
Italian
French
German
Spanish
Audience Comments
Accessibility
Please note that the show doesn’t contain any text or spoken word. All the storytelling is expressed through movement and physicality.
Touch Tours prior to the live performances are available (to be organised in advance between promoter and show director.
For any enquiries regarding accessibility, please contact us via email
Schools & Community Outreach
Autin Dance Theatre invites and calls upon individuals, community groups, educational establishments to take part in a live performance of Parade - the Giant Wheel. The opportunity will engage, inspire and upskill local participants, residents and creatives in the region with of artistic and social impact for the community and beyond.
The community sessions will be open to all and highly accessible, and movement content will be suitable for those with reduced mobility, offering differentiation options to cater to all abilities. The workshops are specifically aimed at intergenerational communities including young people aged 6+, young people and their families and adults from local communities & school groups, including young people with physical or learning disabilities, those with challenging behaviour, groups in areas of social deprivation and all local residents.
Email our Learning & Participation manager Kirsten for more information and to request a booking form.
Participatory Programme (community cast)
To develop a community cast in your locality with Autin Dance Theatre you will need to:
Identify between 20-50 local participants.
Support a minimum of 8-week delivery period for workshops.
Secure suitable participant workshop, changing and holding spaces (with accessible facilities).
Provide/assist in sourcing supporting staff/volunteers for rehearsals and performance.
Support with access provisions (travel expenses, meals, interpreters) for participants and audiences.
Support with marketing and advertisement.
Support the evaluation process of the programme, in collaboration with Autin Dance Theatre.
Support project management and safety provisions.
Audio Description
Audio notes (for listening before the show)
Upcoming Tour Dates
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Sponsors & Supporters
Autin Dance Theatre presents ‘Parade’ with the support of Arts Council England, MAC – Midlands Arts Centre, 101 Outdoor Arts, Black Country Dance Hub, Without Walls – Blueprint, Black Country Touring and Out There Arts
Production Credits
Choreographer/Director:
Johnny Autin
Senior Producer:
Annalise McIntyre
Learning & Participation Manager:
Natasha Boyes
Technical Production Manager:
Jamie Higgins
Bespoke Set Design & Construction:
Big House Events
Music:
Richard Shrewsbury - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Rehearsals director:
Sarah Butler
Performers:
Hannah Woodliffe, Charlie Hogan, Juan Sanchez Plaza, Robert McColl & India-Rose Cox
“Parade is the embodiment of a carefully created outdoor performance – it fuses circus, dance, procession and engineering into a show that reaches out to audiences with a high level of spectacle and scale alongside more intimate moments which directly engage with spectators; crowds always love a parade, and this is a very different ambulatory experience.”
Angus MacKechnie Director, OAUK