Tibet has a unique culture and a strikingly distinctive location on a high and massive plateau in the Himalayas.
It was seized by China in the 1950s and has since suffered from repression. But it does what it can to preserve its distinctiveness, as Professor Joyce Hill saw when she visited it a few years ago.
Her talk will set Tibet in its geographical and historical context and give us a flavour of what Tibet is like today.
Come along to our free monthly talks for adults, with guest speakers and a different theme each time.
Adam White, Curator Emeritus at Lotherton Hall, will talk about Skipton Castle. He will focus on the things people don't usually notice when they visit, like the grotto and the banqueting house in the main gateway.
Free, drop in. Refreshments provided.
Come along to our free monthly talks for adults, with guest speakers and a different theme each time.
Curator Kitty Ross joins us to talk about Leeds Museums’ military collections for Armed Forces Day.
Free, drop in. Refreshments provided.
What does it feel like to perform your ageing body? How are women’s bodies read as they age? What is the relationship between older performer and audience? Why be seen?
In this panel talk Gillian Dyson is joined by Funmi Adewole Elliott and Susan Kempster as they ponder the queering of the body through the ageing process and ask how we redefine our femininity as expectations of women shift in age.
Christine Thynne shares her journey of passion for dance and performance, of anatomy and the kayaking adventures, which led to the development of her solo work-in-progress, Mechanisms.
Joined by friend and collaborator Robbie Synge, Christine will use a mix of film, performance and conversation to share her story. Expect a warm and lively audience discussion about creative ambition, play and finding your way...
Christopher Matthews gives a performance lecture on his Desire Cycle.
What’s the Desire Cycle you say? Well, what is desire? And what is a cycle? And how do we have life cycles that shape our lives and shape our views around different aspects of what we’re interested in and the desires we have and how we fulfil the desires of others.
The Desire Cycle is a trilogy of sculptural performances with dancers from different age groups. My body’s no.1
Back by popular demand, Dr Steve Ward will lead his Victorian Circus walking tour of Leeds
Professor Joyce Hill leads a guided walk tracking the Industrial Revolution as it developed in Holbeck, featuring figures such as Matthew Murray, John Marshall, and later ‘Colonel’ Harding.
You stand by the door, waiting – you hear the roars of the crowd within. The clinking of glasses, the laughter, the chatter. The door is flying open wide. Its show time, its game time! I am Spartacus… and I really do not want to be here, I have no idea what I’m doing, and I want to go home now please. Wait, what? We are all Spartacus?
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