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  • Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building

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Please note that this event has been postponed to Tuesday 11 February 2025. If you have any further queries, please contact us at thebridge@plymouth.ac.uk.
You are warmly invited to a screening of Arcanium (2023) – An Intergenerational and Community Screendance Project.
The origin of arcane is Latin arcanis. "secret, closed," 
Arcana (singular arcanum) are pieces of mysterious knowledge or information 
This will be followed by a Creative Talk by Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, Ruth Way and others, introducing somatic movement arts and a discussion of these applied somatic movement approaches to support well-being and ‘being in movement’ throughout our lives. An informal Q & A session will follow to invite questions and creative dialogue. 
Ruth Way is an Associate Professor in Theatre and Performance at the University of Plymouth. Ruth is a trained and certified somatic movement educator and teacher from Eastwest Somatics Institute (USA) and registered with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). Ruth is working in partnership with Age UK, Plymouth to deliver somatically informed workshops aligned to her research focus on applied somatic movement arts for well-being. 
“Join us for an evening of creative dialogue” Ruth Way 
Date: Tuesday 11 February 2025
Time: 19:00 – 20:15
Venue: Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building
Ticket information: Free admission, booking required
Age restriction: Not certificated 
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Andy Cluer and Mary Costello talking in the Levinsky Gallery

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Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA

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