Dragons: Music, Legends, Landscapes

《龙：音乐、传奇、风景》将加强已完成的AHRC项目对地区表演历史的公众影响--《早期英语戏剧东北纪事》(Reed-NE)。它将利用英格兰东北部丰富的龙知识来巩固和提高当地对戏剧历史、音乐和民俗的兴趣。“龙”的目的也是为了缓解Covid-19在艺术、手工艺和遗产部门造成的困难。Reed-NE在2013-18年间由AHRC创立，发现并研究了英格兰东北部早期音乐、戏剧、仪式和流行节日的来源，直到1642年。Reed-NE现已进入其遗留阶段。《龙》的灵感来自于对Reed-NE项目的研究中出现的发现，如中世纪戏剧中的虫子角色，以及16世纪和17世纪节日庆典中使用的舞台龙。此次竞标充分利用了Reed-NE发现的这一元素，因为传奇龙也非常存在于英格兰东北部的当地文化中--故事、歌曲、戏剧、诗歌、轻歌剧和教堂仪式。与社区利益相关者、艺术与手工艺专家和国际戏剧专业人士合作，我们的目标是为英格兰东北部的普通观众提供一个与里德-东北地区以前的工作相关但不同的节目：-由当地艺术家提出的“龙展”，并在英格兰东北部(赫克瑟姆、莫佩斯、班堡、里彭、达勒姆、惠特比)巡回演出-戏剧和手工艺工作坊-在Brancepeth Castle，Co.Durham-Covid-Resilient补充物：户外活动展览“激进龙：火兽和东北的形成”；将对所有活动进行广泛的评估(例如，通过观众和参与者问卷、访谈和拍摄文件)，以产生关于影响的量化证据，并确定各种形式的文化和社区活动如何在大流行背景下发挥作用。项目的长期遗产将是：1.布兰塞佩斯城堡作为一个永久性的、抗流行病的地点，以吸引当地社区并提高城堡的旅游价值和经济可持续性：有一个展览空间；一个多用途的社区工作室；以及一个基于Reed-NE研究的关于东北部戏剧遗产的小规模永久展览。在赫克瑟姆建立一家剧院公司--“黑兹尔松剧院公司”，其使命是庆祝东北地区的音乐和戏剧遗产。剧院公司Lead(Bates)可以建立良好的区域关系，并已招募了除Brancepeth Castle以外的所有项目合作伙伴。关于非物质遗产(音乐、戏剧)领域的地区文化活动及其在大流行病时期的影响的定量和定性证据；对今后研究东北部大流行病(及其文化和社会影响)具有潜在意义的一系列著作。

"Dragons: Music, Legends, Landscapes" will enhance the public impact of a completed AHRC project on the history of regional performance, "Records of Early English Drama North-East" (REED-NE). It will use the rich dragon lore of England's North East to consolidate and increase local interest in theatre history, music, and folklore. "Dragons" is also intended to alleviate hardships in the arts, crafts and heritage sector resulting from Covid-19.Funded by the AHRC between 2013-18, REED-NE discovered and studied sources of early music, theatre, ceremony and popular festivity in England's North East up to 1642. REED-NE has now entered its legacy phase. "Dragons" is inspired by findings which emerged during the research on the REED-NE project, such as "worm" characters in medieval plays, and stage dragons used in festive pageants of the 16th and 17th centuries. The bid capitalizes on this element of REED-NE's discoveries because legendary dragons are also very present in the local culture of England's North East - in stories, songs, plays, poems, operettas and church ceremonial. In collaboration with community stakeholders, arts & crafts specialists, and international theatre professionals, we aim to deliver a programme that is related to, but distinct from, previous work on REED-NE, for general audiences across England's North East:- A "Dragon Show", presented by regional artists, and touring England's North East (Hexham, Morpeth, Bamburgh, Ripon, Durham, Whitby)- Theatre and craft workshops- Exhibition "Radical Dragons: Fiery Beasts and the Making of the North East" at Brancepeth Castle, Co. Durham- Covid-resilient supplements: outdoor activities; elements of the exhibition and show available onlineAll activities will be extensively evaluated (e.g. with audience and participant questionnaires, interviews, and filmed documentation) to generate quantitative evidence on impact, and establish how forms of cultural and communal activity work in a pandemic context.The project's long-term legacy will be:1. Brancepeth Castle as a permanent, pandemic-resilient site to engage local communities and enhance the castle's touristic value and economic sustainability: with an exhibition space; a multi-purpose community atelier; and a small-scale permanent exhibition on the North East's dramatic heritage based on REED-NE research.2. Establishment of a theatre company - "Hazelsong Theatre Company" - based in Hexham, whose mission will be to celebrate regional musical and dramatic heritage in the North East. The theatre company lead (Bates) can build on excellent regional connections and has recruited all project partners except Brancepeth Castle.3. Quantitative and qualitative evidence on regional cultural activity in the field of intangible heritage (music, drama) and its effects in times of pandemic; a body of work of potential interest for future study of the pandemic (and its cultural and social impact) in the North East.