Dragons: Music, Legends, Landscapes

“龙：音乐、传说、风景”将加强一个已完成的AHRC项目对地区表演历史的公共影响，该项目名为“东北早期英国戏剧记录”（REED-NE）。它将利用英格兰东北部丰富的龙的爱好来巩固和提高当地对戏剧史、音乐和民间传说的兴趣。“龙”也是为了缓解因新冠肺炎疫情导致的工艺美术、遗产产业的困难。REED-NE在2013年至2018年期间由AHRC资助，发现并研究了1642年英格兰东北部早期音乐、戏剧、仪式和流行节日的来源。REED-NE现已进入其遗留阶段。“龙”的灵感来自于REED-NE项目研究期间的发现，比如中世纪戏剧中的“蠕虫”角色，以及16世纪和17世纪节日庆典中使用的舞台龙。这次竞标利用了REED-NE发现的这一元素，因为传说中的龙在英格兰东北部的当地文化中也非常普遍——在故事、歌曲、戏剧、诗歌、轻歌剧和教堂仪式中都有出现。通过与社区利益相关者、工艺美术专家和国际戏剧专业人士的合作，我们的目标是为英格兰东北部的普通观众提供一个与REED-NE之前的工作相关但又不同的项目：-由地区艺术家呈现的“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-戏剧和工艺工作坊-“激进的龙”展览：达勒姆Brancepeth城堡的“炽热的野兽和东北的形成”——抗疫补充：户外活动；将对所有活动进行广泛评估（例如，对观众和参与者进行问卷调查、访谈和拍摄文件），以产生关于影响的定量证据，并确定文化和社区活动的形式如何在大流行背景下发挥作用。该项目的长期遗产将是：1。Brancepeth城堡作为一个永久性的、抗流行病的场地，与当地社区互动，提高城堡的旅游价值和经济可持续性：设有展览空间；多功能社区工作室；在REED-NE研究的基础上，举办了一个关于东北戏剧遗产的小规模永久性展览。在赫克瑟姆成立了一个戏剧公司——“黑泽尔松戏剧公司”，其使命是庆祝东北地区的音乐和戏剧遗产。剧院公司领导（贝茨）可以建立良好的区域联系，并招募了除布兰斯佩斯城堡以外的所有项目合作伙伴。关于非物质遗产（音乐、戏剧）领域的区域文化活动及其在大流行时期的影响的定量和定性证据；对未来研究东北地区大流行（及其文化和社会影响）可能感兴趣的一系列工作。

"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.