Pop Idle

Pop Idle was created for the Move-me booth (www.move-me.com) created for Ricochet dance company by Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes. Move-me was a specially constructed video booth placed in various public spaces and free to use.

Inside the booth, the user selects their choice of choreographer and then, guided by instructions, creates a unique dance that is captured on video within the confines of the booth. These video dances were then added to the to move-me.com website (requires Adobe Flash Play to view).

Instructions were provided by some of the world’s most innovative and exciting dance-makers – Rafael Bonachela, Nigel Charnock, Jonzi D, Shobana Jeyasingh, New Art Club, Stephen Petronio, Kirstie Simson and Deborah Hay.

Move-me was co-produced by Ricochet Dance Productions and Goat Media, from the original idea by Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson. It is an Arts Council England Capture4 commission, sponsored by Calumet Photographic and co-funded by Scottish Arts Council Lottery Funds, the Moose Foundation, Alt-W, New Media Scotland and Sadlers Wells.