Creativity, Arts and Older People
A blog by David Slater
Guest Blogger Christopher Green writes of his recent collaboration with Entelechy's Elders Company for their latest 21st Century Tea Dance I love the difference between expectation and the reality. I think I’ve got a pretty good imagination but when things turn out well they always vastly surpass what I was expecting. So, if you’d asked… Continue reading Wrestling
Almost on a regular basis on Tuesdays, for Meet Me at the Albany, the piano in the café gets wheeled out into the centre of the room and the music begins. It’s an old, slightly out of tune instrument, perhaps one of the survivors of the1960’s piano smashing competitions. The older Bermondsey women that I… Continue reading Pioneers
Guest bloggers Rosie Wheatland, Rona Lewis, Nelly Andoh, Gwen Sewell, Thelma Hunte, Madeleine Keckwick, Sybil Reid, Shelia Powell and Lillian Bartholomew write about their experiences of working together in Entelechy Arts elders company. We speak about the past and the present. Both. We are old but not cold. We’ve all had experiences that have taught… Continue reading Laughter and silences
Creativity, Arts and Older People 