The other academic speaker will be Dr. María Rocío Cobo Piñero from the University of Cadiz whose paper will look at 1920s Jazz and Spanish flappers. Our performance element will showcase the links cotton establishes in the nineteenth century between enslaved Africans and the Lancashire working class using song and dance. This will be delivered by the ballad singer and clog dancer, Manchester-based Jennifer Reid and the black British performance artist Jade Montserrat from Scarborough.
Line-up: Coordinator: Prof. Alan Rice. Participants: Professor Brian Ward (Northumbria) & Dr. Maria Rocio Cobo Pinero. Lancashire Clog Dancer: Jennifer Reid. Performance artist: Jade Monserrat.
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VenueUCLan Media Innovation Studio (MISt)
AddressFourth floor, Media Factory Kirkham Street , Preston, Lancashire,
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