We Are Holyrood: Shining a light on a Southampton community

Welcome to the world of We Are Holyrood – a long term project with Southampton’s Holyrood community

ZoieLogic Dance Theatre and the community of Holyrood Estate, Southampton are on a mission to raise aspirations, challenge perceptions of who we are and illuminate the place we proudly call home.

“The project makes me proud of Holyrood, it shows the great sense of community spirit that can exist on the estate” Sam Connis, Resident of Holyrood and now ZLDT’s Community Engagement Manager

Driven by the community, we bring to life stories of past, present and re-imagine the future through dance performance, film and social gatherings.

Together we strive to create a safe and thriving place, overflowing with creativity. Where resident pride leads the way and a lasting legacy never ends

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Check out what's been happening on Holyrood

A mural depicting different people working on different arts activities. The mural is painted with inks and water colour on paper. Some of the images are portraits of people and some are of small groups

Round up, June 22

Celebrating We Are Holyrood: THE HUB 2022

From 19th - 25th June The HUB returned to Southampton’s Holyrood community for the second year in a row! Here's a look at the highlights

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A girl poses next to a set of swings with buildings in the background

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Watch, October 21

Watch the We Are Holyrood film

In April 2021, we spent a week with the young people of Holyrood, and created a film with them which explored their home and friendships

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Four girls pose for a picture in a park area, with flats and trees in the background

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Behind The Scenes, May 21

The Making of... We Are Holyrood

During the second week of April 2021, we set out to make a film with the young people of the Holyrood estate. We recorded their shadows and began to animate the estate with them. Here's how it happened...

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A dance facilitator and child work together with their shadows in against a wall

Behind The Scenes, May 21

Behind the scenes on We Are Holyrood

We've been working with residents and young people of the Holyrood estate in Southampton for the last year. During April 2021, we set out to make a dance film with 15 young people from the estate and here's what we got up to...

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A group of young dancers following a choreographer

Gallery, October 20

Dance & Photography: First steps

Take a look at our first workshops with some of the young people from Holyrood estate. It was amazing to see their endless creativity and energy. We were also joined by Xavier from IN FOCUS who took them on a photographic adventure.

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