We are celebrating Six years of Yorkshire life Aquatic
Firstly, we are celebrating five years of touring our outdoor show Million Dollar Mermaids. Meet our vintage mermaids that swim on land!
‘A beautifully choreographed romp of pure joy’ that will have audiences delighted and rushing to get back in their swimsuits.’
After hundreds of community classes and dozens of performances in Yorkshire, we finally took the plunge and brought our Bramley Mermaids Club down South.
In May, 11 Yorkshire women and girls performed to over 500 people at the Brighton Fringe Festival’s Synchro Spectactular.
We also took a performance of vintage land swimmers (60+) to perform at Bramley Festival and most recently created a flashmob for the very first Keighley Arts and Film Festival.
Million Dollar Mermaids is a Dry Land Synchronised Swimming 20 minute romp. We recreate the fun and glamour of vintage artistic swimming in parks, pools, beaches, and even fountains. Meet the modern ‘Million Dollar Mermaids’.
Featured at: Day at the Lake (Wild Rumpus), Saltaire Festival (on the road, Roberts park & the bandstand), Bathing Beauties Festival (on the beach), Shipley Festival, Farsley Festival, Morecambe Vintage by the Sea, DNweekeND Doncaster, Grassington Festival, Oldham- on-Sea, Vivacity at Peterborough Lido (Wet Sounds), Feva Festival, Leeds Waterfront Festival, Bradford Festival, Bramley Baths, Leeds Light Night, Barnsley Civic).
A massive thank you to all of this year’s partners and talented collaborators including:
World Cetacean Alliance, Greenpeace Leeds, Brighton Fringe Festival, Feva Festival, Plastic-Free Me, Plastic-Free Youth, Big Lottery, Awards for All, Arts Council England, I will Youth Fund, Comic Relief, Leeds Inspired, Lens and Chisel, Institute for Crazy dancing, Immortal Bloom, Leeds Creative Timebank, Leeds City Council, John Charles Aquatic centre, Bramley Baths,Brighton Swimming Club.
Yorkshire Life Aquatic are based in Leeds and tour locally, nationally and internationally.
We create and consult on new work for the independent arts sectors relating to environmental and synchro-swim and mass dance choreographies. We are interested in creative environmental projects and all things synchronised swimming. so do get in touch with any ideas you might have and chat to us about bringing the mermaids to your festival or event.
Introducing the Human Aquarium
We ran a new immersive exhibition in Leeds City Centre at St Johns shopping arcade.We had 7000 visitors in 12 days with 12 workshops, new photographic artworks by Paul Whiteley and headline image by Tom Martin. And a light installation octopus made by Plastic Free me Youth.
The Human Aquarium is an Eco-Arts project looking at the world through the eyes of a sea mammal.
What does it feel like to live in a tank? And what effects are micro-plastics having on marine life? Even more, what is the human cost?
The Human Aquarium is a brand new exhibition produced by Yorkshire Life Aquatic in February 2019. An immersive Land Aquarium containing thought provoking photographs, installations, films and interactive activities. All created by Leeds-based Artists and Activists.
Contact to book or discuss a bespoke package.
Above a short film by Mai Brightling explaining more.
Find out more about The Human Aquarium here
We have created many fun community performances across the country. These vary from land splash-mobs to full water shows. We recently created a flash-mob for Keighley Arts Festival.
In May we took our water troupe to Brighton Fringe Festival. Highlights include our immersive exhibition and performance Mermaid Tales at Bramley Baths and our mass Synchro Spectacular made for WI Centenary.
Featured at:
Brighton Fringe, Withington Baths, Bramley Baths, Roberts Park, Bramley Park, Leeds Waterfront festival, Keighley Arts Festival, Withington baths, Brockwell Lido, Peterborough Lido