The Ressurection
Performing Arts Centre
The Journey From Confinment And Oppresion To Upliftemnt.
Candace Tulloch
The ResuRRecTion
PeRfoRming ARTs cenTRe Concept: Limbo
Ritual typically performed at wakes. It is believed that the people of Trinidad during this dance, portray going down in the hold of the slave ship which carried them into Slavery
No matter how they twisted or turned, squired or arched, they would go deeper and deeper. Some would make it, some would not.
The Site The Submersion
The Limbo dance interprets the journey of slaves going into the hold of the slave, passing under objects that cause them to bend backward. The dance ends with sort a celebration. Jumping up into the air, glad to be free from the shackles of their oppressor. Based on the dance, the designed submerges the ground floor to mimic what it would have been like for our ancestors to enter into the hold of the slave ship.
The Ascension The Covering
B
6 4 10
10
A
Basement/Theatre 9 8
Plan 8 7
1. Dance Studio
2. Changing Room
3. Dance Lobby
4. Fly Tower
5. Admin office
6. Main Lobby
9. Cafe
12.Control Room
13. Theatre Foyer
14. Dressing room.
15. Storage closet
16. Theatre
Ground Floor Plan
Section A-A
UP UP DN UP UP UP -UP DN DN DN --
12 13 13 14 15 14 10
7. Car Park
B B B 16 A
8. Concession stand
After submersion, the design risers upward to demonstrate the rise of after walking under to stick in the dance and the rise of our ancestors after the abolishment of slave. It can also be interpreted as the rise of the souls of the slaves that did not make the journey across the seas. A A 6
10. Restroom
11. Service Corridor
