Roller Ballet by Felicity Shillingford

Felicity Shillingford Roller Ballet (2006)

Roller Ballet is the latest work to appear in the window of Off The Hook Clothing Exeter, in association with Found Space.

Roller Ballet was originally made as part of ‘Heelz on Wheelz’, a performance and visual art production by Fittings Multimedia. Described as ‘a subversive journey through sex, beauty and alternative lifestyles’, this touring production featured a range of fantasy footwear that brought together nice and nasty, clean and dirty.

Roller Ballet offers the viewer a juxtaposition of such opposing themes. Classical combining with the street, it’s a marriage of point shoe in blood red, with ribbon lacing, and low-tech early roller skate wheels. The piece is displayed in action on a half pipe high stand. The ribbons are wired to flow out behind. Shoe donated by The Royal Ballet.

Felicity Shillingford is an Exeter-based artist who works across sculpture, live performance and film.  She was a co-founder of Fittings Multimedia, a Manchester-based production company fusing performance and visual arts.

Felicty Shillingford Roller Ballet
25th March - 6th May 2011 (Extended to 11th May)
Off The Hook Clothing
151- 152 Fore Street
Exeter, Devon EX4 3AN