Launch Day (The Official Soundtrack)

LAUNCH DAY Launch Day is a contemporary dance production by the Kelly-Abbott Dance Theatre. In collaboration with visual artist Alexander Millar, KADT explores the industrial history of the UK shipyard communities, bringing to life Millar’s paintings of working men and the iconic characters known as “Gadgies”. Creating movement influenced by Millar’s paintings and research undertaken with former shipyard workers from the shipbuilding industry, Launch Day is a celebration of the UK in all its industrial glory and the culture and vibrancy of these shipbuilding towns. The working man is portrayed hard at graft, but also during their social time, in the pub and at the football.