Performing at an advertising campaign for NIVEA: “Dare to Dip”
One group of synchronised swimmers who decided to turn their love for the sport into a performance is Aquabatique who made a splash during the popular television programme Britain’s Got Talent in 2012, where they managed to secure a place in the final. Aquabatique is only one of the acts performed by Aquabatix which was founded in 2004 by two retired international synchronised swimmers. Since then they have continued to progress in popularity and now host many events as well as being evolved in a variety of national television programmes including Sport Relief and Splash. Aquabatique describe themselves as “…a completely unique act created by our aquatic family at Aquabatix so that the joy or water based entertainment can reach anyone” (Aquabatique, 2012)
Not only have Aquabatix developed performances in tanks but they also explored different places to preform including in lakes, waterfalls and outdoor pools. This got me to start thinking about where I would like to stage my performance and thought the idea of doing a witch performance would be very suited to the lake outside the University however, I was advised against this due to health and safety restrictions.
