moving through lightscapes

Dress Rehearsal l i g h t o u c h  26.09.13

These 'capturings' of the piece were a means of documenting the performance. The stage lighting had to be 'amplified' to meet the requirements of the camera. The choreography throughout plays with thresholds of visibility as the dancers move through minimal lightscapes* into the depths of shadow. The camera's 'capturings' offer a different representation of what was. 

                                  scene iii

                                  scene iv

                                 
                                 scene ix

                                          scene xi

*lightscapes…

... is a neologism I have coined to replace the more commonly used expression lighting state. I feel that the idea of moving through a lightscape offers the dancers a different way of being with the light to that which is implied by being in a lighting state.

first steps ... digitalised

Researching Light and the Dancing Body 16.01.13

This film was made during a workshop received on the second week of the MA Making Performance at Edge Hill University. After receiving a basic introduction to the equipment we would be using and some practical tips on filming, we were off to explore and film. An hour later we met in the editing studio where we were taken through the basics of cutting and pasting and merging and … this was the result.