Summer School
for Stockholm
DANCE MOVEMENT THEATRE
7 DAY COURSE
STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
21st
Celebration
EVENING DANCE
HAMILTON HOUSE
BRISTOL - UK
The Flower Drum
2019
4 DAY DANCE INTENSIVE
CORNWALL
UK
The River That Finds
Us
1 YEAR FOUNDATION COURSE
CORNWALL
UK
A FILMIC STUDY ON THE NATURE OF GRIEF
iteration
ɪtəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
noun
the repetition of a process or utterance.
A PECULIAR SHADE OF BLUE screened as work-in-progress at CAST (Cornubian Arts + Science Trust), Cornwall, UK in March 2022 and Scenstudion Gerlesborg, Sweden in September 2022 and FABRICA, Brighton in November 2023, with a Supporters Online Screening in February 2024.
During this period of R+D, in-person events opened space for reflective preparation prior to, and meal to conclude a screening where stories and experiences, reactions and feedback offered by the audience became a natural catalyst to further the evolution of the project.
Ultimately, audience interaction serves as heartbeat to this work.
It became clear A Peculiar Shade of Blue needed to continue its journey through ITERATIONS in order to reflect the ongoing and cyclical, ever-changing nature of grief.
Grief returns to us again and again, each time, both it and we are changed.
In repeating an utterance of the same thing, our perspective and understanding deepen. Each ITERATION for A Peculiar Shade of Blue
offers its own incarnation.
ITERATION #2
ITERATION #2 is currently in development.
The shape and delivery of A Peculiar Shade of Blue is likely to morph as audience input and the journey it treads weave into the fabric of the piece. At the same time, subtle suggestion found within the symbology of the original six STANZAS already provide specific anchors to open out and explore grief traditions from around the world at a deeper level.
The project will, in good time, deliver an art book and greater version of the written word, to include still photography, diary entries, interviews and insights to accompany the films, and I hope, work as a most beautiful companion.
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