Welcome to Other Each Other, Of a Place. Directed by award-winning director and choreographer, Jack Webb.
Other Each Other, Of A Place is a online encounter between an intergenerational group of people. Second year CPP students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have collaborated in an online exchange with a group of dancers who are 60+ years old. The two groups have never met in real life and so the work is an experimental encounter in which they explore the possibilities of the moving body through choreography, film and conversation, exploring ways in which to bring about a new and unexpected sense of choreographic, physical and emotional connection between people and virtual/digital place.
Spread over 80 one minute films, the work is a meeting point of bodies, time, age and experience, creating miniature digital realities in which bodies with a different sense of time and gravity can provoke movement methodologies and languages that explore life in the in between spaces, re-imagining of place, connection/disconnection, and the role of the moving body as a vital tool of communication. At the core of this encounter will be an emphasis on how the moving body can be a tool with which to create new realities and shared meaningful exchange between the performers and the viewer, especially in a time when we cannot physically touch, are remote and virtual encounters are the landscape and site in which to gather together.
Below you will find all 80 one minute films. Plug in some earphones (or not), sit back and delve in to the miniature online worlds that we have created together.
You can view the work here on this page or on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/other_each_other_of_a_place/
https://www.rcs.ac.uk/
https://www.rcs.ac.uk/courses/ba-contemporary-performance-practice/
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The beginning Movement created and performed by Sean Daniel McGarvey
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Movement created and performed by Julia Darrouy and Sean Daniel McGarvey.
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Movement performed and created by Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger.
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‘Every pull, twist and flick,
crackling under my skin, burning hot and sticky. Blood pulsing around my body. Blood pulsing around my body. Racing to my fingertips like an electric shock.’ Movement created and performed by Eleanor Morrison. Text written and performed by Nell O’hara. |
Footage by Brandon Hindle and Jessica Kucelin.
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Movement created and performed by Moira Berry.
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‘IT
COULD’VE BEEN UNSETTLING BUT IT JUST WASN’T I KNEW I WAS IN THE TIME ‘UNTIL’ I KNEW I’ Movement created and performed by Jessica Kucelin and Brandon Hindle. Text by Brandon Hindle and Jessica Kucelin. |
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Movement created and performed by Dyala Younis.
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Movement created and performed by Paul Burrows.
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Judy
‘An almost physical feeling. Yearning. Pressing on the air. It could be just beyond the scope of your vision. Sara ‘When you turn, they’ll be there. If your crane your neck, reach with your fingertips, turn your head sharply to catch them before they’re gone.’ Judy ‘Or, slowly.’ Don’t scare their image away.’ Sara ‘Or close your eyes.’ Judy ‘Maybe then you’ll see them properly, in the dark, imagined space behind your eyelids.’ Movement created and performed by Seán Talbot and Kaia Bartholomew. Text created by Kaia Bartholomew. Performed by Judy Adams and Sara Cameron McBean. |
Eleanor
‘Do you remember?’ Moira ‘It’s almost as if I can’t remember what they look like The longer I spend trying to recreate each detail of their face, the further they fade away But I can remember the warmth of their body against mine as we embrace. It’s imprinted on my chest.’ Movement created and performed by Rafael Anargyros Tsantes. Text created by Nell O’hara. Performed by Moira Berry and Eleanor Morrison. |
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Moira
‘Do you remember where it was?’ Eleanor. ‘Up the wind to heavens gate. Glowing sunlight streams through the ruins of myself. In between the cold stone and warm above. Love resides.’ Text created by Joe Kinnear. Performed by Eleanor Morrison and Moira Berry. Footage Joe Kinnear and Nell O’hara. |
Movement created and performed by Catherine Allison.
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Movement created and performed by Sara Cameron McBean.
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Movement created and performed by Jennifer Kelly.
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Movement performed and created by Dyala Younis.
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Movement created and performed by Anne Young.
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Movement created and performed by Jessica Kucelin.
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Movement created and performed by Christine Thynne.
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‘Face stuck to the glass surface.
I can’t help Face stuck to the glass surface. but try and look back. I can’t help I’m already far gone but try and look back from the fantasy of a Summer reunion. I’m already far gone from the fantasy of a Summer reunion. Of a Summer reunion. Of a Summer reunion.’ Text by Julia Darrouy. Performed by Marilyn Sheills. Footage by Julia Darrouy and Sean Daniel McGarvey. |
Movement created and performed by Julia Darrouy.
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Movement created and performed by Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger.
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Movement created and performed by Jennifer Kelly.
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Movement created and performed by Agnes Forrest.
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Movement created and performed by Joe Kinnear.
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Movement created and performed by Norma Turvill.
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Movement created and performed by Catherine Allison.
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‘I had made up my mind.
And in that moment, I found the perfect spot by the river bank. I sat on the grassy bank and watched the swaying of the trees in the wind. And exhaled.’ Text by Seán Talbot. Performed by Sara Cameron McBean. Footage by Seán Talbot and Kaia Bartholomew. |
Movement created and performed by Joe Kinnear.
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Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew. Camera by Seán Talbot.
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Movement created and performed by Rafael Anargyros Tsantes.
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Movement created and performed by Jessica Kucelin and Brandon Hindle.
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Movement created by Sean Daniel McGarvey and Julia Darrouy.
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Movement created and performed by Nell O’hara.
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Movement created and performed by Sean Daniel McGarvey.
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Movement created and performed by Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger.
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Movement created and performed by Tom Daniel.
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Judy
‘An almost physical feeling. Yearning. Pressing on the air. It could be just beyond the scope of your vision. Sara ‘When you turn, they’ll be there. If your crane your neck, reach with your fingertips, turn your head sharply to catch them before they’re gone.’ Judy ‘Or, slowly.’ Don’t scare their image away.’ Sara ‘Or close your eyes.’ Judy ‘Maybe then you’ll see them properly, in the dark, imagined space behind your eyelids.’ Movement created and performed by Seán Talbot and Kaia Bartholomew. Text created by Kaia Bartholomew. Performed by Judy Adams and Sara Cameron McBean. |
‘I was stood in the seconds, just before the minutes.
If she passed, her tears will shame me. I was stood in the seconds, I was stood (just before the minutes) in the seconds, If she passed (just before the minutes) her tears will ( if she passed) shame me. I was stood (her tears will shame me) in the seconds, just before the minutes If she passed (I was stood in the seconds) her tears will shame me (just before the minutes) If she passed, her tears will shame me.’ Text by Agnes Forrest and Dyala Younis. Performed by Anne Young. |
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‘Taste of freedom.
And then it’s, it’s, the doors have just closed. And I just don’t know when I’ll ever be allowed out again. Because Taste of freedom. And then it’s, it’s, the doors have just closed. And I just don’t know when I’ll ever be allowed out again. Because Taste of freedom. And then it’s, it’s, the doors have just closed. And I just don’t know when I’ll ever be allowed out again. Because’ Movement created and performed by Agnes Forrest. Text written and performed by Anne Young. |
Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew.
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Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew and Seán Talbot.
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Movement created and performed by Judy Adams.
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Movement created and performed by Moira Berry.
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Movement created and performed by Brandon Hindle and Jessica Kucelin.
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Movement created and performed by Seán Talbot.
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Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew.
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IMAGINING
I AM IMAGINING I AM MY HEAD YOUR SHOULDER HARD SURFACE RESTING ON IMAGINING I AM MY HEAD YOUR SHOULDER HARD SURFACE RESTING ON IMAGINING I AM MY HEAD YOUR SHOULDER HARD SURFACE RESTING ON IMAGINING I AM RESTING ON’ Movement created and performed by Diane Mitchell. Text by Catherine Allison. |
Movement created and performed by Catherine Allison.
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Movement created and performed by Rafael Anargyros Tsantes.
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Movement created and performed by Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger.
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Footage by Jack Webb.
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Movement created and performed by Diane Mitchell.
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Movement created and performed by Norma Turvill.
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Movement created and performed by Sean Daniel McGarvey.
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Movement created and performed by Agnes Forrest.
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Movement created and performed by Nell O’hara.
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Movement created and performed by Dyala Younis.
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Movement created and performed by Moira Berry, Nell O’hara and Joe Kinnear.
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Movement created and performed by Tom Daniel and Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger.
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Movement created and performed by Marilyn Sheills.
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Movement created and performed by Sean Daniel McGarvey.
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Movement created and performed by Catherine Allison and Diane Mitchell.
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Movement created and performed by Marilyn Sheills and Sean Daniel McGarvey.
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Movement created and performed by Christine Thynne.
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Movement created and performed by Christine Thynne and Julia Darrouy.
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Movement created and performed by Jennifer Kelly and Diane Mitchell.
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Movement created and performed by Jessica Kucelin and Norma Turvill.
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Movement created by Brandon Hindle and Norma Turvill.
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Movement created and performed by Agnes Forrest and Anne Young.
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Movement created and performed by Eleanor Morrison.
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Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew and Sara Cameron McBean.
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Movement created and performed by Eleanor Morrison.
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Movement created and performed by Seán Talbot and Judy Adams.
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Movement created and performed by Kaia Bartholomew and Sara Cameron McBean.
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Movement created and performed by Paul Burrows and Brandon Hindle.
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Movement and performance by Brandon Hindle.
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Movement created and performed by Seán Talbot, Kaia Bartholomew, Judy Adams, Sara Cameron McBean, Sean Daniel McGarvey, Julia Darrouy, Christine Thynne, Marilyn Sheills, Jessica Kucelin, Brandon Hindle, Paul Burrows, Norma Turvill, Agnes Forrest, Dyala Younis, Anne Young, Nell O’Hara, Joe Kinnear, Rafael Anargyros Tsantes, Moira Berry, Eleanor Morrison, Catherine Allison, Jennifer Kelly, Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger, Tom Daniel and Diane Mitchell.
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The End.
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Concept, direction, editing, design and music by Jack Webb
Performance, movement, camera and text by the cast
Propel Festival 2-12 June 2020
The Propel festival showcases work from all levels of the Contemporary Performance Practice BA (Hons) and is the culmination of all of the performance-making processes of the academic year. In 2020, for the first time, the Propel festival is presented as a festival of digital performance and will be performed over various online platforms. Re-Imagining Classic Text, Choreography, Performance Writing and Artist Commissions in Directing, Site-specific Practice and Arts in Inclusive Practice will be shared over two weeks, supplemented with artist talks and a final Contemporary Performance Critical Encounters event. The definition of “contemporary” is “existing or happening now”, and, as a festival of contemporary performance, Propel attempts to interrogate the way in which we can continue to create new work while in quarantine. Propel questions the impossibility of the live, the differently live, and the new demands of audiences and performers as we navigate this moment through a series of exciting performances and artworks.
https://www.rcs.ac.uk/box-office/
Performance, movement, camera and text by the cast
Propel Festival 2-12 June 2020
The Propel festival showcases work from all levels of the Contemporary Performance Practice BA (Hons) and is the culmination of all of the performance-making processes of the academic year. In 2020, for the first time, the Propel festival is presented as a festival of digital performance and will be performed over various online platforms. Re-Imagining Classic Text, Choreography, Performance Writing and Artist Commissions in Directing, Site-specific Practice and Arts in Inclusive Practice will be shared over two weeks, supplemented with artist talks and a final Contemporary Performance Critical Encounters event. The definition of “contemporary” is “existing or happening now”, and, as a festival of contemporary performance, Propel attempts to interrogate the way in which we can continue to create new work while in quarantine. Propel questions the impossibility of the live, the differently live, and the new demands of audiences and performers as we navigate this moment through a series of exciting performances and artworks.
https://www.rcs.ac.uk/box-office/
Other Each Other, Of a Place
Director
Director
Other Each Other, Of a Place
Contemporary Performance Practice 2 cast
Other Each Other, Of a Place
Participant cast
Thank you to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Gary Gardiner, the participant cast and the CPP2 students for the dedicated, inspiring and generous work and energy.
In support of and in solidarity with the vital anti-racist and Black Lives Matter movements, we would like to use this platform to bring your attention to and raise awareness of ways in which to support these movements. Please find some links below and a message from our students Gudrun Dorothea Schmidinger and Seán Talbot.
Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatter.com/ - #BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.
Actblue's Bail Funds - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds - A crowdfunder that splits donations between different bail funds for protesters who have been arrested in US cities.
Black Visions Collective - https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2 - A organization campaigning for BLM and dedicated to Black liberation
The Bail Project - https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project - Existing since 2007, the bail project provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to thousands of low-income people every year in the US.
Saheliya - http://www.saheliya.co.uk/saheliya/support-us/#.XuEjF0VKg2w - A mental health support charity that supports positive mental health and well-being of black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and girls in the Edinburgh and Glasgow area.
Stopwatch - http://www.stop-watch.org/about-us/donate - An independant UK charity promoting police reform and accountability.
Project X - https://www.projectxplatform.co.uk/ - Project X is a multi-disciplinary, collectively run organisation based in Scotland, platforming dance of the African and Caribbean Diaspora. We collaborate with artists and organisations, to deliver bespoke workshops, facilitate conversations, produce and curate performances and events in Scotland and beyond. Project X is about changing the conversations and perceptions around dance of the African and Caribbean diaspora in Scotland. Through profiling practitioners and platforming the diverse styles, we celebrate our heritage and broaden the mainstream consciousness. Embedded through all of our programme is education through creative learning. We encourage all those who take part to be empowered with the historical knowledge and its contemporary impact in every context they move in. Project X is collaboration and we celebrate the cross-pollination of identities, ideas and forms.
Actblue's Bail Funds - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds - A crowdfunder that splits donations between different bail funds for protesters who have been arrested in US cities.
Black Visions Collective - https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2 - A organization campaigning for BLM and dedicated to Black liberation
The Bail Project - https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project - Existing since 2007, the bail project provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to thousands of low-income people every year in the US.
Saheliya - http://www.saheliya.co.uk/saheliya/support-us/#.XuEjF0VKg2w - A mental health support charity that supports positive mental health and well-being of black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and girls in the Edinburgh and Glasgow area.
Stopwatch - http://www.stop-watch.org/about-us/donate - An independant UK charity promoting police reform and accountability.
Project X - https://www.projectxplatform.co.uk/ - Project X is a multi-disciplinary, collectively run organisation based in Scotland, platforming dance of the African and Caribbean Diaspora. We collaborate with artists and organisations, to deliver bespoke workshops, facilitate conversations, produce and curate performances and events in Scotland and beyond. Project X is about changing the conversations and perceptions around dance of the African and Caribbean diaspora in Scotland. Through profiling practitioners and platforming the diverse styles, we celebrate our heritage and broaden the mainstream consciousness. Embedded through all of our programme is education through creative learning. We encourage all those who take part to be empowered with the historical knowledge and its contemporary impact in every context they move in. Project X is collaboration and we celebrate the cross-pollination of identities, ideas and forms.