Opera
4-hour performance-installation for nine performers. Commissioned by and first performed at the Holden Gallery, Manchester, October 2019
4-hour performance-installation for nine performers. Commissioned by and first performed at the Holden Gallery, Manchester, October 2019
Opera is a 4-hour performance-installation which combines visual motifs and musical gestures derived from the
generic narrative tropes of its
eponymous discipline. Expressions of
high drama are blurred and re-directed
non-verbally: characters dance
flamboyantly, set off smoke machines,
lounge, wrestle and gaze at one
another. No one sings. The piece is designed for a large open gallery
space, audience members free to
position themselves anywhere
throughout its duration.
Made with composer Jack Sheen.
Performers: Lucia Abbott, David Bainbridge, Svenja Bühl, Juliet Davis-Dufayard, Lawrence Dunn, Alex de Little, Jack Sheen, Danielle Summers, Anna Tulchinskaya
Performers: Lucia Abbott, David Bainbridge, Svenja Bühl, Juliet Davis-Dufayard, Lawrence Dunn, Alex de Little, Jack Sheen, Danielle Summers, Anna Tulchinskaya
Video teaser
Phone footage trailer, shot by Scout Stuart