Opera [2019]
Four-hour performance-installation for 9 performers. Commissioned by the Holden Gallery, Manchester
Opera digest. Phone footage: Scout Stuart
Four-hour performance-installation for 9 performers. Commissioned by the Holden Gallery, Manchester
Opera digest. Phone footage: Scout Stuart
Opera 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