My work with dance and the camera ranges from the documentation of process and performance to the collaborative creation of Screendance work and I enjoy the varying challenges of these settings. I strive for fine composition and meaningful insight in documentary, accurate, emotive reflection in performance capture and to create Screendance drawing on and connecting with languages and audiences across the arts.
'Collage 1 on/of Vuong 10' - A film collage made from material captured during 'Vuong 10' technical rehearsals, shot and edited as an interpretation of the movement and music. The material is the collaborative creation of Choreographers Catarina Carvalho, Nina Kov and Michael John Harper with Musicians Leafcutter John and Max Baillie.
'Square Intervention for Into/Out Of' - This improvised intervention was staged for Into/Out Of by the 'Vuong 10' creators, based on action, patterns of movement and acts of play drawn from the public. The reactive camera work aims to frame the dancers in relation to architecture and people in the square, considering them equal players and emphasising the connections.
'Broadway Fields - First Edit' - Here still a work in progress - 'Broadway Fields' - is the product of a collaborative project exploring the Deptford park of the same name. Considering the place, people and stories past and present, we worked to create movement which spoke of these, set for location and camera. Following a successful preview sharing, it's currently undergoing the final cut.
'Fiction' - Collaged from an intervention drawing on the creative process of 'Vuong 10', 'Fiction' interprets the two dancers as playing out the dramas of related hearts and bodies, dislocated in the contemplative setting of the library. The cut celebrates the presence and actions of the people in library, their reactions to the out of the ordinary and the potential drama of the space.
'Making Broadway Fields' - This short teaser features material shot during the creation of the material for 'Broadway Fields' giving an insight into the themes, process and choreography itself. It was used to promote the public sharing of the first edit of the film, and as the camera was very present and involved in rehearsal offers an intimate perspective and, compelling introduction.
'Faces' - Sketch B - A sketch utilising footage shot at the Film/Dance Workshop considering the face, features and expression. Nuances are amplified by enlargement, slow and fast motion and compositions which set these subtle movements to one and other for emphasis. I create sketches like these to explore choreographic and cinematic questions and ideas in practice.