Traces of Places
2011. dancefilm (10:00) by Sue Hawksley & Roddy Simpson.
Watched as if through a window on time, a dancer moves through the mnemonic traces of places which inhabit and haunt her presence. Guided by her kinaesthetic memories and shifting between 'here and now' and 'there and then', her embodied stories unfold, rewind, retrograde and interweave.
"When you can move through a house blindfolded it belongs to you … as if you were a blueprint of your house". (Michael Oondatje, 1989)
CREDITS
- Camera, direction, editing, sound: Roddy Simpson.
- Choreography: Sue Hawksley with Freya Jeffs.
- Performer: Freya Jeffs.
- © 2011. a Roddy Simpson/articulate animal production.
- R & D supported by the Workroom, Glasgow. Thanks also to the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh.
SCREENINGS & PRESENTATIONS
- DANCE:FILM 11: BBC Big Screen - Edinburgh, 2011.
- Jump Cut Dance Film Festival: screening with live performance - Dundee, 2012.
- Glow Dance Film Festival - Hereford, 2012.
- U Dance Festival Fresh Takes - Southbank Centre, London, 2012.
- Les 25es Instants Video Festival - Cairo, October 2012, Tokyo, 2013.
- Sonica 2012 - CCA Glasgow, 2012.
WRITING
- ✐ Hawksley, S. (2012) Traces of Places. The Peripatetic Studio (online). Available from: http://twopoint5.co.uk/tps/traces-of-places/ → PDF