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INSPIRED
Psychology:Danced
Weston Auditorium
Thursday 26th May 2011
Created and Narrated by Dr Peter Lovatt
INSPIRED Psychology:Danced
ACT 1
Scene 1. Introduction - Dance & Psychology
Part 1. Clear & Beautiful
A film by Ruth Mills
Performed by Ruth Mills
To the voice of the late Martha Graham.
Music: Jon Kelihor. Excerpts from 'Class' and 'Celestial Nile'
Part 2. Flappers
Choreographed and Performed by Scarlett Hiles, Tanya Hill, Holly JacksonWalters, Camilla Luchun, Laura Tan, Amy Reid with Peter Lovatt
Music: “Roxie’s Suite” by Danny Elfman
Scene 2. Sanity
Part 1. EITHER OR
Choreographed and danced by Sabine Klaus & Emma Snellgrove
To the voice of Nicole Carter
3D Visual Artist: Iain Carter
Idea, research, video & sound edit: Sabine Klaus Creation Editor
Notes
'EITHER OR' brings together poetry and dance with sound and visual effects
to portray the inner and outer ongoings of poet Nicole Carter who was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 15 years ago after several severe spells
of manic-depression. Those led her to dance busking in the street, running
beyond the pain threshold and being homeless. Her true story and poems
inspired Sabine Klaus and Emma Snellgrove to move in one and other ways
mixed with 3D background imagery created by Iain Carter so the dancers can
become one or two or EITHER OR.
Part 2. Self Esteem
Choreographed and danced by Holly Jackson-Walters with Peter Lovatt
Part 3. Words
Choreographed and performed by Ruth Mills
Trapped in a schizophrenic condition.
Music: Low, 'Words'.
Scene 3. Illusions
Part 1. Excerpts From A Bigger Picture
Choreographed by Emma Jayne Park
Danced by Rebecca Cameron, Caitlynn Cummings and Emma Jayne Park
Music: Murcof 'Unison', Four Tet 'Everything Is Alright', Bruno Sanfillipo
Matthio Grasso 'Ambient Music'
Video Editing Simon Persuad
The development of this piece was supported by Dancebase, Edinburgh
Notes
''We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all
circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the
arena; they are crucified alone. Embraced, the lovers desperately try to fuse
their insulated ecstasies into a single self-transcendence; in vain. By its very
nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude.
Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies — all these are private and, except
through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable. We can pool
information about experiences, but never the experiences themselves. From
family to nation, every human group is a society of island universes.'' Aldous
Huxley, The Doors of Perception
Part 2. Seeing with sequins in your eyes
Choreographed by Hagit Yakira
Danced by Scarlett Hiles, Tanya Hill, Holly Jackson-Walters, Camilla Luchun,
Laura Tan, Amy Reid with Peter Lovatt
Music: “Razzle Dazzle” by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb.
INTERVAL (20 minutes)
ACT 2
Scene 4. Obedience
Part 1. A conversation: part1
Choreographed and danced by Hannah Buckley and Dwayne Antony Simms
Music. 'Matera' by Rene Aubry.
Acknowledgements. Hannah would like to thank her parents and sister for
their continual support. Dwayne would like to thank Bea Udeh for her help
and support.
Notes
A conversation: part 1 could be between two friends, or two strangers. It
could be a moment of insanity or the sanest action possible. A conversation:
part 1 is a response to three psychological studies that looked at bystander
apathy, obedience and sanity.
Part 2. Kitty Genovese
Choreographed and danced by Scarlett Hiles, Tanya Hill, Camilla Luchun,
Laura Tan and Amy Reid
Music. Imma Be, by Black Eyed Peas
Scene 5. Memory
Part 1. Together (A solo)
Choreographed and performed by Ruth Mills
Searching for the future while reminded of the past.
Music: Allegri 'Misereri mei', Gerry Campbell.
Part 2. Eight Feet
Choreographed and danced by Camilla Lochun, Tanya Hill, Scarlett Hiles and
Peter Lovatt
Part 3. Sunday Morning
Choreography: Hagit Yakira
Performers : Takeshi Matsumoto, Orley Quick, Cornelis Joubert, Hagit Yakira
Producer : Maria Tsaousi
Rehearsal Manager: Maika Klaukien
Dramaturge: Yarit Dor
Scenographer, Lighting Designer: Rachel E. Stanners
Costume Makers: Cornelis Joubert, Berit Laageide
Music: Tom James Scott
Notes
Inspired by the different origins of her peers, Hagit takes Sunday Morning to
be the place of memories of childhood, of family, of home, and of fear of loss.
Through evoking these memories (and feelings) she wishes to explore the
emergence of individual identity, and at the same time the persistence of
longing to belong.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Paul Upson and the University of Hertfordshire Arts Team,
Howard Berry and the students on the BSc TV & Film course at the University of
Hertfordshire, Sasha Kline, Peter Ford and Paul Johnathan for stage management.
My heartfelt thanks go to Tracy Ashwood who has coordinated everything to do
with INSPIRED Psychology:Danced (including costumes, marketing, liaising with
choreographers, arranging accommodation and travel for everyone). Tracy has
controlled the chaos and worked tirelessly to make everything in the show look
graceful, effortless and beautiful.