Lifeline/1,2,3, here we go... - T2040637472Lifeline covers the journey from birth to death - an entire lifeline acted out on a single, suspended rope. Matilda Leyser’s poignant and poetic production depicts this most human of dramas with unique and amazing skill. Lifeline was originally selected as part of the Royal Opera House’s Firsts season and appeared at Aurora Nova in the 2005 Edinburgh Festival. Set up to cross boundaries between the floor, the air and the space inbetween, All or Nothing aims to merge aerial skills with dance theatre. 1,2,3 here we go.... is All or Nothing’s debut production and is devised and performed by Scotland’s leading aerial dance artist Jennifer Paterson, with music by Jym Darling (Loop Guru, Fidget Feet, Invoke) and monitoring from choreographer Frank McConnell.Choreographer Matilda Leyser (Lifeline). Choreographer Frank McConnell (1 2 3 here we go...). Performer Jennifer Paterson (1 2 3 here we go...). Music Jym Darling (1 2 3 here we go...). | |
| 13 Oct 07 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V605 listing details L249963259 |
Lifeline/Dead Point - T0505873129There is a phrase, 'standing on common ground': the ground is something we share, or try to. The air is altogether a lonelier place to be... Actress and aerialist Matilda Leyser climbs into the air to explore the solitude which we, paradoxically, all share. In Lifeline a single rope hangs in space: a life unfolds along it travelling from birth through childhood to maturity. Dead Point is a story of suspension and weightlessness in search of the point. | |
| 14 Mar 07 | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L01019438976 |
Line, Point, Plane - T231773840The project brings together an exciting and highly-respected team of collaborators from the world of theatre and dance including directors [Annabel Arden] and [Annie Castledine], choreographer [Rosemary Lee] and writer [Bryony Lavery].Line: Time: 20-25mins.Set: a rope, rigged so as to create a single vertical line in space. With humour and poignancy the line of a human life unfolds as the performer journeys along the vertical line of the rope. Different ages are conjured up in the air: the softness of a child's movements; the awkwardness of adolescence; the stiffness of old age. The rope supports the performer, a literal 'lifeline': she grips onto it, or is gripped by it, until she reaches its end; until the point where the line of the life, the rope, runs out. Point: Time:15-20 mins Set: A cloudswing (a rope hung at both ends to form a curved loop). The dead point is the technical name for the still, quiet suspension point at the top of a swing. It is there, at that exact moment, that all the aerial choreography, the twist, turns and drops, must be executed. As the performer swings through space, she speaks: giving a voice to this mute moment. Plane: Time:15-20 mins Directed by Rosemary Lee The space looks completely bare. There is only the horizontal plane of the floor and the vertical plane of the black backdrop on which the performer is revealed. Using the folds of the fabric, and loops concealed within it, she gradually journeys across the plane, like a lone figure climbing the night sky. | |
| 2 Feb 06 to 3 Feb 06 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L01140477893 |
| 31 Jan 06 | Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton :: V653 listing details L01334132894 |
| 28 Jan 06 | Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells :: V691 listing details L01750142476 |
| 24 Jan 06 | Cambridge Junction, Cambridge :: V23 listing details L1717834373 |
| 20 Jan 06 | Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01237797898 |
| 18 Jan 06 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L1180834322 |
| 14 Jan 06 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L1900621124 |
