THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER 2021
17:00 – 17:40 BST Programme launch as part of DanceLive
Livestream worldwide online and in-person direct from Anatomy Rooms (Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen
17:40-18:00 BST Live Q&A as part of DanceLive with BSL (British Sign Language) interpretation
Livestream worldwide online and in-person direct from Anatomy Rooms (Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen with Brian Hartley, Abby Warrilow, Natalia Barua and Katrina McPherson facilitated by Hayley Durward, Roisin O’Brien and Iliyana Nedkova
Following this festival launch, the Movement programme and the recorded Q&A continues to stream in-person and online as part of DanceLive:
15 – 16 OCTOBER 2021 Daily 1pm – 5pm The Anatomy Rooms (Lecture Theatre) in-person
17 OCTOBER 2021 12noon – 4pm The Anatomy Rooms (Lecture Theatre) in-person
15-30 OCTOBER 2021 at all times on demand worldwide online
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Movement is one of the four curated programmes of Scottish short dance films selected to be presented at DanceLive 2021 Festival
It paints a collective moving image portrait of the pioneering contemporary dance diva Margaret Morris (1891–1980) and her method of natural movement known as Margaret Morris Movement or MMM, still practised worldwide today. This is an homage through six films by Scottish and international contemporary visual artists and filmmakers including Lewis Gourlay, Su Grierson, Brian Hartley, Simon Fildes, Katrina McPherson, Marlene Millar and Abby Warrilow whose works were commissioned and acquired by Horsecross Arts for the Threshold artspace collection of contemporary art.
Wendy Timmons and Iliyana Nedkova, Co-curators
PROGRAMME
Trio for a Quartet 2017 3.08 min Scotland Simon Fildes, Director
A dance trio inspired by The Incredible Brightness of Being featuring a quartet of ‘natural voices’ – a composition by Debra Salem and choreography by Vincent Hantam and Wendy Timmons
signs of direction 2016 11.46 min Scotland Brian Hartley, Director, Camera and Editor
A tribute to Margaret Morris and her method of integrating painting, dance and music starring performer Solene Weinachter
Guitar, sound construction, dramaturgy: Jer Reid Double bass: Una MacGlone Saxophones: Raymond MacDonald Sound recording and mastering: Jim McEwan Producer: Pip Hill
Witness 2019 4 min Canada Marlene Millar, Director
Movement-based micro-narratives about ageing and dementia featuring natural choreography and dance by Carol Prieur
we record ourselves 2016 8.50 min Scotland Katrina McPherson, Simon Ellis, Natalia and Ole Barua, Directors
An elegy to dance, archives and memory in recognition of the life work of Margaret Morris and her style of improvisation
Fresh Fresh Air 2016 7 min Scotland Su Grierson, Director
Margaret Morris and her vision of mental and physical health is captured in the barefoot beach movements choreographed and performed by Bridget McCarthy
Etch 2019 7.08 min Scotland Abby Warrilow and Lewis Gourlay, Directors
A journey through childhood and moorland with a nod to Margaret Morris and her style of ‘natural movement’ integrating drawing, dancing and music as embodied in the solo by dancer Joanne Pirrie
MOVEMENT
Collective moving image homage to the contemporary dance diva Margaret Morris (1891–1980)
Curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Wendy Timmons
