The development of this new work, The Ophelia Project, is to mark the formation of The Ophelia Collective - a collective of female movement artists. The collective is being set up in reaction to the current discussions in the contemporary dance world about a lack of female choreographers.
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The Ophelia Collective
Amna Puri - make-up artist.
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The Ophelia Project is a celebration of women, performed by women. It draws upon romantic images of women such as Millais' Ophelia and other Pre-Raphaelite paintings to create movement. It is further influenced by the work of Lord Byron, Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser. The performance lies somewhere between contemporary dance and physical theatre and is clearly set within the natural world through the soundscape and movement. It examines the Pre-Raphaelite's glorification of the natural world and, as women, our relationship with Mother Nature.
With many thanks to participators so far: - Elizabeth Richey, Nicola Higgins, Alison Lamothe, Mukta Das, Laura D'Asta, Joanna Skzop, Wieteke van Schalkwijk, Eshani Shriya Zakaria, Ioanna Symeonidou, Mabel Encinas, Satoko Fujishiro, Stephanie Triantafyllou, Natalie Karamichali, Umi Pratsis, Sophie Linn, Beverley Palmer, Carly Jukes, Andi Snelling, Anita Karklina, Alison Alexander, Regina Fichtner and Alexandra Kavoura.
With many thanks to Barnaby Hughes for his advice and help with voiceovers.
Director: Rhiannon Brace.
Assistant Director: Alison Alexander.
Performers: Nicola Higgins (soloist), Rhiannon Brace, Mabel Encinas, Anita Karklina Beverley Palmer and Umi Pratsis.
Make-up artist: Amna Puri.
Photographer/Film: Ollie Somefun.
With many thanks to Anne Higgins for the great costume find!
Rhiannon Brace, 2010.
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