Leading Diaspora Dance Theatre in the UK
Choreographers: Ella Mesma and Akeim Toussaint Buck
Music: Akeim Toussaint Buck
Performers: BA3 Graduates – Silas, Saoirse Noone, Ethan Bosworth, Ethan Sammons Ericson, Elly Trent, Pookie Watson, Elliot Eve, Izzy Roche, Isaac Madden, Jiwon Oh, Emma Poyer, Clara Selberg, Bex Howard, Klemm Delaune-Graber and Olia Poliakova
Costume design and making: Annette Raudmets
Costume assistants: Nicole Bowden, Sharon Coleman, Eve Harsant, and Anna Crilly
Lighting: Ali Hunter
Copy: Written by performer Isaac Madden
Special thanks to everyone at The Place, the amazing dancers, Jeannie Steele, Ali Hunter, Anthony Osborne, and all of the team!
Swallows and amazons.
Ownership of the house.
Although there are many people who belong on the island, this is my home.
Welcome.
We stand together as individuals, each scene a chapter in a story.
Our stories.
Do you feel comfortable, accepted by the river bed? I do.
Many days I feel broken and isolated. However, I am always welcome at my house.
There is no elephant in the room although we do share its ears. We hear everyone. You are most certainly heard by the souls, I hope you do not think you are not heard, because, you are.
Tunnel visions holding visceral textures though body identity. Who am I? Who are you? I am I, you are you.
Smiles cut by the focus of threading into a fellow entity’s universe, the winding heads look further than what we see. Past the body, directly at the heart.
Breathe.
Today I feel like a narrator, like you in the audience. Watching, hearing, feeling, enjoying, questioning, regretting, grieving, laughing, praying, planning, thinking.
In this present moment,
We welcome you to our house.
We create magic experiences using a diverse range of folkloric styles & aerial silks to bring the stories that we would love to have seen growing up to life
