Fountain by Alexandrina Hemsley, Yewande 103 at Nottdance 2022
Schedule
Thu Oct 27 2022 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
Broadway Cinema | Nottingham, EN
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Building on Yewande 103’s current body of work around embodied advocacy, Fountain is a film blending together dance and digital watery environments to explore tidal cycles of repair, loss, joy and intimacy.This powerful work draws on the symbolism and psycho-geography of water as inevitably linked to Black histories, embodiments, experiences and mental health.
Guided by choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley’s tightly woven movement score, dancers Rickay Hewitt-Martin, Rudzani Moleya and Shahada Nantaba, cycle through plural, interconnected, expansive, non-linear states. Contrasting edits of splashing waves with a darkened theatre space, the trio shift between spectrums of being seen, mirrored & camouflaged by water.
Fountain situates itself amidst the colliding range and scale of experiences within Black subjectivities that water evokes: from the play of running through fountains in the summer, to the significance of oceanic passages and the impacts of colonial carving up of water and selves within Black existences.
Considering the water within our own bodies in relation to the other waters within Earth’s hydrosphere, Fountain tenderly senses our inescapable tides of life and death; welcoming how our watery bodies exist simultaneously as oceans, tombs and sanctuaries – ideas around holding simultaneous tombs and sanctuaries arose in conversation with artist Jamila Johnson-Small.
There will be a thirty minute film followed by behind the screen film and QandA with Alexandrina Hemsley.
Suitable for all.
Please note, due to high contrast, there could be potential light sensitivity triggers in the first five minutes of the film. This film will be captioned.
A free zine will also be available at all screenings. The zine features director Alexandrina’s cut of text and images from Fountain and space for the audience’s own reflections.
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Where is it happening?
Broadway Cinema, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
