Murmuration
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MA CTPD 20/21
7th - 8th July // 2021
Milton Court Theatre // Guildhall School of Music & Drama
// a flock of starlings
// an original piece of live performance in a theatre space. It explores the interaction between bodies and material. Merging elements of lights, video, projection, and music, Murmuration visually and audibly translates the different experiences of being a part of a collective
// back in March, whilst in lockdown, we were introduced to the term murmuration. At a time where being together physically was impossible, it sparked conversations about the importance of connection. Throughout numerous discussions we realised that we all had very different interpretations of what being part of a collective meant to us
// the piece is composed of six iterations - each of them has come about from playing and working with each other over a couple of months. We worked together to bring all elements (lighting, sound, projection, scenic design and automation) into each iteration to weave our own personal experiences and meaning into the work
// there are varying experiences about being part of a collective: occasionally you are in sync, you can be divided and your personality fractured, sometimes it is chaotic and it can be positive or negative. We all cross each other’s paths in life and inevitably become entangled in a web of interconnectedness
// scenography // devising // active scenography //
credits
ma ctpd 20/21 cohort
Victoria Hofflin // Laura Jukes // Manuela Pecorari // Paola Sanchez // Rebecca Walsh // Paris Linxuan Wu
violin
Melanie Gruwez // Amelia Harding // Anastasia Egorova
cello
James McBeth
vibraphone
Thomas Hodgson
voice in ‘Terminus’
H. Kelly
bodies on stage
Laura Jukes // Manuela Pecorari // Paola Sanchez // Rebecca Walsh // Paris Linxuan Wu
composition // music direction
Victoria Hofflin
scenography
Manuela Pecorari // Paola Sanchez
lighting design
Paola Sanchez // Laura Jukes
video design
Paola Sanchez
costume
Manuela Pecorari // Rebecca Walsh
stage management
Rebecca Walsh // Paris Linxuan Wu
production manager
Laura Jukes
assistant production manager
Paris Linxuan Wu
marketing // box office // front of house
Victoria Hofflin // Rebecca Walsh // Paris Linxuan Wu
graphic design
Rebecca Walsh
ma ctpd supervisors
Rhian Jones // Susannah Henry