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