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Windswept

2021

A fusion of ballet, contemporary, jazz & Flamenco dance, set to the music of Chopin, Nina Simone & Beth Hart

Windswept

Windswept is the motion of bodies and sound, of order emerging from chaos, of dance flowering in an ecosphere of constant flux. Here there is no ‘about’, simply a pas de deux of dancers and music, a call and response dynamic that folds classical, jazz and blues into an evocation of diverse trigger points. Where Chopin, Nina Simone and Beth Hart intersect, choreographer Jo McDonald sculpts a nocturnal synthesis of ballet, contemporary, flamenco, and jazz. In this dream-like terrain, many bodies merge, and a language of pure movement evolves as a counterpart to piano, voice and guitar. Join us on a journey that will take you through laughter, poignancy, affection and nostalgia

Program

War In My Mind, Beth Hart
Nocturne, Op 9, No 1 in B flat minor, Frederic Chopin
Your heart is as black as night, Beth Hart
Feeling Good, Nina Simone
Wild is the wind, Nina Simone
Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Frederic Chopin
Lilac Wine, Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares For Me, Nina Simone
Caught Out in the Rain, Beth Hart
Bad Woman Blues, Beth Hart

Project credits

Choreographer and producer
Jo McDonald

Dancers
Angela Kusuma, April Grant, Belinda Cooper, Cathy Chittleborough, Chloe Moir, Reggie Mori, Dee Rawlins, Georgina Lumb, Hope Douglas, Jo McDonald, Kate Mainprize, Larissa Ramsay, Laura Bird, Leanne Bate, Milie Garard, Morgyn Davis, Rhiannon Newman, Sandy Marion, Shana Inge, Tash Archer

Graphic design
Jo McDonald

Filmed by Juha Vanhakatarno of Icebreaker Arts Projects

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