CROSS-GENRE COLLABORATION
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Orchestra VOX: Chrysalis Project
Duration: 5 minutes
Forces: String Sextet World Premiere: 9 October 2021 (digital) Collaborators: Hannah von Wiehler (artistic director), Ruth Brill (choreographer), Brandon Lawrence, Jakob Bryan (dancers), Orchestra VOX (musicians), Four Eyes Production (production) Carol collaborated with choreographer Ruth Brill, creating dance film 'chrysalis' with principal of Birmingham Royal Ballet Brandon Lawrence, rising star Jakob Bryan, conductor Hannah von Wiehler, Orchestra VOX and production company Four Eyes Production to explore exploring themes of transformation and hope in a place of darkness. |
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and The Tree Listening Project
Forces: Piano Quintet
World Premiere: 1 May - 19 September 2021 - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Collaborators: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (partner) Alex Metcalf (partner) Olga Stezhko (musician Quartet) Ligeti (musician) Apple & Biscuit Recordings (recording) Arthur Keegan (production) A collaboration with The Tree Listening Project, 'Tree Listening' was part of the Secret World of Plants festival at Kew Gardens during 2021. The installation used suspended sound domes along the Syon Vista and allowed the listener to the inner workings as water moves up through the trees, giving visitors a unique insight into the movements of a tree throughout the day. |
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Jack Philp Dance
Duration: 17 minutes
Forces: String Quintet World Premiere: 27 October 2018 - Dance House, Cardiff Collaborators: Jack Philp (choreographer), Jack Philp & Christian England (stage design), Alde Wyn-Williams (set construction) Esther Kilbride (costume design), Kristia Rhodes (stage manager) Professor Haley Gomez MBE (academic partner) Working with Jack Philp Dance Company, 'LUMEN' was inspired by light in our universe and using a star as a our starting point, explored factors which give birth to light as well as the different astrophysical environments which it encounters along its journey through space. From a range of research publications and images provided by The School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University, we sought to abstract and capture these ideas through movement and sound. Lumen featured as a part of the TEST | CAPTURE Tour in 2018 and 2019. |
