Imagining Otherwise by Flexer & Sandiland. Dancers: Cher Nicolette Ho, Gabrielle MacAllistair. Dancers are performing on stage with a digital lines projected onto the floor.

“space is the dimension of things being, existing at the same time: of simultaneity.”

- Doreen Massey, 2013

Imagining Otherwise is an immersive interactive digital dance work for five dancers. The piece reflects on our experiences of parallel time zones, places, and lives exploring the idea of multiple stories and possibilities. Immersive digital floor projections, shaped and changed by the dancers’ movement evoke shifting organic landscapes interwoven with spoken text by writer Wendy Houstoun and music by Composer James Keane. Imagining Otherwise conjures ideas of geography, transience, and how we impact our environment. It playfully explores the infinite possibilities we have from our daily decisions and our wish for things to be different.

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Credits

Concept: Nic Sandiland & Yael Flexer

Interactive and visual design: Nic Sandiland

Choreography: Yael Flexer & the performers including original cast (Julie-Ann Minaai & Cher Nicolette-Ho)

Rehearsal Director: Julie-Ann Minnai

Performers: Luke Birch, Lorna Cross Clark, Gabrielle MacAllistair, Andrea Madore, Corrie McKenzie, Yael Flexer

Writing: Wendy Houstoun

Music: James Keane

Text direction: Pete Phillips

Lighting Design:

Production management: Natalie Rowland

Costume Design: Rosalind Noctor

Producer: Lou Rogers & Madeline Wilson

Funding & in-kind support: Arts Council England, South East Dance, University of Stavanger, Norway, Hull Dance & The Universities of Chichester & Middlesex

Performances

2024 Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

2024 Theatre MK, Milton Keynes (MOTUS)

2023 Dance East, Ipswich

2023 Pavilion Theatre, Worthing

2022 Dance Theatre Space, University of Chichester

2022 (Student recreation) Dance East, Ipswich

2022 (Student recreation) The Place Theatre, London

2021 Streaming Premiere, YouTube

2021 Varen, Randaberg, Norway

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