Imagining Otherwise
“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