COASTAL SHIFT is a trio of screendance films by local dance companies, all shot on Somerset beaches and offering different perspectives on our relationship with the coastal environment. Themes of human connection, time, climate and nature surface throughout these three atmospheric films. The works capture performers at all stages of life, spanning ages 0 to over 75.
Sandline - image credit Esther Lewis-Smith
SANDLINE by AllouAqui Dance Theatre
Sandline is part of a screendance series that plays with the idea of life’s journey as a line. Shot over two days on a beach in Somerset, the film is a collaboration between Chris Lewis-Smith with AllouAqui Dance Theatre and other artists.
Kilve - image credit Esther Lewis-Smith
KILVE by Emily Brown Dance
Shot on Kilve beach, the film follows five dancers’ exploration of the Jurassic landscape. Directed by Chris Lewis-Smith, Kilve is a reflection of connections we make, those we hold on to and those we let go.
The waves - image credit Bethany Fitter
THE WAVES by Yama Dance Company
Inspired by Virginia Woolf's writing, The Waves is a short film shot in Burnham-on-Sea at the end of a Winter lockdown.
Directed by Roseanna Anderson, with music from Robert Bentall, the film is a portrait of expression, landscape, friendship... and of women.
AllouAqui Dance Theatre merges contemporary movement with theatrical elements and creates work that switches between a real and a surreal world. Unleashing their fantasy they reach the edges; the subtle and the extreme, the logical and the instinctual, the normal and the quirky.
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Yama Dance Company is a Bath-based community dance company for people over 60. Performers are a mix of ex-dancers and those who are new to dance. Yama Dance Company is a place to move creatively, form new social connections, and to fulfil potential while dealing with the challenges of ageing.
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Emily Brown Dance is a contemporary dance company based in Bath. The company creates accessible contemporary dance performances inspired by science and heritage. Emily Brown Dance received funding in 2019 and 2020 from Arts Council England for the creation and touring of their work Treasure, and the screendance Kilve is a development of this project.
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