good luck, dinosaur
SOME TIMES
by J Neve Harrington
#performance #research
good luck, dinosaur is one scene within SOME TIMES, which has also been performed as a standalone work (premiered 2020 at Fest en Fest, London).
SOME TIMES is a journey through different times. The parts touch on world-making through words, physics and chemistry (1: the raising of water by one degree) geological time and history (2: good luck, dinosaur), sociology, international relations, games and more (3: nations etc). The concerns of the project are around how fostering empathy for - and embodiment of -different scales and times can model different possibilities for being together in our current times: political movements, ecological events, social calendars...
Like sand tumbling down a dune; like a glacier breaking off; like a virus proliferating through a body; like a choreography falling apart.
- Paul Hughes, for DRAFT
Credits:
SOME TIMES R&D with (sharing at Dance4 & Siobhan Davies Dance):
Elisa Vassena, Luke Birch, Lena Kimming, Tuan Ly, Katja Nyqvist, Christopher Matthews & J Neve Harrington
good luck, dinosaur PERFORMANCE at Fest en Fest, Feb 2020: Elisa Vassena, Tuan Ly, Katja Nyqvist, Katye Coe, J Neve Harrington, Finn & Rachel
COSTUME: Lucie Kordacova
R&D LIGHT: Lucy Hansom
R&D SOUND: Jamie Forth
WORDS: J Neve Harrington
DRAMATURGY: Lou Cope
DESIGN: J Neve Harrington
INSTALLATION: Candy Brown, Kat Bridge & Fest en Fest volunteers
CRITICAL FRIENDS/ ADDITIONAL RESEARCH: Paul Hughes
REHEARSAL DIRECTION Folk dance: Christopher Matthews
PRODUCTION: Eve Veglio-Hüner (2022-), Kat Bridge, Iris Chan (2017)
SUPPORTED BY: Dance4, Sadler’s Wells, Siobhan Davies Dance Open Choreography, South East Dance collaborate scheme, Arts Council England, Fest en Fest/ H2 Danc
