Sea Change
Boris Charmatz and 150 dancers from Greater Manchester stopped the traffic on Deansgate with an extraordinary new dance piece on MIF21's opening night
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The opening night of MIF21 saw 150 Greater Manchester residents join French choreographer Boris Charmatz and his dancers for a daring new dance work designed for Deansgate.
Sea Change filled the street with a chain of professional and non-professional dancers, each performing and repeating a section of choreography. Rather than the work moving on in front of the audience, it was up to audiences to ‘move on’ the work: walking or even running past waves of dancers to animate the action into their very own living flipbooks.
Created especially for the Festival, Sea Change made for a unique and captivating response to the pandemic – a celebration of togetherness in a post-lockdown world.
Sea Change BSL trailer
Credits
Boris Charmatz Choreographer
Magali Caillet-Gajan Choreographer’s Assistant
Olivier Renouf Music Selection
Dan Steele Sound Designer
Florence Samain Costumes
Dancer-Assistants Neil Callaghan, Claire Godsmark, Thomasin Gülceç, Gemma Higginbotham, Estela Merlos, Djino Alolo Sabin, Ilario Santoro, Marion Zurbach
Performers from Greater Manchester:
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Lena Abu-Elfailat Claire Aindow Matt Aindow Dennis Anin-Badu Adris Asghar Michael Anthony Austin Carol Ann Barber Rachel Beach Rishabh Bhagat Lucy Billington Debra Bloor Larry Bode Gemma Boniface Fab Bourgrassa Mariah Brandon Sallie Bridgen Natalie Brock Ilona Browne Chloe Buckley Kazia Cannon David Cartwright Christina Christophi Katherine Clarke Valerie Clarke Patricia Clohessy Joanna Coleshill Claire Emma Coupe David Peter Cunningham Rebekah Davies Ruth Mari Davies John Delaney Ceri Dornan Vincent Dugdale Stefanie Edler Simon Elliott Juraj Farnik (Faro) Kate Forshaw Molly-Mae France Catherine Fyfe Faye Georgiou Mohamed Ghalaieny Katarzyna Gladysz Josephine Glass Susan Glover Paige Goulding Katrina Groark Charlotte Growcott Martina Gumbs Melissa Gumbs Maggie Joan Haggas Nicholas Hardiker Selina Hare Megan-Lea Haworth |
Kim Haygarth Claire Hedges Emma Hickman Phil Hicks Helen Hill Thao Hoang Eve Holt Emma Holtom Adele Inglis Sonia Izrar Peter Timothy Jacobs Nina Jarmakani Anthony Jeffrey-Bates Susannah Lee Jones Aashi Khemka Lesedi Khumalo Nosipho Khumalo Iain Martin Kingston Reehana Kirkwood Saloni Kriti Joseph Lau Kim Law Francesca Lawson Emma Lingard Ethel Dorothy Lingard Laura Linkomies Wing Liu Annabelle Lloyd-Hughes Lori Ma Maz Macys Dzidzai Mafaka Louise Mansell Darren Matthews Susan Elizabeth McGonnell Elaine McLean Anthony Mcloughlin Siobhán McNicholas Katrina Moore Elaine Morrison Ava Muccio Roger Munoz Joanne Murgatroyd Yandass Ndlovu Annie Newsham Kathleen O'Loughlin Laura Orton Lily Orton Kimberley Osivwemu Emily Paris Milan Patel Chris Paul Alan Paull Yoana Petrova |
Jane Philpott Anton Phung (LB) Susan Elizabeth Platt Prakriti Popli Nikki Powell Nzara Price Gwen Pugh Miça Quartey Martin Quinton Robert Redfin Luke Richards Amie Richardson Danielle Riding Jake Robertson Terry Robinson Fay Robson Edna Rodrigues Dos Santos Salman Rukhsar Angela Ryan Machala Saleem Trézel Sergeant Uzma Shaikh Ayshea Shames Patricia Sheard Ashleigh Shorrock Simmran Singh Lev Slack Michelle Smith Ayako Matsuo Somers Elizabeth Southall Ian Spedding Emily Stefan Alan Sykes Helene Judith Sykes Karenne Sylvester Eliza Szupryczynska Florence Talks Lily Taylor Monika Terefenko Valentinos Thomos Maralyn Tohill Karen Tuatara Marina Diaz Valenzuela Benjamin Vickers Victoria Walmsley Zhu-Jinn Wan Roanna Warren Helen Watson Naomi Weaver Georgina Wells Jean Whittaker Janine Whyte-Weedon Gail Winstanley |
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and [terrain].
Image: Lee Baxter