PURSUIT
Pursuit combines gesture, authentic movement, and dance in a choreographic score.
Filmed on an abandoned airstrip on Bell Island, Newfoundland, the central image is intertwined hands, inspired by the expression “all hands” defined as everybody engaged in the same pursuit. For my purpose, everybody becomes every body. The intertwined hands are one’s own; fingers laced in contemplation, desperation, and prayer.
video stills by Ritche Perez
THE COLLABORATORS
Mark White (theatre, architecture)
Hilary Walsh (dance, circus, occupational therapy)
Kevin Woolridge (theatre, music, writing, poetry)
Vanessa Cardoso Whelan(dance, clown, theatre)
Kailey Bryan (visual art, drag, circus)
Colin Furlong (theatre, film)
Alex Abbott (music, musical theatre)
PRODUCTION
Lynn Panting -choreography, direction, producer
Sean Panting- composition, soundscape
Ritche Perez- director of photography, videography
Vanessa Matthews- production assistant
Amy Anthony- mirth, nutrition
PROCESS
video stills by Ritche Perez
For more details on pivoting and re-visioning this particular creative process listen to Lynn Panting and Mark White’s chat on Flop Podcast.
BEHIND THE SCENES
photos by Ritche Perez,
Vanessa Matthews, Lynn Panting
Pursuit is supported by ArtsNL and the City of St. John’s
We are delighted to announce that Pursuit is featured in The Dance Current’s Nov-Dec 2020 issue.
PURSUIT was presented in partnership with Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company November 7-30, 2020.
PURSUIT is a selection of Shifting Tides Dance Films from Atlantic Canada September 2021.
PURSUIT is a selection of Dance On Screen November 2022.
‘Pursuit of Process’, a documentary detailing Pursuit’s creative process is available for viewing on ArtsNL’s YouTube Channel and runs from September 30th- December 31st, 2020.
This special presentation is made possible by ArtsNL’s ‘Arts in the Time of COVID’ fund.
Live Performance by LPD to Launch PURSUIT, November 7th 2020
photos by Ritche Perez