Inspired by the effects of the natural world on the imaginative subconscious, “The Violet Hour” is a new dance work set within a dark and mutable landscape, materializing like a shifting apparition from the beginning or end of time.

Through a series of choreographic episodes shaped by an uncanny coalescence of movement, song, and digital imagery, ‘The Violet Hour’ is about the subversive potential of striving for a states of transformative hybridity with the elusive idea of nature. Moving between real and digital realms, it proposes a surreal exploration of the relationship between humans and our surroundings, stretching the notion of how we are both influenced by and implicated in the changing ecologies around us.

In an increasingly precarious world, ‘The Violet Hour’ proposes a defiant convergence with the frequencies that exist between the landscape around us and the inner landscape of the imagination.

CAST

Artistic Direction and Choreography: Colette Sadler
Producer: Feral - Kat Boyle & Jill Smith
Performance: Leah Marojevic & Maeva Berthelot‬‬
Performance / Sound: Samir Kennedy
Choreographic Assistant: Roseann Dendy & Mark Bleakley
Dramaturgy: Maxwell McCarthy
German Production Assistant: Kim Walz
Set and Costume Designer: Zephyr Liddell
AV/Video Designer: Alexander Pannier
Lighting Concept Designer: Veli-Ville Sivén
Lighting: Benny Goodman
Production Manager: Sarah Wilson

CREDITS

The Violet Hour is a co-production with Tramway/Dance International Glasgow (Glasgow), Tanzhaus NRW (Düsseldorf), Charleroi Dance (Brussels). With support from Tanztendenz (Munich) Scottish Dance Theatre (Dundee), The Work Room (Glasgow), Battersea Art Centre (London), Goethe Institute and Festival De Marseille (Marseille) / British Council Uk/France Spotlight “Imaginons Ensemble”.

Funded by Creative Scotland and NPN Co-Production Dance Fund. Produced by Feral & Colette Sadler/ Stammer Productions.