Listening
St Stephen Walbrook London
Thursday February 15th 2024
With live music, dance, video installation and readings to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Samaritans charity, in the place where Chad Varah started the charity.
“Human connection is key to our health and well-being. The language of dance has a capacity to speak beyond words and in my choreographic practice, both touch and conversation is fundamental in the way myself and the dance artists have devised this movement.
My mother in her thirties with four young children suffered a nervous breakdown. Later, in about 1970, she became a volunteer with the Samaritans. None of us are immune from suffering in this way, or living with members of our family and friends who do. We are not alone- as RS Thomas wrote, ‘But there are hands that I can take”
Lizzi Kew Ross
Constellation(s)
Choreographer - Lizzi Kew Ross, devised with the dancers
Dance artists - Henry Montes, Alice Sara, David Waring, Alessandra Ruggeri and Sonia Rafferty.
Costume Designer - Suzie Holmes
Video Artist - Mark Dean, On the Road (Again)
Conductor - Olivia Tait and St Stephens Choral Scholars
Music - Arvo Part, Da Pacem Domine
Arrival and Departure(s)
Arrival and Departures by Lizzi Kew Ross & Co
Dancers: Henry Montes, Sonia Rafferty, Alessandra Ruggeri, Alice Sara, Dave Waring
Costume Designer: Susie Holmes
Video Artist: Mark Dean, Seven Stars (Hedy Lamarr)
Music: Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars (Jonathan Dove) sung by The Choral Scholars, directed by Olivia Tait
Film: Chris Prosho with Alina Kay Kolosova
Listening
The whole event
Film: St-Stephen Walbrook
Listening
The whole event
Film: Chris Prosho
