Dorset Event Photography: Landance at Eggardon Hill
15th July 2012
Dorset Event Photography
Landance at Eggardon Hill
It was a glorious evening last Sunday for the 2nd showing of Landance, a site-specific contemporary dance, which took place across Eggardon Hill, an Iron Age Hill Fort overlooking the Marshwood Vale and Bridport.
The event was organised by Director and Visual Artist Ella Huhne and choreographed by Anna Golding and the dance extended right across Eggardon Hill.
The Dance was accompanied by a group of local singers who performed a core written specifically for the performance by Andrew Dickson.
Dancers 'popped up' from every direction, joining on the ridges and pathways of the fort to convey their dance, whilst at other times solo dancers would take to an outcrop and perform; all with the backdrop of Eggardon Hill itself, the valleys beyond and in the distance, the Jurassic Coastline, Bridport and its quarry hills.
A lot of the dance was into the sun, which I am sure was meant to be good for artistic interpretation, but made the photography quite challenging. The sun being lower in the sky did make for some interesting shadows across the valley though.
I hope you enjoy the images.
Landance at Eggardon Hill
It was a glorious evening last Sunday for the 2nd showing of Landance, a site-specific contemporary dance, which took place across Eggardon Hill, an Iron Age Hill Fort overlooking the Marshwood Vale and Bridport.
The event was organised by Director and Visual Artist Ella Huhne and choreographed by Anna Golding and the dance extended right across Eggardon Hill.
The Dance was accompanied by a group of local singers who performed a core written specifically for the performance by Andrew Dickson.
Dancers 'popped up' from every direction, joining on the ridges and pathways of the fort to convey their dance, whilst at other times solo dancers would take to an outcrop and perform; all with the backdrop of Eggardon Hill itself, the valleys beyond and in the distance, the Jurassic Coastline, Bridport and its quarry hills.
A lot of the dance was into the sun, which I am sure was meant to be good for artistic interpretation, but made the photography quite challenging. The sun being lower in the sky did make for some interesting shadows across the valley though.
I hope you enjoy the images.
Comments
By Peter Toulman: Great stuff. I wish I could have been there.