{"id":164,"date":"2014-12-15T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewolden.co.uk\/?p=164"},"modified":"2014-12-15T18:25:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:25:21","slug":"elixir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewolden.co.uk\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Elixir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music Composition for full length live dance performance ‘Elixir’ by Sadhana Dance<\/a>. Premiered February\u00a02012 followed by a UK tour. Composed in collaboration with Kathy Hinde<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elixir, the second work from Sadhana Dance, sees choreographer and artistic director Subathra Subramaniam continuing to navigate the confluence of arts and science. Elixir dives deep into our cultural relationship with water in a world where its scarcity is an ever increasing-problem.<\/p>\n

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Evocative and provocative, Elixir combines contemporary choreography, a powerful visual art installation, digital projection and original music with live song.<\/p>\n

It comes out of Subramaniam\u2019s own experiences in India and the High Arctic, as a science teacher in urban London and education director of the Cape Farwell climate change project, and in particular her time with Inuit communities in Nunavut Canada and Greenland.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Thousands have lived without love, not one without water\u2019. It\u2019s the final line of WH Auden\u2019s First Things First. Water is the first thing, the basis for all life and all our lives\u2026yet because it\u2019s so everyday and everywhere we rarely give it a second thought. Elixir will, I hope, help us not only appreciate how miraculous and essential water is but also that it is a rapidly dwindling resource. Whether it\u2019s the effects of melting ice on Inuit communities I have spent time with in the Arctic, falling levels in sacred water tanks at Hindu temples in India or local streams running dry here in the UK, everywhere I look there are signs of how our relationship with water is changing and affecting people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subramaniam has teamed up her long-term collaborators, the composers and visual artists Kathy Hinde and Matthew Olden. Together, they have created a powerful audio-visual experience which immerses the audience in the beauty and sound of water. Drawing from the rich vocabulary of Bharata Natyam, four dancers interweave movements of rituals, play and daily practices to explore struggles and survival, scarcity and instability.<\/p>\n

Each performance of Elixir will be followed by a Cafe Scientifique where Quentin Cooper, presenter of BBC Radio 4\u2019s Material World, will chair a discussion between the artists and scientists involved in the show and the audience.<\/p>\n

Alongside the stage performance is a visual art installation featuring specially commissioned works by the award-winning sculptor Josh Baum Co-commissioned by The Place, South East Dance and Activate Performing Arts. Supported by Akademi, The Point, UCL Environment Insitute and Arts Council through Grants for the Arts.<\/p>\n

Credits:<\/strong>
\nConcept and Artistic Direction \u2013 Subathra Subramanian
\nChoreography \u2013 Subathra Subramaniam \u2013 from original movement material devised by the dancers
\nDancers \u2013 Elena Jacinta, Veena Basavarajaiah and Archana Ballal
\nLive vocals- Devised and sung by Divya Kasturi
\nMusic and digital projection for dance and installation \u2013 Kathy Hinde and Matthew Olden
\nMusicians \u2013 Sarah Moody \u2013 Cello Bangalore Prathap \u2013 Ghatam, Mridangam, Kanjera Joanna Harvey \u2013 Violin Kathy Hinde and Matthew Olden \u2013 All other instruments and sounds
\nDramaturgy \u2013 Chris Fogg
\nOverall set and costume design \u2013 Kate Rigby
\nSculptor \u2013 Josh Baum
\nLighting design and hanging set \u2013 Aideen Malone
\nProduction manager \u2013 Allan Ramsey
\nTechnician \u2013 Sam Hall
\nPhotography \u2013 Mark Pepperall
\nDesign \u2013 Hot Pepper Design Ltd
\nCafe Scientifique \u2013 Quentin Cooper
\nScientific Advisors \u2013 Mark Maslin and Tse Hui Teh
\nPR \u2013 Martha Oakes PR
\nAdministration \u2013 Louise Bowles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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