Infinite Ways Home
Infinite Ways Home is a work that takes six people through a transformative experience, highlighting the human need for connection. Through the multisensory experience of a condensed fifty-five minute trip, the work redefines its performers understanding of home, looking at community, companionship and self purpose. The piece acknowledges that after times of turbulence, returning to a place of home can be a restorative and ongoing process which includes facing individual fears and giving in to the feeling of falling in order to find ourselves.
Combining themes of old and new, Infinite Ways Home takes inspiration in druidic practices and rave culture, becoming a 21st century ritual of bringing people together. Druidic practices have a deep and profound connection to our surrounding natural landscapes and rave’s exhilarated sense of togetherness create a ritualistic and shared experience for people, manifesting a deep rooted awareness of our body and what surrounds us.
Venues: Exeter Northcott, CULTVR Lab, Oxford Playhouse, Taunton Brewhouse, Dance City, Salisbury Playhouse, Pavilion Dance South West, Venue MK, Taliesin Arts Centre, Edge Hill University
Choreographer and Artistic Director: Richard Chappell
Composers: Larch (Matthew Allmark and Kai Hellstrom)
Composer and Violinist: Enyuan Khong
Production Manager: Charlie Knight
Dancers : Juan Sanchez Plaza, Sharol Mackenzie, Faye Stoeser, Jack Thomson, Tia Hockey
Rehearsal Directors and Choreographic Facilitators: Rob Anderson, Faye Stoeser, Charlie Brittain
Dramaturg: Neus Gil Cortes
Lighting Designer: Joshie Harriette
Relighter: Laurie Loads
Past Dancers: Edd Arnold, Hannah Hernandez, Kai Tomioka, Will Thompson, Joey Barton, Theo Arran, Imogen Alvares, Iris Borras
Created with funds from, The Linbury Trust, Arts Council England and Arts Council Wales and commissioned by Exeter Northcott and Swindon Dance.