We worked with C-12 Dance Theatre in April 2015 to help develop creative visual ideas for their dance theatre performance project WATSON, inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book “The Empty House”.
This project involved a creative process of developing video design ideas for the story and scenes with the idea of touring and adapting to different spaces in mind. Over the three weeks of research and development, we worked very closely with the director Adam Towndrow, and choreographer Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster to come up with designs and creative technology to augment their performance. This involved to large theatrical gauze screens covering the stage and an interactive floor projection.
The result of this project was a scratch performance with an audience in The Albany in South London. The aim was to develop the project into a mid-large scale production that used dance and movement to drive the narrative with the support of immersive video design and music.
The project was supported by funding from the Arts Council England
Credits:
| Director: | Adam Towndrow |
| Choreographer: | Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster |
| Video Design: | Christopher Thomas Allen & Tim Cowie |
| Creative Producer: | Christopher Thomas Allen |
| Camera: | Christopher Thomas Allen & Tim Cowie |
| Documentation Edit: | Tim Cowie |
| Music: | Jamie Salisbury |
| Performers: | Ali Goldsmith & Robin Gladwin |
| Dramaturg: | Amanda Fromell |
| Creative Consultants: | Colin Nightingale, Kevin Finnan & Donald Hutera |
