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Turn your f̂*king head : Deborah Hay's Solo Performance Commissioning Project

Title
Turn your f̂*king head : Deborah Hay's Solo Performance Commissioning Project / Deborah Hay ; Independent Dance presents a film by Becky Edmunds.
Publication
  • London and New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group ; 2016.
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Hay, Deborah, 1941-
  • Hay, Daborah, 1941-
  • Edmunds, Becky
  • Smith, Scott
  • Foster, Susan Leigh
  • Bauer, Bojana
  • Katsiki, Myrto
  • Independent Dance (Firm), presenter.
  • Findhorn Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (60 min.) : color, sound; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
In August 2012, twenty dance artists from eleven countries spent ten days at the Findhorn Community Foundation, Scotland, to learn and be coached in the performance of a solo they had each commissioned from renowned choreographer Deborah Hay. Hay's innovative Solo Performance Commissioning Project (SPCP) instils a transformative and rigorous daily practice that serves to stimulate and enrich each individual's approach to performance and choreography. This process then engenders twenty unique solo adaptations of the work through a period of practice that extends into the months following the project. To mark the moment of the final SPCP in 2012, Independent Dance commissioned videographer Becky Edmunds to document the journey of the group as they learned the solo 'Dynamic'. The resulting film, Turn Your F̂*king Head, is the only time this project has been filmed. Capturing the process by which Hay transmits the same solo dance to twenty individuals, the film unveils the experiences, insights, and questions that inform the work and artistic practice. Edmunds reveals the discernment, humour, inquiry, and humility of one of the most respected and original dance artists of our time.
Alternative Title
  • Turn your fucking head
  • Turn your fû*king head
  • Deborah Hay's Turn your f̂*king head.
  • Deborah Hay's Solo Performance Commissioning Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Dance films.
Note
  • "A documentary by Becky Edmunds, commissioned by Independent Dance."
  • Video copyright 2013. Published 2016 from booklet.
  • DVD extras: On adaptation (24 min.) ; On patronage (31 min.) ; Another adaptation (9.44 min.).
Credits (note)
  • Camera, sound, editing, Becky Edmunds ; post-production sound, Scott Smith ; essays by Susan Foster, Bojana Bauer and Myrto Katsiki, and Deborah Hay.
Contents
  • Prologue -- Practicing without shape (Day 1) -- Learning the solo (Days 2-4) -- The context for this work -- Practicing the performance of the solo (Days 5-10) -- On adaption -- Signing the contract -- Nada! -- Extras: On adaption (Extended discussion) (24 min.) ; On patronage (31 min) ; Another adaptation (9.44min.)
  • Booklet: Introduction -- Never ending dancing / Susan Foster -- Now out of joint: invariable time and variable subjectivity in comtemporary performance / Bojana Bauer and Myrto Katsiki -- Letter to Gill Clarke, 2012 / Deborah Hay.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8247
ISBN
  • 9781138783768
  • 1138783765
OCLC
917371554
Title
Turn your f̂*king head : Deborah Hay's Solo Performance Commissioning Project / Deborah Hay ; Independent Dance presents a film by Becky Edmunds.
Publisher
London and New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group ; 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Physical Medium
4 3/4 in.
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
Credits
Camera, sound, editing, Becky Edmunds ; post-production sound, Scott Smith ; essays by Susan Foster, Bojana Bauer and Myrto Katsiki, and Deborah Hay.
Added Author
Hay, Deborah, 1941- choreographer.
Hay, Daborah, 1941- author.
Edmunds, Becky, creator.
Edmunds, Becky, film director.
Edmunds, Becky, editor of moving image work.
Smith, Scott, sound designer.
Foster, Susan Leigh, author.
Bauer, Bojana, author.
Katsiki, Myrto, author.
Independent Dance (Firm), presenter.
Findhorn Foundation.
Other Title
Turn your fucking head
Other Title
Deborah Hay's Turn your f̂*king head.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8247 Notes on file
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