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WHEN YOU LIGHT A CANDLE, YOU ALSO CAST A SHADOW

CHESTER CATHEDRAL 2nd MARCH 2023

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When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow

Choreographer Bettina Carpi

 

Composer Gary Lloyd

 

Prose Poetry Mary Talbot

IN Chester Cathedral March 2023:

 

Dancers

Daisy Belle Howell

Paige Lyon

Lauren Tucker

 

String Quintet

Violin Gemma Bass

Violin Emily Pettet

Viola Ben Newton

Cello Amy Jolly

Double Bass Alex Jones

 

Drummers “on tape”

Lewis Hall-Benning

Sam Pritchard

 

Poetry Readers “on tape”

Zoe Smith

Claire Henderson Davies

Cerian Emma Young

Isabelle Mohan

Janice Fryett

Visual Artist

Megan Bowyer

FURTHER READING & INFO about WHEN YOU LIGHT A CANDLE:

CULTURE WARRINGTON INTRODUCING COMPANY CARPI

WARRINGTON GUARDIAN ARTICLE

INTERVIEW WITH DANCE CONSORTIA NORTH WEST

When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow

 

 

Hybrid dance theatre with live music

by Company Carpi

"It's like taking a bath - in art!"

Alice Billen, Candle String Quintet

"At its core, When You Light A Candle has

the most gorgeous heart"

Adam Holloway, Cheshire Dance

"Climate celebration, amid climate crisis"

Lancaster Arts

Created by choreographer Bettina Carpi and composer Gary Lloyd

 

Featuring a specially commissioned poetry cycle

by Costa Award winning writer Mary Talbot

 

Inspired by natural forces, the work is as much a celebration of nature and its resilience as it is a call to awareness about the dangerous state of our climate, our habitat and our planet.

 

The title of the piece is inspired by a quote from the novel

A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

 

 

 

When You Light a Candle... is the first commission of its kind,

and was created in partnership with:

Dance Consortia North West

Lancaster Arts & Culture Warrington

 

With generous additional support from:

Arts Council England, Swiss Cultural Fund UK, Cheshire Dance,

The Arts Centre Edge Hill University 

 

 

First performances:

Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster Arts : 4th November 2021

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery : 25th June 2022

Company Carpi 2021

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WHEN YOU LIGHT A CANDLE, YOU ALSO CAST A SHADOW

WARRINGTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY 25th JUNE 2022

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When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow

Choreographer Bettina Carpi

 

Composer Gary Lloyd

 

Prose Poetry Mary Talbot

IN Warrington June 2022:

 

Dancers

Daisy Belle Howell

Paige Lyon

Lauren Tucker

 

String Quintet

Violin Lily Whitehurst

Violin Gemma Bass

Viola Alice Billen

Cello Lucy Arch

Double Bass Andrew Vickers

 

Drummers “on tape”

Lewis Hall-Benning

Sam Pritchard

 

Poetry Readers “on tape”

Zoe Smith

Claire Henderson Davies

Cerian Emma Young

Isabelle Mohan

Janice Fryett

Visual Artist

Steve Sutton

Culture Warrington

Cultural Manager

Leah Biddle

Technical Support

Dale Land

WHEN YOU LIGHT A CANDLE, YOU ALSO CAST A SHADOW

PETER SCOTT GALLERY, LANCASTER ARTS 4th November 2021

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When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow

AT: Peter Scott Gallery

Lancaster Arts

4th November 2021

For this performance:

Double Bass Mhairi Simpson

 

Lancaster Arts Curator

Richard Smith

Lancaster Arts BRIDGES Curator

Megan Bowyer

Technical Support

Konrad Watson

Lighting Design

Dave Forrest

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