Movement Choreography and Solo Performance for 'Come Kali Come' Lebanon Hanover, November 2021

I undertook movement choreography and solo research and performance for the official music video for cult band Lebanon Hanover. The material was filmed close to my home in Suffolk and Dungeness, and draws upon my long career in research into conjuring embodied archetypes, through Butoh, voice and the interrelation with costume. The history of Butoh in relation to gothic/punk videos is alluded too.

''The video, directed by Tamas Mesmer and featuring mesmerizing British dancer Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, depicts a figure in various landscapes, rising from Mother Earth and opening channels of energy. A mysterious floating vision appears in the sky. Despite two completely different landscapes – one Earthly, one seemingly extraterrestrial, the dance is identical, the connection undeniable. Kali is the ultimate protector of her children, and these sacred dances evoke the need for her intervention. Part David Lynch, part Marina Abramovic, part Kate Bush, this vision of Kali’s incarnation brings chills and awe…it is a marvellous work of performance art, dance, and musical collaboration.''

(Review; Teeple, Alice. (November, 2021) www.Postpunk.com. https://post-punk.com/lebanon-hanover-invoke-the-divine-mother-in-their-video-for-come-kali-come/