Blind Spots (2019-20)
Dance work by Estela Merlos and Thomasin Gülgeç in collaboration with composer and sound artist Joseph Kay.
Photography and video Rocio Chacon
Commissioned by Swindon Dance and supported by Arts Council England
A "something which causes" is substance,
A "nothing which does" is a void.
There is a name, there is a substance
– Then it occupies a place with other things.
There is no name, there is no substance
– Then it occupies the void between things
What can be said, what can be conceived,
Recedes from it farther the more you say.
– Chuang Tzu
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bedum bedum (2016)
Response to the theme of disorder - performed at Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames for Ignition Dance Festival. Commissioned by DanceWest.
Photography Gigi Giannella
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The Reservoir (2016)
Inspired by Jean-Dominque Bauby’s book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
In collaboration with composer Oliver Coates the work explores transitional states of disembodiment.
Commissioned by Wilton's Music Hall for Wilton's Strike! Festival
Photography Foteini Christofilopoulou
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Nono (2017)
Danced by Estella Merlos, Nono is an ongoing movement study of stillness, impulse and spontaneity.
The solo is a personal account of heritage and the past relationship with a father figure.
Dance: Estela Merlos
Direction: Thomasin Gülgeç
Performed at Pavillion Dance South West (2017)
