Dance is a powerful medium of expression, and when fused with images and artwork, the result is a remarkable dance theatre that has elements of absolute delight.

The following video presents one of the works of Motionhouse Dance Theatre, a touring dance group that creates remarkable dance theatre, fusing images, action and dynamism to surprise, challenge and delight.
The piece presented here is called Scattered.

Quoting Motionhouse:  We are creating a startling interaction between film and live performance, where dancers glide in the air or rapidly move around the space using aerial silks and harnesses. Performed on a huge curved floor (think of a half pipe), which disappears skywards upstage, Scattered uses projection technology to create a world in which the dancers move in, on and through the image.

Scattered delves into the majesty and savagery of water, a fundamental force in our lives as seven dancers plunge into an ocean, tumble down a waterfall, gasp with thirst under a scorching sun and slide on an avalanche to a frozen landscape of arctic beauty.

Such works keep reminding that the space where art and technology merges is a unique and fascinating space, that we need to nurture and appreciate

Motionhouse Dance Theatre ‘Scattered’ from Article19 on Vimeo.