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Beacons Lights

Danza Collaborations

improv to improv to improv to improv to improv

On Friday (August 15th), I had the pleasure of working with Phill Wilson and Danza! as part of their Collaborations evening at Fruit in Hull. Phill's improvised piece of music was interpreted by a dancer backstage, who I improvised video of, which was then projected on stage and interpreted by another dancer whose movements were reinterpreted by yet another dancer. Mind-boggling layers of improvisation!

I wasn't aware this was what I would be doing until I arrived on Friday afternoon but this worked well with the evening which also featured a deafening choreographed performance by the dancers to The Holy Orders, as well as some physical theatre and another improvised performance with a solo dancer and dulcimer.

The event sold out but it was an incredible success and not something I have ever witnessed in Hull before. I hope we see more of these collaborative events in the future, and I hope you all go and attend!

Beacons Festival 2014 (Part Two)

PART ONE

Mystery Winter Film

Beacons Festival 2014 (Part One)

PART TWO

This year's Beacons Festival has felt like a long time coming. Over the past few months, there's been a fair bit of Beacons-related activity on the blog as half a dozen of my pictures from the first two years have been used in advertising for this year's festival (all collected here with more updates on the way).

I was then invited to join the Beacons photo team this year. It was a strange experience: wanting to shoot the same way I have the past two years whilst also having the privileged access of a backstage pass to get all the pictures I could dream of. I'm no seasoned gig photographer so this was definitely a novelty. Nevertheless, just like the last two years, I had an absolute blast and no doubt I'll be in Skipton again next year taking pictures, officially or not. Year on year, Beacons is growing into a real highlight of the summer music calendar and I can't recommend it enough.

If you fancy some reminiscing whilst you're here, don't forget to have a look at my Beacons posts from 2012 and 2013. Also, there's a load more photos from this year's festival to come so watch this space.

Judging from the photos I've posted on Twitter, it seems that these pictures are going to encourage more than my usually modest web traffic and some new visitors (hi!) might not know what I'm about. If you're interested, take a look at my website - mjlc.co.uk - or drop me an email - matt@mjlc.co.uk - or say hi on Twitter - @matt_mjlc.