Fact Sheet
Faultline
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Choreographer
Company
1st performance
Dance Style
Shobana Jeyasingh
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
February 2007
Combines elements of Bharata Natyam and contemporary, with some
pedestrian gestures
Choreographic
Narrative and Cinematic, combines the everyday with classical Indian
Style
mythology.
Theme
Youth Culture, gender stereotypes, gangs, city life.
Starting Point
1. Londonstani, a novel by Gautam Malkhani
2. Peter Gomes’s film
3. Music by Scanner
Structure
Film prologue, 3 dance sections (Ternary structure), film to end.
Dancers
4 women and 4 men
Accompaniment
1. Scanner – Sound Artist
2. Errolyn Wallen – Composer
3. Soprano – Patricia Rozario
Costume
Live and recorded solo voice with recorded sounds inspired by Bach and
city life.
Costume Designer – Ursula Bombshell
Lighting
Urban and sophisticated, could be worn in everyday life. Shades of black
and grey with brightly coloured ties for the men. Variety of different
texture in women’s costumes; metallic, shiny, flimsy. Each costume is
different.
Lighting Designer – Lucy Carter
Set
Inspired by the film and street images. Highlights tension and the urban
environment. Enhances the film idea by zooming in, panning out and
‘painting’ the screen. Floor lights define the spacing and harshly light the
dancers.
Set Designer – Dick Straker
Staging and
Film
A curved wall which provides a surface for the film projection and
conceals or reveals the singer. Two curved walls (One large and one
narrow) are created for the dancers.
Staging – Proscenium Arch with film shown.
Film – Black and white film, shot by Pete Gomes which is projected in two
sections. The first a documentary section with young men in the street
and the second the singer Patricia Rozario.
More information on www.shobanajeyasingh.co.uk