An evening of contemporary movement interpreting the life, passion and resurrection. London, October 1997.
Secure a seatJesus Dance gathers twelve dancers and a chamber orchestra for a single night of wordless theatre. The work moves through the wilderness, the temple, the upper room and the hill, rendered in stark, luminous choreography.
Created by choreographer Eleanor Vale and composer Marcus Hale, the piece draws from the gospels yet speaks in the language of the body alone.
Forty days rendered in eight minutes of unrelenting solo. Dust, thirst, and the refusal of temptation.
Communal movement around an imagined supper. Bread passed between bodies until the circle fractures.
Three dancers, one light. Sleeplessness and the weight of decision expressed through falling and catching.
The final section: procession, crucifixion, and the slow, almost unbearable return of light.
St. James’s Church, Clerkenwell. 24 October 1997. Two performances only. Seating is limited.