Re-Shaping Landscapes, Moving the Coordinates
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This paper examines Re-Shape-Land-Scape, a dance theatre piece premiered at the Edi nburgh Fringe in August 2024 that engages with eco-performance by exploring how we inh abit landscapes impacted by climate change. Addressing an ecological inquiry into the role of performance in environmental challenges, it investigates dance as a medium for fosterin g ecological consciousness and action. Drawing on dance, ecology, and posthumanist philoso phy, the analysis explores the narratives of ecological consciousness, emphasizing the inter connectedness of bodies, places, and ecosystems. By situating the body within shifting geog raphies—specifically the disappearing coastlines of Norfolk, UK, the abandonment of a chur ch in Kyrenia, Cypruss and the devastating flooding in Hong Kong—this project offers a fra mework for understanding movement as a means to reshape the landscapes we leave in. Utilizing digital technologies, film, and movement practices, Re-Shape-Land-Scape encoura ges audiences to engage and empathize with affected spaces, creating a common movemen t language that serves to inhabit those changing landscapes.
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This paper examines Re-Shape-Land-Scape, a dance theatre piece premiered at the Edi nburgh Fringe in August 2024 that engages with eco-performance by exploring how we inh abit landscapes impacted by climate change. Addressing an ecological inquiry into the role of performance in environmental challenges, it investigates dance as a medium for fosterin g ecological consciousness and action. Drawing on dance, ecology, and posthumanist philoso phy, the analysis explores the narratives of ecological consciousness, emphasizing the inter connectedness of bodies, places, and ecosystems. By situating the body within shifting geog raphies—specifically the disappearing coastlines of Norfolk, UK, the abandonment of a chur ch in Kyrenia, Cypruss and the devastating flooding in Hong Kong—this project offers a fra mework for understanding movement as a means to reshape the landscapes we leave in. Utilizing digital technologies, film, and movement practices, Re-Shape-Land-Scape encoura ges audiences to engage and empathize with affected spaces, creating a common movemen t language that serves to inhabit those changing landscapes.