Futuristic Folktales
By Charlotte McLean and Collaborators
© Image by Amy Sinead
Creative Team
Concept and Director: Charlotte Mclean (she/her)
Creative Producer: Helen McIntosh (she/her)
Writer: Nelly Kelly (they/them)
Composer: Malin Lewis (they/them)
Lighting Designer & Production Manager: Emma Jones (she/her)
Costume Designer: Alison Brown (she/her)
Dramaturg: Rob Evans (he/him)
Performer: Astro Scheidegger (he/him)
Performer: Orrow Bell (they/them)
Technical Manager: Lynn Wiseman (she/her)
PR: Joy Parkinson (she/her)
PR (Switzerland): Camille Jamet (she/her)
International Consultant: Nadja Dias (she/her)
Personal Assistants: Kirsty Nicolson (they/them), Jac Reichel (they/them)
Project Collaborators: Annable Cooper (she/her), Amarnah C Osajivbe-Amuldun (she/her), Chanai Bradley Fofanah (she/her), Domenico Angarano (he/him), Gina Lorenzen (she/her), Ichai Carre (he/him), Irodriel Costello (they/them), Kirsty Nicolson (they/them), Kate Hall (she/her), Lucy Suggate (she/her), Molly Scott Danter (they/them), Rebekka Hoelzle (she/her), Rhys Dennis (he/him), Sunniva Moen Rørvik (they/them)
Futuristic Folktales
By Charlotte McLean and Collaborators
I am currently working as writer on Charlotte McLean’s new dance piece -
Futuristic Folktales - premiering Spring 2024
A momentous tale of the first womb, humbly attempting to unify humanity through the infinite narrative of birth. Futuristic Folktales explores the act of storytelling, rather than the story itself, questioning the preservation of tradition, myth, and identity. Using contemporary, breaking and Scottish Highland dance, the work scrutinises borders, body politics and reproductive justice.
The performers share their folk story so far, inviting you to experience resistance. As the work imitates the hostile environment of a womb, an environment where life and death coexist.
Futuristic Folktales seeks to further dance as a form of political protest, otherwise, why dance?
TOUR
5th April - The Space, Dundee
11th, 12th, 13th April - Tojo Theatre, Bern
18th April - The Place, London BOOK HERE
26th, 27th April - Tramway, Glasgow
Futuristic Folktales has been supported by Creative Scotland, Stadt Bern, Kanton Bern, ProHelvetia, The Place, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Burgergemeinde Bern, Ursula Wirz Foundation, Tojo Theatre, The Space Dundee and Angus College, Dance Base, Dampfzentrale, Dansomètre, Sadlers Wells, Vakuum Bewegungsraum
