Fountain – a unique and ground-breaking contemporary screendance production set to tour Picturehouse cinemas

Exploring the intersection and significance of water with Black histories.

Fountain is a unique and ground-breaking contemporary screendance production set to tour Picturehouse cinemas across the UK during Black History Month.

Please click the link to watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/736090667

Please RSVP for press tickets by return email for the following screenings

Premiere – Picturehouse Cambridge – 24^th September https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse Hackney – 25^th September https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse Finsbury Park – 2nd October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse Brighton – 8^th October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse Norwich – 8^th October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain
Picturehouse Edinburgh – 15^th October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse @ FACT Liverpool – 22^nd October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Picturehouse Ritzy Brixton – 30^th October https://www.picturehouses.com/fountain

Fountain is a compelling, first of its kind new work created by contemporary dance visionary, choreographer, educator, writer and activist Alexandrina Hemsley , which builds on Hemsley’s body of work around embodied advocacy and blends dance and digital watery environments to explore tidal cycles of repair, loss, bereavement, joy and intimacy. This powerful work draws on the symbolism and psycho-geography of water as inevitably linked to Black histories, embodiments, experiences and mental health and will tour in partnership with Picturehouse and Kauma Arts.

Guided by a tightly woven improvisational movement score created by creator and choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley, dancers Shahada Nantaba, Rickay Hewitt-Marti and Rudzani Moleya cycle through multiple interconnected, expansive, non-linear states. Contrasting digital visual effects of splashing waves conjure immersive watery states that splash, vibrate, drench and flood the screen, contrasting with a darkened theatre space as the trio shift between being seen, mirrored and camouflaged by water.

Alexandrina Hemsley is available for interviews and if you would like to schedule a time please get in touch by email [email protected].