For one week only, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company will screen a new film work featuring the astonishing Portuguese disabled dancer Diana Niepce which was made across the latter stages of the pandemic. Orbits is a film about how we feel and what we experience when we lose something we have been in orbit or relationship with. It considers how does this change affect our experience of ourselves.
Orbits began as a collaboration between the artists in early 2021 and was filmed by Hugo Glendinning in Lisbon in December 2022. It features an evocative soundtrack throughout, created by musician and composer Scott Twynholm.
The film is a departure from the usual theatre work created by Birds of Paradise having no text or spoken word but it embodies the company’s artistic vision where disabled artists are recognised for the excellence of their work and celebrated for the stories they bring to the stage. As BOP enters its 30th year the company is pushing into new territories of practice and presentation to impact further on the diversity of the wider cultural landscape.
This free event has two additional ticketed events:
Creative Movement Workshop
Sunday 30th May, 2pm-4pm
Access Interpretation and Artist Q&A
Monday 1st May, 11am-12:30pm
https://www.boptheatre.co.uk/orbits/#event