Trinity Laban Conservatoire. London
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| Yanaelle Thiran |
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| Yanaelle Thiran and Catherine Burfield |
As part of my final assessment and collaboration, I organised a photo shoot at
the trinity Laban dance conservatoire in London. As my research started in the archive within
the library at the school, I felt that it would be appropriate to photograph my
large 3D structure in front of the iconic Laban dance school. Permission was granted by the event manager
Sylvia Ferreira. I discussed my proposal
with her and the outcomes that I was hoping to achieve, she kindly published my
call out for dancers on their student notice board. Within days I had 16 enthusiastic dancers wanting
to take part in the project. With
limited time and little experience collaborating with performing artist, I narrowed
it down to two dancers who were passionate about Laban’s work and were available
on the dates that I could get to London.
An MA Creative Practice student who is studying at Laban who was also
happened to be a professional photographer was also willing to collaborate.
The response was amazing, with little direction from myself
both dancers understood the dynamics of the model and spoke in a language which
translated Laban’s ‘A scale’ theory perfectly.
Given more time and experience, I would have liked to have involved more
dancers, as I discovered the immense range of movements the dancers had. They made the model come to life and the
outcome of the whole collaboration between us all made the day successful.
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| Julia Testa photographer |
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| Annie French with small prototype. |
