A still from the film Fountain, shows three Black women in purple, ink and red dresses and long thick braids dancing together. A banner across the still reads “Coming soon to Fringe of Colour Films, 23 - 29 June 2023.

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Fountain

England / 2022 / 28m / English

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In-Person: Sun 25 June / 19:00 BST

Online: 23 - 29 June

A trio of dancers explore tidal cycles of repair, loss, joy and intimacy, expressed through movement and digital imagery.

In Yewande 103’s latest offering, Fountain (2022) speaks to the tides that shape our world and exist within our bodies. Guided by choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley’s tightly woven movement score and filmed in a darkened theatre space, the film explores the ways in which Blackness is contained in water. It is a spectrum of great magnitude, from the playfulness of splashing through a fountain in the summertime, to the oceanic passages forced upon those who were stolen from their homes. We are motivated to consider the inescapable tides of life and death and our watery bodies’ simultaneous existence as oceans, tombs and sanctuaries.

  • A Yewande 103 Production

    Concept, Creative Direction and Choreography: Alexandrina Hemsley

    Executive Producer: Nancy May Roberts

    Rehearsal Director: Nathália Mello

    Director of Photography: Ngozi Ugochukwu

    Editor: Katarzyna Perlak

    Visual Effects, Editing and Colour Grading: Jack Barraclough

    Costume Design: Abiola Onabule

    Audio Description: Louise Dickson

    Lighting Director: Caterina Castro Frigerio

    Camera 1: Jack Barraclough

    Camera 2: Rhiana Bonterre

    Original Soundtrack: Dave Archer and João Caetano

    Mixing and Mastering: João Caetano

    Vocal improvisations: Jalen N’Gonda

    Sound Effects: zapsplat.com

    Recorded at Macau Records Studios, London

    Fountain has been developed as part of LIVE NOW - a new digital commissioning programme from The Lowry

    Additional commissioning support from Cambridge Junction and The Place (R&D)

    Supported by Wainsate Dances Residency, 2021

  • Rickay Hewitt-Martin

    Rudzani Moleya

    Shahada Nantaba

  • Captions by Sarya Wu

    British Sign Language by Rachel Jones

    BSL Editing by Tao-Anas Le Thanh

    Audio Descriptions provided by the International Digital Centre

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Dance artists Rickay Hewitt-Martin and Rudzani Moleya talk about Fountain in our Audio Programme, Before the Applause - available wherever you get your podcasts.

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A still from the film Fountain, shows three Black women in purple, ink and red dresses and long thick braids dancing together. A banner across the still reads “Coming soon to Fringe of Colour Films, 23 - 29 June 2023.

Fountain - British Sign Language

A still from the film Fountain, shows three Black women in purple, ink and red dresses and long thick braids dancing together. A banner across the still reads “Coming soon to Fringe of Colour Films, 23 - 29 June 2023.