GRIN
Scotland / 2022 / 49m / English
In-Person: Wed 28 June / 20:15 BST
Online: 23 - 29 June
A digital fruition of performance, sound, visuals and choreography, subverting hyper-sexualised notions of African and Caribbean dance.
In Mele Broome’s mesmerising dance production, questions of empathy, friendship and solidarity are brought to the forefront by movement, light and sound. Led by Broomes’ ingenious choreography, dancers Divine Amy Tasinda and Kemono L. Riot transform from light embodied, into two figures engaged in dialogue with each other. GRIN (2022) is the filmic transformation of what began as a celebrated live performance, making its move to the screen due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Body and costume are accompanied by a pulsating sound score, and a masquerade of dance sculptures is formed, leaving you breathless.
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Director and Choreographer: Mele Broomes
Dancers and Collaborators: Kemono L.Riot, Divine Amy Tasinda & Levent Nyembo (previous collaborator)
Music Composer: Patricia Panther
Featured track : "Five Rand Airtime nama-eveready : 4000 degrees" by SPAZA
Director of Photography: Daniel Hughes
Lighting Design: Michaella Fee
Producer: Siân Baxter
Costume Design: Zephyr Liddell
Photography: Tiu Makkonen
Production Stage Manger: Zephyr Liddell
Supported by Tramway, Project X and Creative Scotland
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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
Read Response
Response coming soon…
In the meantime, why not check out the Responses from last year’s festival?
This screening will all be accompanied by a live Q&A in-person with Mele Broomes, the director and choreographer of GRIN, on Wednesday 28 June at 21:30 BST in the Main Hall at Summerhall.
A recording and transcript of this event will be made available to Online audiences the following day.
All Pass Holders will be able to enjoy this recording here.
Filmmaker Q&A: Mele Broomes
The transcript for this event will be available soon.