Location: Scotland; Language: Shona [Zezuru dialect], Gaelic [Ghàidhlig] and English; Captions: English

Hypnagogia – The state between sleeping and waking characterised by feelings of drowsiness, lucid dreams, spontaneous creative inspiration, imaginative experience and sleep paralysis.

Glossolalia - the phenomenon of speaking in an unknown language, especially in religious worship. Practiced in many spiritual and ritual traditions.

Hypnagogia Glossolalia is composed of several spoken word poetry pieces narrated in both Gaelic and Shona (zezuru dialect) with dance performance by dancer and choreographer Divine Tasinda. Working with the image of the Bateleur Eagle, a now endangered species, defined as the original inspiration for the Zimbabwe bird. The bird is a symbol, a soapstone totem, a spiritual artefact. the national emblem of Zimbabwe it is endemic to Africa and small parts of Arabia. "Bateleur" is French for "street performer”.

This work traverses the personal and universal interrogating the notion of self and romantic ideas of the incorporeal Other.

Dance/Choreography/Performance - Divine Tasinda

Video Editing - Léa Molinier

Narration English - Sekai Machache

Narration Gaelic - Cass Ejeki

Translation/Narration Shona (Zezuru) - Gillian F Mutanga

Translation Gaelic - Robbie MacLeod

Film, Writing, Sound, Sound Editing, Costumes, Make-up, Lighting, Videography, Photography - Sekai Machache

Audio Descriptions performed by Bill Larson

British Sign Language Interpretation by Grace Buckle.

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