Fin Walker
Class description
LDI 2010 Story Boarding, a potential narrative
Choreographer Fin Walker and her collaborators, Director Thea Sharrock and Composer Ben Park will be discussing and story boarding a potential narrative structure for a piece of work based on Macbeth.
The research project continues to ask the question, 'what constitutes a 'true' enmeshment of the disciplines: movement, dance, sound, music, text and design, using Macbeth as the starting point'.
Workshop: After 2 days of discussion the team would like to invite a number of professional performers into the studio: actors with a strong physicality, dancers (who may or may not have text speaking skills) and singers (to work with Ben on ideas for the score).
The aim is to look at how the collaborative team can extend the physical palate to create a generic language (text and movement) for both the actors and the dancers. In the final creation the team are considering using up to 13 performers. They would welcome the opportunity of inviting a cross section of performers for a day’s workshop to explore what is possible with a larger number, focusing on one particular scene from the play. This and the development of the narrative structure is an important step forward in the evolution of the work.
Biography
Fin Walker is the recipient of a Jerwood Award for Choreography and has received 2 nominations for Best Contemporary Choreography by The Critics Circle National Dance Awards.
For the past 3 years Fin has been working in Theatre and more recently in Opera and Commercials.
Theatre credits include: Equus (West End & Broadway), Emperor Jones (The National theatre), As you Like It (The Globe Theatre), The Misanthrope (West End) and presently she is working on After The Dance at The National Theatre.
Her work for Opera includes Aida with Director David Macvicar which has just received its world premiere at The Royal Opera House this April.
Walker Park: Dance & Music Company were an Associate Company at The Royal Opera House for 5 years and Fin Walker and composer Ben Park are Artists in Residence at Oxford Playhouse.