A site-specific dance performance celebrating the sea,
performed by a cast of community dancers age 6-60.
Spittal Promenade and Beach, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 2015
We look out to sea and it appears to go on forever.
This vast expanse of water pulls us in.
Every photograph we take in our head of this coastline appears identical,
but the water is always moving, this place is always changing.
The swell of the water.
The small ripples that turn into thundering waves.
The constant motion of the tides.
The rise and fall.
The shifting and gathering of sand.
The calming sound as the waves hit the shore.
The sea that is powerful and beautiful and soothing and ferocious.
For those of us who have lived near the sea, we are bereft without it.
We are pushed and pulled with the tide.
We float on the surface.
Supported by Arts Council England, Berwick 900, Northumberland Arts Development, Simpsons Malt, Jus Rol, Maltings Berwick,
Lead Artist and Choreographer: Chloë Sayers (previously Smith)
Performed and Devised by: Amber, Amy, Becky, Ben, Bob, Brooke, Cara, Cara, Charley, Charlotte, Cheryl, Chloë, David, Eden, Ellie, Erian, Erin, Esther, Frances, Gary, Georgia, Helen, Isla, Jade, Jayden, Jaye, Jo, Kaylea, Kiera,
Lani, Marcia, Matthew, Matthew, Melissa, Millie, Nadine, Phoebe, Poppy, Rhiannon and Ross
Music Composed by: Robert Wilkinson ‘Pull and Rise’ and Joey Benjamins ‘Viaducts’
Live Music Performed by: Carly Robertson, Daniel Butterworth, Joey Benjamins, Lizzie Lowe and Wendy Doyle.
Costume Designer: Karen Page
Photography by: Charlotte Summers and Georgia Cross
Film Director and Editor: Joey Benjamins
Camera Operators: Amelia Read and Daniel West
Programme Designed and Illustrated by: Katie Chappell