Suddenly Dance Theatre presents 
A Suddenly Media Production
GUTHRIE SWIMS THE LAKE

Directed by Miles Lowry
Produced and Performed by David Ferguson
Music by Miles Lowry
Text by William Shakespeare
Music Produced by Joanna Hood; with viola & arrangement

Suddenly Dance Theatre’s new 4-minute dance film GUTHRIE SWIMS THE LAKE is inspired by Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900-1971), the Irish theatre director best known for interpreting the works of William Shakespeare. In Canada, Tyrone Guthrie is also known as one of the creative founders of the long-running Stratford Festival in Ontario.

In GUTHRIE SWIMS THE LAKE we meet our title character at Annaghmakerrig, his lakeside home estate in County Monaghan, Ireland. It becomes apparent he has not left the stage behind - as he pulls from the lake a series of objects from Shakespeare’s theatre. As seen through contemporary dance, this short film explores Guthrie’s enduring obsession with the Bard’s watery metaphors.

GUTHRIE SWIMS THE LAKE is the third made-for-television dance-film by longtime collaborators and Artistic co-Directors Miles Lowry and David Ferguson - following OPIUM (2005/06) and AISLING (2007). Directed by Lowry and produced/performed by Ferguson, GUTHRIE SWIMS THE LAKE was filmed in 2009 in Victoria, BC and on location during a residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Co. Monaghan, Ireland.

Using text by William Shakespeare, the work also incorporates Miles Lowry’s music, which is produced by Joanna Hood (member of Victoria's Lafayette String Quartet & New York's Loma Mar Quartet) with her viola & arrangement.

Who we are:

Suddenly Dance Theatre Society is a Canadian non-profit dance theatre company. We are an established part of the City of Victoria’s cultural community - as both an Importer (presenter) of dance and as an Exporter (creator) of dance. Our recent touring activity has allowed us to be proud ambassadors globally - through national television, film festivals, residencies, as well as works toured to such diverse places as Seoul, Kim Hae & Busan (South Korea), Hornby Island, Vancouver, Nanaimo (BC), Guelph (ONT) and New York (USA). We are also known as the producers and the curators of the annual Romp! Festival of Independent Dance (13 Festivals) and the newer UNODANZ Performance Award Program.

Working with Suddenly Media Productions, Ferguson/Lowry's media works have also been seen on the stage in Crystal Pite’s/Lynda Raino’s A CONVERSATION (2004); in Suddenly Dance Theatre’s NATURE ECSTASY (2007); in Pacific Opera Victoria’s MAGIC FLUTE (2009); and in Ferguson’s recent AGNES B at the Belfry Theatre's SPARK Festival (March 2010).

Significant reference:

www.bravofact.com
www.suddenlydance.ca
www.youtube.com/suddenlydance
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