Building on Yewande 103’s current body of work around embodied advocacy, Fountain blends together dance and digital watery environments to explore tidal cycles of repair, loss, joy and intimacy.
This powerful work draws on the symbolism and psycho-geography of water as inevitably linked to Black histories, embodiments, experiences and mental health.
Guided by choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley’s tightly woven movement score, dancers Rickay Hewitt-Martin, Rudzani Moleya and Shahada Nantaba, cycle through plural, interconnected, expansive, non-linear states.
Contrasting edits of splashing waves with a darkened theatre space, the trio shift between spectrums of being seen, mirrored & camouflaged by water.
Fountain situates itself amidst the colliding range and scale of experiences within Black subjectivities that water evokes: from the play of running through fountains in the summer, to the significance of oceanic passages and the impacts of colonial carving up of water and selves within Black existences.
Considering the water within our own bodies in relation to the other waters within Earth’s hydrosphere, Fountain tenderly senses our inescapable tides of life and death; welcoming how our watery bodies exist simultaneously as oceans, tombs and sanctuaries.
Live Q&A Events
The Cameo, Saturday 15th October
Carmen Thompson from We Are Parable will be in conversation with Yewande 103 team members Rudzani Moleya (dance artist) and Lilli Chambers (full spectrum birth worker and doula).
Picturehouse at FACT, Saturday 22nd October
Maitreyi Maheshwari, Head of Programme at FACT and Zuleika Lebow, artist and cultural producer.
The Ritzy, Sunday 30th October
After the film, join us for a Q&A with director Alexandrina Hemsley.
Alexandrina's creative practice lands in the fluid spaces of dance, choreography, writing, facilitating and advocacy. In 2020, Alexandrina founded Yewande 103 out of a commitment to work across dance and healthcare spaces to create tender, compassionate encounters with creativity.
Fountain Zine
All audience members will receive a free printed zine, featuring director Alexandrina Hemsley’s cut of text and images from Fountain, and space for the audience's own reflections.
Presented in partnership with Dark Matter
*Please note, due to high contrast, there could be potential light sensitivity triggers in the first five minutes of the film. The footage has passed Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis tests.
