Project Detail

Horse (Sirens)

Name: Horse (Sirens)
Director: Harriet Hedden
Genre: Experimental, LGBTQIA+, Music, Woman Director, Dance
Released: 2022
Duration: 7 min 15 sec

Harriet Hedden

Synopsis

A found fragment of Alla Nazimove dancing in Salome (1922) was the starting point of this collaboration with dancer Ino Riga. HORSE (SIRENS) looks at the act of storytelling, performance and recalled experience. Ostensibly a pas de deux, it narrates a navigation of the self, the fragmentation of memory and time travel from past and present.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 7 min 15 sec
Format: digital
Director: Harriet Hedden
Producer: Harriet Hedden
Co-Producer: Harriet Hedden
Executive Producer: Harriet Hedden
Editor: Harriet Hedden
Screenwriter: Harriet Hedden
Principal cast: Ino Riga

Genre

Experimental LGBTQIA+ Music Woman Director Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Isadora Films

35 Foliot Street
London
W12 0BQ

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