Bellum

Bellum was a collaboration with the Unitec Dance third year students of 2022. Together we attempted to create a work that sauntered betwixt and between battle and entertainment. Bellum is the Latin root of duel but over time the word mutated form as it tended to merge with bello which meant beautiful. Bellum slips from combat to intimacy, a fine line that is known well.
 
Choreography: Rosamund Philpott
Dancers and Collaborators: Unitec Graduate class of 2022 
Eden Mathews, Dan-yel James, Ella Rerekura, Sydney Magnus, Jake Starrs, Stella Seawright, Andre Busby, Imogen Mackintosh, Kat Heaven, Tara Hodge, ‘Isope ‘Akau’ola, Niamh Hogan, Gabby Terras, Jan Smolira and Gracie Lewis
Sound: Original score by Hannah Lynch, mastered by Eden Mulholland 
Costume Design: Miriam Eskildson
 
Premiered at Raye Freemans Arts Centre November 2022

Images by Jinki Cambronero