'A Call to Home' credits etc...

 'A Call to Home'

title by Michael Willis

Credits

Many thanks to:

Bells - Gem Boord,  with thanks to Terri Stevens

Children - Jacqui Callis and words by Suzan Caroll

Wade in the water/ Were you there - spirituals by (enslaved) African Americans

Lobster Song - words by Nick Darke and music by Jim Carey

Sky - Medwyn Goodall 

Bishops Jig/ No Song No Supper - Dalla

Shallal

The Origin of the world - Dave Shepherd, played by Toby Bridge

Hireth - the Ordinalia, - written and performed by Deborah Udy-O'Nyons

Live Improvised Music by George Clement Peer

The Animals Came in Two by Two  - recorded and produced by Eddie Callis with Stuart Blackmore, including Jacqui Callis - vocals

Lost in Translation - written and performed by Kerry Tomlins

'Reporter' - written and performed by Jo Lumber

Angels - dancers Star and Katie Wheeler filmed by Terry and Jacob, film edited by Star.

Swing Low Sweet Chariot by The Wheeler family: Glen, Zo, Katie, Joseph, Arron and Jacob.

Backstage/support/costume - Star, Demelza, Julie Watson

Technical Support/Live stream - Anna Willis

Photography - Steve Tanner - thank you!

Film - Adam Drake

Unable to join us today - We miss you - Sapphire Sumpter, Bobby Johnson, Zoe Wilton, The Wheelers and Justin Holland.

Waving to Pep Mogas in Catalonia and Lily and Nicky in Spain, as well as all our friends, hopefully, joining us on livestream.

We are excited and grateful to be given this commission and invitation - Thank you to Kresen Kernow.

It's very special for many of us to be able to meet up again, with caution, however it's not easy when we usually all dance so closely, ( we use a traffic light sticker system*) but we are thrilled to be out and about again. This is our first live show since January 2020.

We are challenging ourselves with this 'show' which has ended up being a mix of theme with open improvisation. We could have delved in deep and spent a year or more exploring all these fabulous themes. As always the gloriously varied creativity of everyone shines through and we hope you enjoy it.

A highlight for us is having our friends The Wheelers with us in voice. 

(It will still be sometime till we can all meet up and dance again indoors with them, so Katie danced in a field to be filmed, thank you to Star.)

The Wheeler family recorded and produced their own version of Swing Low Sweet Chariot at home...

"Everyone's worked really hard and got the swing low, sweet chariot song ready, I hope you like it, we are really pleased. we wrote the arrangement, produced, played and sung it all ourselves, all 6 members of the family feature on the track." Glen

"It's been amazing seeing it grow from nothing, we did the whole thing from scratch, no backing tracks for us. We all joined in, which has been lovely. Hope you like it." Zo

There's so much to say and we hope the work speaks for itself, do come and chat with us afterwards.

Dancers

Toby Bridge

Alan Britt

Tina Butler

Eddie Callis

George Clement Peer

Colin Curbishley

Katherine Giddings

Kerry Jackson

Peter Kirby

Johnathan Knowles

Jo Lumber

Anna Penhaligon

Demelza Rouncefield

Becky Smith

Star

Miles Stead

Kerry Tomlins

Debbie Udy-ONyons

Sam While

Creative Director - Jo Willis

Intern - Anna Willis

Dance Outreach co-ordinator - Sapphire Sumpter

Man of many hats! Co-ordination and transport and more...Colin Curbishley

General manager - Chris Gardner

Finance manager - Theresa Elgar

Many thanks to all our trustees, family, friends and supporters and funders.

More...

'Two Suns' by Yvonne Hingston, a Shallal Studios exhibition last day tomorrow 10am - 4pm Grays Wharf, Penryn.

'Foraging nectar' Arinda Daphine with Shallal Dance Theatre within 'In Your Hands' Exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery until 16 October.