video-work
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In 2003, with the help of commission by Welsh Independent Dance, Procter began developing her work byusing video, one of which "Am I This?" was chosen for The Dance on Screen Festival at ThePlace, London. Since then she has continued exploring the medium and has made over tenvideos, shooting in locations in Wales, Argentina and Austria.TRANSCRIPT
A Horse Bleeding Shakespeare - 14’
Rivers & Mirrors - 12’
Am I This? - 1’
Together - 6’17”
Somewhere There - 3’
Rastras I & II - 15’
Rhiannon - 5’
Video work of Deborah Claire Procter
Running time: Approx 56’17”
Deborah Claire Procter is an interdisciplinary artist, actor and video-maker from Cardiff (Wales), anda Creative Wales Award winner. She began her training in theatre, and worked with companies likeTheatre Alibi. Simultaneously she developed a love for experimental theatre, creating many solosand duets that play with perspective and scale, mixing ideas from theatre, dance, sculpture andperformance art, and incorporating the use of various kinds of projection. Her work has been seenin galleries such as the Ferens (Hull), Oriel (Cardiff), and Spacex (Exeter), and theatres like theHemsley (Madison) and the Museum Theatre (Madras).
She maintains a strong interest and practice in movement, including contemporary and post-modern dance, as well as yoga and martial arts, and has trained extensively in improvisation andperformance with Ruth Zaporah, Gardzienice Theatre, and Skinner Release Dance with Gaby Agis.In 2003, with the help of commission by Welsh Independent Dance, she began making videos withdancers and performers, one of which Am I This? was chosen for The Dance on Screen Festival atThe Place, London. Since then she has made over ten videos, shooting in locations in Wales,Argentina and Austria.
She was a part-time and guest lecturer in many institutions, including teaching performance atUniversity of Glamorgan, and voice for broadcast journalists at the University of Wales, Cardiff, andhas taught many youth and community groups,
In 2004, she received a grant from Wales Arts International to go to Argentina and begancollaborating with composer Oscar Edelstein, as a vocalist and video maker. She is currentlyworking on a new opera with Edelstein about the links between Wales and Argentina.
A Horse Bleeding Shakespeare
Deborah Claire Procter: Original idea / DirectorOscar Edelstein: Co-director & ComposerSean Feldman: DancerJane Lloyd Francis: Rider, Performer & Choreographic consultantGeorges Dewez: Rider, Performer & Choreographic consultant
Rivers and Mirrors: Part I (2007)
Deborah Claire Procter: Choreographer / DirectorOscar Edelstein : ComposerSandra Grinberg (Trisha Brown Dance Company): Dancer
Rastros I / Traces (2007)
Deborah Claire Procter: Camera / EditingGabriela Romero: Idea / DirectionAna Laura Lozza & Gabriela Romero: Choreography / Performance
Together (2008)
Deborah Claire Procter: Choreography / Co-director / EditorMatthew Humphreys: Co-director / CameraFergus Byrne & Hannah Prior: PerformersOscar Edelstein: Composer
Am I this? (2004)
Deborah Claire Procter: Choreography / Co-directorMatthew Humphreys: Co-directorPerformer: Fergus Byrne
Screened: One Minute Wanders Dance on Screen Festival, The Place (London)
Somewhere There (2004)
Deborah Claire Procter: ChoreographyMatthew Humphreys: DirectorFergus Byrne: PerformerCommission: Dance Bytes for Film Welsh Independent DanceScreened: Chapter Cinema, Cardiff
Rhiannon of the Flowers (2000)
Deborah Claire Procter: DirectorPhil Moran: CameraRhiannon: Vocal PerformanceSarah Mumford & Jan Davis: DancersCommission: Centre for Performance Research, Restless Gravity
