Run! looked at the relationship between sport and life – why we run, what we run to and from, love and fear through startling visual imagery, mass choreography, new music, film and image projection and inventive machinery. It brought together, for 1 epic performance, dancers from Motionhouse free runners Prodigal Theatre plus opera singers, children from 10 Greenwich schools and 14 puppeteers.
Using imagery from cave drawings, greek vases, zoetrope and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Run! told a story of indomitable achievement, pain, oppression, passion, democracy and freedom – and it set 1000s of viewers' pulses racing during the one off event!
Premiered| 2008, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, London, UK
Credits Conceived and Directed by
Kevin Finnan Choreography
Kevin Finnan & the Company Dancers in the Trailer
Claire Benson, Junior Cunningham & Olivia Quayle
Production team Score Design
Errollyn Wallen Lighting Design
Natasha Chivers Installations & Mechanical Structures
Sofie Layton Pyrotechnic Effects
Mike Pattison
"Absolutely amazing. Spectacular.
Heart stopping!" Audience Member
