Pain and I
// Performance
// Audio
// Graphic Score
// Installation
Pain and I is an award-winning critically acclaimed dance work, which boldly explores the rich complexities of living with chronic pain. A diversely accessible body of work, Pain and I can be experienced as a live dance performance, digital audio piece, graphic score (digital & publication), or immersive installation. Featuring playful choreography, intimate poetic text, and new classical music composition, this compelling autobiographical work asks what can pain teach us? Audiences are invited to reflect on what it means to care for our bodies, ourselves, and each other in times of personal and collective pain.
Watch videos and follow links below for more information. The digital Graphic Score is free/donation and can be directly accessed here.
Links to written materials about the wider research surrounding Pain and I:
Available for live and digital touring - email sarahhopfinger@gmail.com
Project credits
Creator, Choreographer, Performer - Sarah Hopfinger (she/her)
Music and Sound Composition - Alicia Jane Turner (they/them)
Graphic Score and Installation Design - Michaela Pointon (she/her) & Rachel O'Neill (she/her), images Brian Hartley (he/him)
Lead Project Dramaturgy & Movement Direction - Laura Bradshaw (she/her)
Dramaturgy & Additional Sound Work - Jer Reid (he/him)
Producer (Made In Scotland, Fringe) - Laura Fisher (they/she)
Producer (Scottish Tour) - Stories Untold, Robyn Jancovich-Brown (she/her)
Production Assistants - Nell O'Hara (she/her) & Shona McKay (they/them)
Press - Joy Parkinson (she/her)
Lighting Designer and Production Manager - Michaela Fee (she/her)
Stage Manager (Fringe) - Lucy May Wilson (she/they)
Stage Manager (Scottish Tour) - Chris Gorman (he/him)
BSL Interpreter - Rachel Amey (she/her)
Film Media - Lucas Chih-Peng Kao (he/him)
Images - Tiu Makkonen (they/them)
Funded by Made In Scotland, Touring Fund and Open Fund (Creative Scotland), Take Me Somewhere, The Work Room and Tramway. With support from The Place, Battersea Arts Centre, Tourettes Hero, and Platform.
