River Adur Duet
During the Summer lockdown of 2020 - between two new moons, I explored the river that I live on as research for a performance called ‘River Adur Duet’, commissioned by Farnham Maltings to reflect this extraordinary time and connect with my local community in Shoreham-by-Sea.
I live on a boat, in an estuary, which means that twice a day the tide comes in and out. It is a neither / nor place - not land and not sea. Not fresh water and not salty.
It is brackish and wild. It is in-between.
The tide seemed a perfect metaphor for this moment; the river a perfect environment to create a live performance that could be socially distant.
A ritual dance
in, and with, the river.
River Adur Duet is a performance created by Emma Frankland, supported by Farnham Maltings. Film by Rosie Powell.