The Machines
Synopsis
This short documentary follows two performers who mix traditional clog dancing from the North West of the UK with choreography for two modified fitness machines based on agricultural yokes. Clog dancing is said to have originated in East Lancashire from the weaving mills of the 19th century, where working women would tap to the rhythm of the machines. The film explores identity and belonging in the context of industrialisation and economic migration and how movement, as a result, has been transformed by it.
This short documentary follows two performers who mix traditional clog dancing from the North West of the UK with choreography for two modified fitness machines based on agricultural yokes. Clog dancing is said to have originated in East Lancashire from the weaving mills of the 19th century, where working women would tap to the rhythm of the machines. The film explores identity and belonging in the context of industrialisation and economic migration and how movement, as a result, has been transformed by it.
Full credits
- Section
- New Dutch
- Director
- Publik Universal Frxnd
- Choreographer
- Publik Universal Frxnd
- Production countries
- Netherlands
- Production year
- 2023
- Duration
- 19 minutes
- Producer
- Publik Universal Frxnd, Barnaby Savage