A Serpent's Dance by Lucy Frears Sound piece by Lucy Frears Film by Lucy Frears, edited to the sound by Marcus Cook.

A Serpent’s Dance is named after an ancient but revived Penzance dance. The dancers, the community, link hands. The piece started as a sound piece then archive film was edited in to work with that sound.

A Serpent’s Dance has been shown twice:
1. In The Exchange café in Penzance in September 2022 with Montol ‘osses made by Martin Cleaver & a documentary film about Golowan by Barbara Santi.
2. At Tate St Ives as part of The Last Weekend - 28th April - 1st May in Gallery 9 within the context of Re:Voice research. The film was on a loop with the film 'Pass It On' a film by Florence Brown, two Osses/ beasts by Martin Cleaver and linked to a performance 'ReVoice' directed by Agnieszka Blonska.

Link to audio
https://tinyurl.com/447azrsy

Link to video:
https://vimeo.com/763404429

A Serpent’s Dance
Soundscape & design – Lucy Frears
Picture Editor – Marcus Cook
Original Music (at end): MUHLA
Duration: 4.39

The soundscape & film were made possible by contributions from many people – thank you.

Interviews by Lucy Frears in order of first appearance: leader of the Golowan Band - Rosie; leader of the procession & Penglaze Teazer - Elise Sampson, Master of the Glorious Company of the Egyptian House (Montol) – Carol Tanner; poet, writer & part of the Golowan founding group – Pauline Shepherd; The Egyptian God Horus (Montol) & other roles at Golowan & Montol – Andy Tanner; Montol researcher, initiator & director – Simon Reed; producer & filmmaker - Denzil Monk; poet - Katrina Naomi, Montol Artistic Director (2022 -) – Joe Gray (who was interviewed by Lucie Akerman).

Thank you for sharing photos:
The Terry Sampson Golowan Archive – including photos by Steve Tanner; Bill Mitchell Archive, courtesy of Archives and Special Collections, Falmouth University and University of Exeter Penryn Campus © Sue Hill (Sue was instrumental in reviving Golowan & designed the logo), Simon Cook, Mike Newman, John Stedman, Joe Beer & © Peter Waverly collection held at Kresen Kernow [AD2764].

Thank you for sharing Film footage:
The Terry Sampson Golowan Archive, Barbara Santi, Mike Newman, Lucas Nott, © Peter Waverly collection held at Kresen Kernow [AD2764].

Thanks to:
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange -Blair Todd; YXO Studios Ltd - Olga Reed AMPS; Re:voice colleagues Laura Hodsdon, Denzil Monk, Flis Tattersall & Agnieszka Blonska, Golowan Associate Director - Martin Venning, filmmaker/ producer – Barbara Santi, maker of the ‘gyptian guise guild masks & headdresses used in the display at The Exchange – Martin Cleaver; all those who helped secure permissions for photos, Cultivator (for funding sound equipment),
Maggi Simpson, Maria McEwen, Lucie Akerman, David Prior, Chris Ryan & Louis Frears.
Funded by Research England in partnership with Falmouth University.