True to its title, High Bed Lower Castle inverts perspectives. It’s a true false tale of giant beds and tiny castles that mixes archetypal characters, dances in varying registers, spoken words and songs, visibly invisible actions—in short, a work of infinite imagination. Welcome to this bountiful world.
CREDITS: Choreography and performance by Malik Nashad Sharpe and Ellen Furey. Sound design by Christopher Willes. Lighting design by Paul Chambers.. Dramaturgy by Dana Michel. Outside eye work by Hanako Hoshimi-Caines and Sophie Corriveau. Set-design by Fruzsina Lanyi. Costume design by Malik Nashad Sharpe. With music by Thomas Gill + Purpose Code & Tony One + Philippe Melanson + coolhint (2015) + Ben Furey + Sentinel /Sarah Wong + Romance + Christopher Willes. Technical direction by Seoyoung Park. Promo photos by Christopher McCrory. Promo video by Elena Isolini. Show photos and video by Do Phan Hoi.
Producers: DLD, Malik Nashad Sharpe, Ellen Furey. Executive Producer: DLD - Marie-Andrée Gougeon. Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques + La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines + DLD direction artistique Frédérick Gravel + Dance4 + Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie. With the support of Cloud Danslab + Dance4 + Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie + Impulstanz Vienna + Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI) + La Chapelle, Scènes Contemporaines + Theaterhaus Gessnerallee. Financial support from Canada Council for the Arts + Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec + Arts Council England
Co-presented by La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines. Premiered at Festival TransAmériques at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, on May 27, 2022
