Letham Nights #89 - After All by Solène Weinachter

★★★★ The Observer "a triumph of sound and vision"

★★★★ Broadway Baby "Enough charm to power an ocean liner, and the comic timing of a precision watch"

Letham Nights is proud to be selected as a venue for this outstanding performance.

After All by Solène Weinachter is a show about death. It is a celebration of our vulnerable and courageous existence. It melds dance, theatre, storytelling and comedy to ask: how do we deal with the end?

By exploring various funeral rites - ones we have, ones we have lost, and those yet to be invented - choreographer Solène Weinachter confronts our transition between worlds head-on. AFTER ALL is a hopeful attempt to conjure a better sort of space for us to be with loss and collectively contemplate the finite nature of our lives.

The performance will be followed by an audience Q&A with Solène

The event is supported by the Creative Scotland Touring Fund

About Solène Weinachter

Solène Weinachter is a choreographer and performer based between Scotland and France. Her artistic practice is rooted in the intersection between dance, theatre, story telling, laughter and (what could be perceived as) uncomfortable conversations.

Solène trained in the regional conservatoire of Lyon and pursued her training at London Contemporary Dance School where she obtained a BA(Hons) and an MA in contemporary dance and performance. Her interest as a performer deeply informs her choreographic work. It is rooted in the connection with the audience and how that liveness specifically shapes every show. Movement in relation to her physical and narrative voice have been in the centre of her work since 2013.

As a rehearsal director, a performer or a creative collaborator, Solène works with a wide range of dance and physical theatre companies in Europe including OD Works, Scottish Dance Theatre, Lost Dog, Joan Clevillé, Gecko and Vera Tussing. She is also a founding member of Collective Endeavours, a Glasgow-based intergenerational music & dance improvisation collective that performs in non-conventional spaces.

AFTER ALL – Reviews

★★★★ The Times "bursting with vitality" ★★★★ The Scotsman "Weinachter hits the spot every time" ★★★★ The Guardian "confidently warm and funny"★★★★ The Stage "Enormously endearing”★★★★ Broadway Baby "Enough charm to power an ocean liner, and the comic timing of a precision watch" ★★★★ The Observer "a triumph of sound and vision" ★★★★ The Morning Star “laced with theatrical ambush and digression” ★★★★ Fringe Biscuit "masterfully uses the stage and body to explore grief & remembrance" ★★★★ Fest Magazine "crafted with skill"

The Creative Team for After All:

Solène Weinachter: Director & Performer

Emma Jones: Lighting Designer & Production Manager

Helen McIntosh: Creative Producer

Matthias Strahm: Scenographer

Rachel Bunce: Filmmaker

Chris Thorpe: Script Adviser & Dramaturgy

Neil Callaghan: Artist Companion & Dramaturgy

Lisa Fannen: Outside Eye & Engagement

Amy Steadman: Production & Stage Manager

Supported by:

Creative Scotland, Made in Scotland, British Council, Momentum, Dance North, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre, The Work Room, Dance Base, The Space, Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis

MUSIC CREDIT

My way: Pan Flute Instrumental romantic

If you don’t know me by now: Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes feat Teddy Pendergrass

Cosmic Dancer: T.Rex

I feel love: Donna Summer

Ginette - Live: Les Tête Raides

PHOTO CREDITS

Genevieve Reeves

Lilia Zanetti

Stefano Canferla