Films
“Between extremities man runs his course;
a brand or flaming breath comes to destroy all those antinomies of day and night;
the body calls it death, the heart remorse.
But if these be right what is joy?”
Vacillation W. B. Yeats
‘Vacillation – Pregnancy’ is the third in a series of seven short films by Pointe Ahead. Based on the poem by W. B. Yeats, the series focuses on the theme of the seven stages of life. It is set in the current day and follows the nine month period from a husband and wife discovering that they are pregnant through to full term. The story is portrayed through classical ballet without dialogue.
Wife: Amy Drew
Husband: James Pullum
Director/Choreographer: Rachel Whorton
DoP: Iain McIntosh
Original Music: Davide Levi
Editor: Gillan Stewart-Pattison
‘Vacillation – Adolescence’ is the second in a series of seven short films by Pointe Ahead. Based on the poem by W. B. Yeats, the series focuses on the theme of the seven stages of life. Using the traditional format of a classical ballet Pas de Deux this film shows two adolescences, in love and a snapshot of their life.
Screened at the River Film Festival, Padova, Italy June 2016.
Girl: Georgie Rose Connolly
Boy: Matthew Petty
Director/Choreographer: Rachel Whorton
DoP: Alex Kinsman
Original Music: Davide Levi
Editor: Scott Donaldson
‘Vacillation – Adulthood’ is a short dance film based on the poem ‘Vacillation’ by W.B. Yeats. This is the first in a series of seven shorts themed on the seven stages of life. Inspiration for Adulthood came from the lines in the poem: “Get all the gold and silver that you can, Satisfy ambition, animate The trivial days and ram them with the sun…”
Woman: Sasha Russell
Director/Choreographer: Rachel Whorton
DoP/Editor: Iain McIntosh
Music: Karl Jenkins, Palladio: Allegretto By permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers
