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Tala Lee-Turton stands on one leg with the other behind her shoulder resting en point on the sides of a wall. Her hands are both positined on each wall. lHer head is bent to the sie and obscured by her bob haircut. She is in an old-fashioned lift with dark wooden panels.

HERE LIES

Here Lies is an intersectional feminist interpretation of myth, told through immersive music and dance, about two estranged sisters who reconnect whilst paying respects to their grandmother in the local cemetery. They reflect on the things they have left unsaid and why they felt they could not say them.

The meeting enables them to inhabit an alternate realm, outside logical time and space, in which their voices are heard and in which they feel safe. In this world, they can manipulate oppressive and suppressive forces upon womanhood as they experience it. Together, they will a new world into being, one that does not bury its women in the dust of tradition.

Black and white image of dancer knelt on the floor looking to her left at the cellist who is seated and playing. The cellist is looking back at hte dancer. They are both wearing rehearsal clothes, the dancer has hair in low pigtails and the musician has long dark curly hair tied into a pony tail.
Black and white image of cello on its side with bow rested on top and stool behind it - used in rehearsals for Here Lies, a Tala Lee-Turton Production.
Dancer seated back to back with a musician with the Iranian ghaychak balanced on her knee and the bow to her right side. They both have arms out in balletic movement, and are wearing rehersal clothes. Black and white image.
Dancer is in a stretch with front foot on pointe and back foot out to the side, one arm on the floor and one arm in the air. The musician is seated to her left and is playing an Iranian ghaychak. They are both wearing rehearsal clothes, the dancer has hair in low pigtails and the musician has long dark curly hair tied into a pony tail. The cello is on its side at the back.
Dancer is on one leg in an arabesque with both arms up and out to the side. The cellist is seated playing and looking at the dancer. They are both wearing rehearsal clothes, the dancer has hair in low pigtails and the musician has long dark curly hair tied into a pony tail.
Dancer and musician walk in a circle whilst looking at each other. A ghaychak and cello are placed on the floor on their back and sie respectiviely. They are both wearing rehearsal clothes, the dancer has hair in low pigtails and the musician has long dark curly hair tied into a pony tail.
Dancer seated back to back with a musician playing the Iranian ghaychak. Dancer is reaching out to her left as she is sat behind the musician. They are both wearing rehearsal clothes, the dancer has hair in low pigtails and the musician has long dark curly hair tied into a pony tail.

The production was developed at a residency at Yorkshire Dance in September 2022. 

Creative producer – Tala Lee-Turton

Choreographer – Krystal Lowe

Musician/ Performer – Roxanna Albayati

Dancer – Tala Lee-Turton

Costume designer and maker – Alice Ortona Coles

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Tala Lee-Turton

Creative Producer and Dancer

Krystal Lowe headshot

Krystal Lowe

Choreographer

Roxanna Albayati - head shot for Here Lies

Roxanna Albayati

Musician/ Performer

Special thanks to Genesis Kickstart Fund, Sheffield City Council and private donors.

 

A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in a laundry surrounded by ironing boards and clothes and is resting her head and arms on one of the ironing boards whilst looking directly at the camera.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in profile and is gazing to the left of the image. She is looking thoughtfully as she stands in the middle of woods in the Peak District.
A dancer holds a spray of dried flowers behind her back as she holds out her arm with a delicate bend of her wrist and gazes to the left.
A dancer is wearing a black halter neck jumpsuit and is resting her hand behind her neck with the other in her pocket.
Dancer seated back to back with a musician playing the Iranian ghaychak. Dancer has arms crossed in a balletic movement, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits. The musician wears beige trousers and a cream lace top and has dark, long curly hair worn loose.
Dancer with blonde bob peers through a bunch of dried flowers.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry - the dancer is situated in front of a full washing machine. She has the hood of her hoody up and is looking cautiously at the camera.
Close up of seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking into the distance, sat next to a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully.
Tala Lee-Turton gazes wistfully to the left of the camera with one arm over her head. She is in a room with dark wooden panels.
A dancer with a blonde bob holding sprays of dried flowers above and behind her head with her eyes closed as if in meditation.
A dancer leans to the side with her left hand up and right hand down to the side and behind. The back ground is red and she is in a black bolero top and leggings over a beige coloured leotard.
An animated dancer wearing a pink wig looks intently at the camera
five dancers motionless, standing ready to dance.
Seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking to the side at a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully. They both sit on a wooden box, back to back.

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