PERFORMERS: 2
RUNNING TIME: 13
PREMIERED: SEPT 2004
Memento Mori is a powerful duet performed on a suspended metal frame.
It is based on Holbein’s woodcuts of “The Dance of Death”, where death is represented as a skeleton that dances each of us to our grave.
What the press say
“Memento Mori, is a ravishingly graceful pas de deux for a man and a woman”
The Daily Telegraph
“A beautiful duet, which will be applauded for a long time to come”
Le Figaro
“full of drama and has a deliciously eerie feel”
The Stage
"a thrilling seduction"
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Credits
Devised and performed by
Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney
With direction from
Deb Pope
Music composed by
Patrick Larley
Equipment Design
Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney
Costume design by
Tina Bicât
Lighting design by
Justin Farndale