North: A Love Letter
The new film by Archipelago Theatre/Ciné
A poetic dance-movement reflection on the loss of sentient creatures on the earth
You just don't know who you are until you catch your reflection in the eye of an animal.
-Loren Eiseley
Produced by the Duke University Department of Theater Studies
and Archipelago Theatre/Ciné
Created & Directed by Ellen Hemphill
Film Designer & Editor - Jim Haverkamp
Inspired Texts Edited by Ellen Hemphill & Nor Hall
Director of Photography - Alex Maness
Wildlife Photographers/Videographers - Wink Gaines, Nina Hale, Judith Scott
Choreographers - Terry Beck, Mark Haim, Ellen Hemphill, Gerri Houlihan
Score - Allison Leyton-Brown
Costume Design - Jan Chambers
Dancers
Terry Beck, Kaity Granda, Gerri Houlihan, Derrick Ivey, Dana Marks,
Tom Marriott, Bradley McDevitt, Dale Wolf, Andrea Woods Valdés
"Where is Paradise? Follow the birds, the beasts, the fishes, they will lead you to it"
-New Testament
Photo credit: Wink Gaines/LM
Collage Jan Chambers