Abstract
Bowland Beth is a short film in collaboration with choreographer Catherine Seymour and film maker David Lefeber, inspired by the poem ‘Bowland Beth’ by David Harsent. It has a score composed by Rob Godman and danced by Zoe Arshamian. The poem is an elegy to Beth, a Hen Harrier born and tagged on the wild moors of the Forest Bowland in Lancashire and illegally shot before she could breed.
Harbour House is showing ‘Bowland Beth’, a collaboration between Kingsbridge-based choreographer Catherine Seymour and film maker David Lefeber, inspired by the poem ‘Bowland Beth’ by David Harsent, with a score composed by Rob Godman and danced by Zoe Arshamian. The poem is an elegy to Beth, a Hen Harrier born and tagged on the wild moors of the Forest Bowland in Lancashire and illegally shot before she could breed. Seymour and Lefeber’s collaboration with Harsent, Godman and Arshamian shines a light not only on Beth’s story, but on the plight of the Hen Harrier in the face of the grouse shooting industry. This is part of Harbour House’s ongoing programme strand exploring themes around nature, the environment and climate change, shaped by our conversations with students at Kingsbridge Community College.
The exhibition brings together Harbour House’s art and movement for wellbeing programmes together for the first time and also marks the first time that Harbour House has programmed free movement-based workshops for the community.
Harbour House is showing ‘Bowland Beth’, a collaboration between Kingsbridge-based choreographer Catherine Seymour and film maker David Lefeber, inspired by the poem ‘Bowland Beth’ by David Harsent, with a score composed by Rob Godman and danced by Zoe Arshamian. The poem is an elegy to Beth, a Hen Harrier born and tagged on the wild moors of the Forest Bowland in Lancashire and illegally shot before she could breed. Seymour and Lefeber’s collaboration with Harsent, Godman and Arshamian shines a light not only on Beth’s story, but on the plight of the Hen Harrier in the face of the grouse shooting industry. This is part of Harbour House’s ongoing programme strand exploring themes around nature, the environment and climate change, shaped by our conversations with students at Kingsbridge Community College.
The exhibition brings together Harbour House’s art and movement for wellbeing programmes together for the first time and also marks the first time that Harbour House has programmed free movement-based workshops for the community.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Kingsbridge |
| Publisher | There is always flight Ltd |
| Media of output | Film |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2023 |
| Event | Bowland Beth: An elegy to the hen harrier - Harbour House, Kingbridge, Devon, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Feb 2024 → 9 Mar 2024 |