BLIND FAITH 1997 – 1999

Inspired by the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, a banqueting table mutates into a surgeon’s slab, a sacred shrine and the scene of a pagan rave. Colorful tableaux melt, flow and tumble from one to the next, bursting into demonic or ecstatic dance, sensual, ritualistic, possessed.

In a world continuously transformed by sumptuous light, color and Graeme Miller’s compelling sound-scape, the performers embark on a dramatic and blackly funny journey through lust, litany and levitation.

“An excavation of the dark and light faces of humanity: on the one hand, a delving into our primitive, animal instincts, our fascination with mortality and our physical bodies, the underworlds of the human psyche: on the other hand, a sensual dance with the lighter side of our spiritual nature, our higher intelligence, our existential questioning, our striving for transcendence of the human condition.”

BLIND FAITH was funded by the Arts Council of England, with support from the London Arts Board, The Leche Trust, the Gulbenkian Foundation, and the British Council. This piece was featured in the Spring Loaded festival, London, and won the Prix D’auteur du Conceil Generale de la Seine-Saint-Denise in 1998. The piece toured extensively throughout the UK 1997-98, as well as performances in France, Israel, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, and Germany.

PRESS

“This is a fascinating piece of theatre which had me spellbound”
Dance Express

“Sequences reminiscent of exultant shamanistic rites, with dancers flung across the floor, sliding atop the table and tumbling into each others arms. The sense of unfettered joy is palpable, but so too is a more wry, knowing humor”
Christopher Bowen, The Scotsman

“Theatrical acumen is a part of Yolande Snaith’s make-up which was given full reign in her Blind Faith. This was a stunningly beautiful presentation, every aspect being perfectly judged and paced”
Dance Now