Horn Dance, The

Synopsis

Inspired by the 2012 exhibition ‘Shakespeare: Staging the World’. at the British Museum Liz Unna looks at pagan rites and rituals in Shakespeare’s work. She captures the Abbotts Bromley horn dance and talks to RSC’s Head of Movement, Struan Leslie, about the horn dance he created for the company’s production of As You Like It directed by Michael Boyd. The film also features Dora Thornton, British Museum curator, who talks about the antlers featured in the exhibition.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2012

Availability

Out of distribution

Notes

The audio/slide show is streamed at http:thespace.org (accessed 12/2012).

Subjects

Dance; Drama

Keywords

dance; rituals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

As You Like It

Credits

Contributor

Dora Thornton; Leslie Struan; Liz Unna

Distributor

Name

thespace.org

Email

contactus@the space.org

Web

http://thespace.org External site opens in new window