Special Edition Performances
We very much hope you enjoy the series of short performances specially conceived for the Special Edition of the Summit in 2020.
Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker from Rio de Janeiro, simultaneously perform on stage and rehearse in complete isolation, excerpts from the acclaimed Cão Sem Plumas – Dog Without Feathers, inspired by the poetry of João Cabral de Melo Neto.
Oscar nominated actor David Strathairn performs an extract from Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski – an homage to the Polish war hero and Holocaust witness.
Trojan Women Project – an inspiring group of Syrian refugees who bring the poignancy of their individual plights to the timeless drama by Euripides.
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles and young musicians of Sistema Scotland come together to perform the chorale from Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets by Gustav Holst.
And, the Edinburgh Festival Chorus breaking out of months of lockdown and bursting into song, perform the uplifting chorus Ecce Gratum from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
The Summit is deeply grateful to all these artists for their courage and kindness, and for reminding us all what it can look, sound, smell and taste like to feel alive.
Cão Sem Plumas – Dog Without Feathers (excerpt) by Deborah Colker
Contributor Profile(s):
Deborah Colker
Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski (excerpt) by Clark Young and Derek Goldman
Contributor Profile(s):
David Strathairn
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, USA
The Trojans (excerpt) based on the play by Euripides
Contributor Profile(s):
Trojan Women Project
Trojan Women Project, Glasgow, UK
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (excerpt) from The Planets by Gustav Holst
Contributor Profile(s):
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, USA
Sistema Scotland – Big Noise Scotland
Sistema Scotland, UK
Symone Hutchison
Big Noise Raploch, Stirling, UK
Aaron Soriano
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, USA
Ecce Gratum from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Contributor Profile(s):
Edinburgh International Festival Chorus
Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Edinburgh, UK
Fergus Linehan
Edinburgh International Festival
Performance Credits
Cão Sem Plumas – Dog Without Feathers
Performance by Companhia de Dança Derorah Colker
Cão Sem Plumas – Dog Without Feathers is inspired by the homonymous poem of João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999)
Creation, Choreography and Direction: Deborah Colker
Executive Direction: João Elias
Cinematographic Direction and Drama: Claudio Assis
Art Direction and Set Design: Gringo Cardia
Musical Direction: Jorge Dü Peixe and Berna Ceppas special participation Lirinha
Light Design: Jorginho De Carvalho
Costume Designer: Cláudia Kopke
Video Editing: Beth Chalmers
The international premiere of Cão Sem Plumas took place on 3 June 2017 at the Guararapes Theatre in Recife, Brazil
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski by Clark Young and Derek Goldman
Performance by David Strathairn
Director: Derek Goldman
Scenic Designer: Misha Kachman
Lighting Designer: Alberto Segarra
Sound and Projection Designer: Roc Lee
Costume Designer: Ivania Stack
Movement Director: Emma Jaster
Commissioned by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University
First performed at Gaston Hall, Georgetown University on 15 November 2019
The Trojans based on the play by Euripides
Performance by Trojan Women Project, Glasgow
A new adaptation of Euripides’ The Trojan Women performed by Syrian Refugees
Adapted by Mariem Omari, with Alaa Saloum and Sanaa Al Froukh and including original writing by the cast
Director: Victoria Beesley
Set and Costumes Design: Alisa Kalyanova
Lighting Design: Mark Doubleday
Sound Design: Danny Krass
Producers: Charlotte Eagar and William Stirling
Location filming shot and directed by: Charlotte Ginsborg
Original production presented by Trojan Women Scotland CIC with Platform Theatre and The Pleasance EICC
First performed in Glasgow, February 2019
Hymn from Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets by Gustav Holst
Arrangement: Luz Darley Moreno
Performance by Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and young musicians of Sistema Scotland
Audio Edition: Diego Velasquez
Video Editor: Beth Chalmers
Post production editor: Mauro Silva
Ecce Gratum from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Performance by Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Edinburgh Festival Chorus, and Aidan Oliver, Chorus Director appear courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
Video Editor: Mauro Silva
Sound recording: Philip Hobbs & Julia Thomas
Ecce Gratum from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
By arrangement with Schott Music Ltd.
Filmed and recorded safely and socially distanced in various locations in Edinburgh in June and July 2020