A trio of dancers explore tidal cycles of repair, loss, joy and intimacy, expressed through movement and digital imagery. In Yewande 103’s latest offering, Fountain (2022) speaks to the tides that shape our world and exist within our bodies. Guided by choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley’s tightly woven movement score and filmed in a darkened theatre space, the film explores the ways in which Blackness is contained in water. It is a spectrum of great magnitude, from the playfulness of splashing through a fountain in the summertime, to the oceanic passages forced upon those who were stolen from their homes. We are motivated to consider the inescapable tides of life and death and our watery bodies’ simultaneous existence as oceans, tombs and sanctuaries.

In this episode, Rudzani & Rickay discuss the film, their performances and the film's inspirations.

Fringe of Colour Films is a hybrid arts festival for Black people and People of Colour. Find out more at⁠ ⁠fringeofcolour.co.uk⁠⁠