Summary: A vertical dance trio made in collaboration with 3D projection students from MA at Guildhall School, and commissioned by Pontio featuring international guest vertical dance artists.
Detail: Porth was designed to celebrate the imminent opening of Pontio building and was performed on the exterior of the building for 3 nights as part of the first Gwyl Syrcas Feast series of circus themed events. It features a collaboration with Rob Spaull on an original soundscore and with Ceri Rimmer on costumes. This was the first time Kate worked with projection, creating a ‘movie’ effect on the exterior wall of Pontio. Comments from audience members included: ‘the combination of sound, visual graphics and aerial performance was stunning. Looking forward to more events like this in Pontio’; ‘Porth is quite an amazing show!’; ‘completely blown away by Porth’; ‘a combination of talented dancers and high-tech projections on the side of the building - we must have more of this kind of thing’. Porth was performed again, without projections, as part of the Take pART festival at Venue Cymru in January 2016. Total audience numbers to date: 2,000