The Distance Project:
Hymns Of The Abandoned, which sets out to evoke multiple emotions that have arisen from this period of pandemic lockdowns.
According to ASK founder and artistic director Joseph Gonzales, the company, like other independent artists and organisations, lost all revenue from live performances, classes and venue rentals during the first movement control order (MCO) last year.
“Performing artists live for the thrill of live audience reactions and responses – to make our audiences feel, think, empathise. We have not had that for a year. We are not the only industry affected and millions of lives have been lost, which is tragic, but we must figure into the equation and we must be a part of the conversation. Since the pandemic has prevented travel, a dance film would be one way to have our work seen by an audience, ” he says.