A performer in a cap and dark jacket leans toward the audience with a microphone and outstretched hand, while others move low across the blue-lit stage behind them.

Rose Bruford College2021

Ruminations

The Production

Ruminations was a 2021 Rose Bruford College European Theatre Arts final project with third-year students as part of the Kantor / Alternative Dramaturgy module. The multimedia performance-making project was inspired by the work of Tadeusz Kantor.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Lara Ritoša-Roberts
Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College
Photography: Steve Gregson

An ensemble in dark costumes and face paint crouches together, leaning forward under dappled circular lighting in a shadowy stage space.

A performer with pale face paint faces forward in close-up, wearing an ornate gold floral headdress with radiating spikes and a small drum above it.

A performer in a grey fitted top faces forward, half their face covered by a textured metallic mask with a band across the mouth.

A large ensemble spreads across the stage in dynamic dance poses under green and yellow lighting, with performers at different depths of the space.

A central performer in a dark dress and hair rollers strikes an exaggerated pose, surrounded by seated and standing performers in blue and red stage light.

A performer in a layered grey dress stands against a black background, extending a sword or foil directly toward the viewer.

A performer stands on a small stool holding a sword, lit from above as other performers lie scattered across the stage around them.

A performer in a grey sleeveless dress tilts their head back and clasps one shoulder, softly lit against a dark stage background.

A performer in a cap, dark jacket and stylised face paint cradles another performer's bare bent leg close to their shoulder in blue-tinged light.

A tightly clustered ensemble leans forward together under dappled blue light, with painted faces, dark costumes and interwoven bodies creating a tense, crowded stage picture.

Performers huddle closely in blue-speckled light, with a red-haired performer gazing upward while others lean around and over bodies in the foreground.

A red-haired performer in a gold sunburst headdress and metallic costume holds one finger to their lips and raises the other hand against a black stage background.

A masked performer in the foreground shades their eyes with one hand, while two blurred performers behind them echo the same searching gesture in cool stage light.

A braided performer in a grey sleeveless costume shades their eyes and looks outward, with a gold headdress and other blurred figures lower in the stage space.

Partly obscured by a blurred foreground figure, a red-haired performer in a gold costume and headdress shades their eyes while looking toward the audience.

A performer in layered grey fabric balances on a wooden chair, extending one bare leg while holding yellow gauze draped over a white crutch.

A performer reaches low across the stage toward a grey leg prop held out from offstage, with painted window-like panels hanging in the dark background.

A pale-faced performer bends over a small wooden table in a circular spotlight, gripping its edges with bare feet planted beneath.

A bald, pale-faced performer leans through an overturned wooden table with an open-mouthed expression, holding a grey mask-like head beside them.

A performer in pale makeup and a tall cylindrical hat stands center stage with arms spread wide and mouth open under a tight spotlight.

A solo performer bends forward with one leg lifted behind them, moving across a dark stage washed with mottled blue-green light and painted door and window flats.

A masked performer stands in a strong central spotlight with bent arms, while shadowed figures move at the sides and a traffic cone sits nearby.

A performer leaps sideways with arms arched overhead, caught in blue dappled light against a dark stage backdrop.

In a small pool of light, a performer crouches tightly with hands raised near their face, surrounded by darkness.

A performer with pale makeup lies draped over a wooden table, one arm hanging down and holding a metallic prop.

Warm amber light catches a performer in a long red coat leaning back with mouth open, while another performer slumps over a small table beside them.

In a close-up under amber light, a performer with pale makeup and tousled hair thrusts a dark glass bottle toward the audience.

One barefoot performer in black reaches toward a wall in a wide stance as another performer in a red coat lies spread out on the stage floor.

A performer wearing large curlers, pale makeup, black costume and grey gloves leans forward with both hands extended in a tense pose.

A performer in a pale jumpsuit crouches forward under a tight spotlight, with dark eye makeup and a shredded metallic covering over their mouth and chest.

A performer in a pale jumpsuit lifts both arms high beneath blue overhead lights, their face framed by dark makeup and a metallic mouth covering.

On a dark stage, a performer balances on one hand with legs split wide in the air, with a small chair and window-like set pieces behind them.

A metallic-painted performer holds another performer across their body, the carried figure draped in black lace and pale trousers against a projected, shadowy backdrop.

A close group of performers with pale theatrical makeup, masks, and sculptural headpieces cluster together in dim, dramatic light.

Two performers stand closely together in low light, one leaning their head against the other, who wears a gold, shell-like headpiece.

A bearded performer with stark white-and-black face makeup reaches one arm toward the audience while other performers blur in movement behind him.

Four performers in pale makeup and muted costumes lean forward with open mouths and raised hands, lit by mottled blue shadows.

A performer at the left extends a long pole toward a bearded performer who leans forward with mouth open, while others gather low in the background.

An ensemble of performers slumps and folds together on the floor beneath a large window-like set piece, washed in dappled blue stage light.

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