Dancing on the Inside – Honouring the Legacy of Simon Fildes
This special programme of dance films celebrates the life and legacy of international award-winning Scottish filmmaker, producer and curator Simon Fildes (1962-2021).
Admission is free. Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Friday 3rd May 6.30 – 7.30pm book here >
Saturday 4th May 12 – 1pm book here >
Dancing on the Inside features 7 short films which all explore the dynamics of movement, sound, choreography, and our individual and shared responses to environment and rural landscape.
This collection of Simon’s work includes Do you mind can I ask you…(what happened to your legs?) which won ‘Best Inspirational Film’ in the Tokyo Film Awards 2022; and Six Solos, a multi-award winning video produced by GOAT and City Contemporary Dance Company Hong Kong.
Full Programme (duration: 48 mins)
Unlimited R&D, Project – Exhaust (2014) 2 mins
Simon Fildes working with Janice Parker
The Time it Takes (2013) 11 mins
Simon Fildes & Katrina Macpherson
High Winds & Slippery Surfaces (2021) 1 min
Pernilla Spence, Corinne Jola & Zoe Irvine
Floor Falls (2020) 3 mins
Jennifer Patterson, Abby Warrilow & Lewis Gourlay
Etch (2020) 7 mins
Abby Warrilow & Lewis Gourlay
Six Solos (2016) 6 mins
Simon Fildes
Do you mind can I ask what happened…(to your legs?) (2020) 16 mins
Simon Fildes, Abby Warrilow & Lewis Gourlay
Introduction from Dancing on the Inside Programme
Simon Fildes was an international award-winning Scottish filmmaker, producer and curator. He was widely known for bridging the international dance film community through his prolific canon of work and his leadership roles, including director of Screen.dance, Scotland’s festival of dance on screen.
Simon was best known as an editor. His work used improvisational performative approaches to explore ideas; drawing inspiration from and defined by the rhythms of movement; tracing and manipulating hidden (incidental) and created (intentional) choreography.
Perhaps the most important lesson Simon left us was about being human. In 2021, he was diagnosed with cancer and passed away from the disease, after having lived with MS for over 10 years. His unwavering strength teaches us to continue dancing on the inside no matter what life throws our way.
In this grouping, Simon’s work can be experienced through several career-defining roles, as a producer, mentor, concept/writer, director, editor or performer. This specially curated programme has been designed to leave you with a glimpse of the sublime, a sense of the impossible body, and strength in the face of adversity.
Wyn Pottratz + Susan Christe
Directors of GOAT Media Limited
