AFTER ALL is a show about death. It is a celebration of our vulnerable and courageous existence using dance, theatre, storytelling and comedy to ask: how do we deal with the end?

By exploring various funeral rites - ones we have, ones we have lost, and those yet to be invented - choreographer Solène Weinachter confronts our transition between worlds head-on. AFTER ALL is a hopeful attempt to conjure a better sort of space for us to be with loss and collectively contemplate the finite nature of our lives.

DIRECTOR

Solène Weinachter’s artistic practice is rooted in the intersection between dance, theatre, story telling, laughter and (what could be perceived as) uncomfortable conversations.

Solène trained in the regional conservatoire of Lyon and pursued her training at London Contemporary Dance School, where she obtained a BA(Hons) and an MA in contemporary dance and performance. Her interest as a performer deeply informs her choreographic work. It is rooted in the connection with the audience and how that liveness specifically shapes every show. Movement in relation to her physical and narrative voice have been in the centre of her work since 2013.

As a rehearsal director, a performer or a creative collaborator, Solène works with a wide range of dance and physical theatre companies in Europe including OD Works, Scottish Dance Theatre, Lost Dog, Joan Clevillé, Gecko and Vera Tussing. She is also a founding member of Collective Endeavours, a Glasgow-based intergenerational music & dance improvisation collective that performs in non-conventional spaces.

www.soleneweinachter.com

PRESS

★★★★ The Times "bursting with vitality"

★★★★ The Scotsman "Weinachter hits the spot every time"

★★★★ The Guardian "confidently warm and funny"

★★★★ The Stage "Enormously endearing”

★★★★ Broadway Baby "Enough charm to power and ocean liner, and the comic timing of a precision watch"

★★★★ The Observer "a triumph of sound and vision"

★★★★ The Morning Star “laced with theatrical ambush and digression”

★★★★ Fringe Biscuit " masterfully uses the stage and body to explore grief & remembrance"

★★★★ Fest Magazine "crafted with skill"

TEAM

Director & Performer Solène Weinachter

Scenographer Matthias Strahm

Lighting Design & Production Manager Emma Jones

Filmmaker Rachel Bunce

Script Adviser & Dramaturgy Chris Thorpe

Artist Companion & Dramaturgy Neil Callaghan

Outside Eye & Engagement Lisa Fannen

Creative Producer Helen McIntosh

Sponsors Creative Scotland, Made in Scotland, British Council, Momentum, Dance North, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre, The Work Room, Dance Base, The Space, Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis