Good Mourning Earth is a new performance work responding to Cecilia Vicuna’s Brain Forest Quipu, by Vidya Patel. It was performed in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, on the 16th April 2023.
in addition to the performance work, Vidya Patel was commissioned to by Tate Modern to create the Uniqlo Tate play workshop series for the easter holidays, taking place in the turbine hall, Tate Modern.
Concept, Choreography, Direction: Vidya Patel
Producer: Lucy Clarke-Bishop
Curator: Helen O’Malley
Dance Artists: Vidya Patel, Monique Jonas, Tulani Kayani-Skeef, Nandita Shankardass
Movement of the Earth Workshop Dance Artists: Akshay Sharma, Aishani
Ghosh, Anjana Bala, Catherine Butler, Kaajel Patel, Shyam Dattani
Movement of the Earth Instrumentalists: Tommy Khosla, Kenichi Kojima
Studio Assistants: Anjana Bala, Anekha Pillai, Ayesha Fazal
Composer & Music Direction, Multi- Instrumentalist: Shammi Pithia
Spoken Word Artist, Poet & Writer: Zia Ahmed
Vocalist: Abi Sampa
Ehruist : Ziyang Huang
Percussionist: Ayoze Lopez
Costume Designer for Workshop & Performance: Manuela Fleming
Costume Assistant: Rhianne Good
Performance Mentor and Dramaturg: Eva Martinez
Choreographic Mentors: Thick & Tight (Daniel Hay Gordon & Eleanor Perry)
Participation and Performance Mentor: Tim Casson
Access Consultant: Eman Bhatti
Workshop BSL Interpreter and Advisor: Jacqueline Lewis and Hyacinth Powell
Performance BSL Interpreter : Sumayya Si-Tayeb
Performance Audio Describer: Meera Patel
