Site:Unseen was an aerial dance (harness) counterweight duet made in collaboration with Rowan Fae director of Full Tilt Aerial. An unusual exploration of a substantial size difference between the two performers and an experiment in physics, it combined the technical challenges this presents with the narrative possibilities that it offers, drawing from the imagery of Dante’s Paradiso and his journey through the concentric spheres of heaven guided by Beatrice; where ascension brings enlightenment but also blindness. This was a duet exploring these tensions and contradictions in the vulnerability of vertical space. 

Choreographed and performed by Jess Allen and Rowan Fae.
Original music by Fortisyru ‘i’ve marooned myself on this island of sugar’ and ‘angel voices’