Within My Own Bones by Shyne Phiri
An abstract image of a water droplet, the ripples are highlighted by neon green and blue light. Credit: Chris Parkes.
‘Within My Own Bones’ is a sound work created by choreographer and dance artist Shyne Phiri. Standing in a room of his home, the tensions of his body and the immediate surroundings are tempered by an awareness of rising sensations. Shyne’s words and movements gradually become a paean to freedom – advancing out of the self into various incarnations of nature, as he tunes into his body and searches for a place to rest.
Creative Transcript
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Biography
Image Description: Shyne Phiri, a slender dark skinned black man with long thin dreads wearing over ear headphones.
Credit Chris Parkes.
Shyne is a freelance dance artist and a founder member of Zimbabwe’s first contemporary dance company, Tumbuka with whom he danced for 15 years before sustaining a spinal injury in 2004. Since then he has been exploring different ways to move as a disabled dance artist and has choreographed and performed in a couple of short films for Stopgap and Dash Dot Dance. He is interested in choreography on subjects connected to everyday life.
Credits
Dance Tape ‘Within My Own Bones’ by Shyne Phiri
Sound design and composition by Hannah Miller & Oliver Austin (Moulettes)
Produced by Stopgap Dance Company