Private Project

Tremble

An abstract dining room is the setting for Scottish Ballet’s largest film yet. Tremble stars 26 Scottish Ballet dancers and has been co-choreographed and directed by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, set to Anna Meredith’s brassy track ‘Nautilus’.

  • Jessica Wright
    Director
    Curing Albrecht
  • Morgann Runacre-Temple
    Director
    Curing Albrecht
  • Jessica Wright
    Choreographers
    Curing Albrecht
  • Morgann Runacre-Temple
    Choreographers
    Curing Albrecht
  • Tony Currie
    Producer
    Scottish Ballet
  • David Brown
    Producer
    Hopscotch Films
  • Sophie Martin
    Key Cast
  • Simon Schilgen
    Key Cast
  • Rishan Benajmin
    Key Cast
  • Bruno Micchiardi
    Key Cast
  • Thomas Edwards
    Key Cast
  • Nicholas Shoesmith
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Dance, Female Filmmakers, Scottish, Ballet
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    23,400 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Scottish Ballet Digital Season Launch
    Glasgow, Scotland
    United Kingdom
    May 16, 2019
    World Premiere
  • Scottish Ballet Digital Season London Launch
    London, England
    United Kingdom
    May 17, 2019
    London Premiere
Director Biography - Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple

Jess and Morgs’ films have been shown on Channel 4, BBC iPlayer, Canal + and internationally at festivals including FIFA (Montreal), Cinedans (Amsterdam), Agite y Sirva (Mexico), Screendance (Stockholm) and San Francisco Dance Film Festival (USA). Their work has been screened at Sadler's Wells, King’s Place, on large scale pop-up screens in Trafalgar Square and The London Southbank.

Curing Albrecht (commissioned by English National Ballet in association with MIF) had over 150k views and 3k shares in its first weekend online and was subsequently hosted on BBC iPlayer and Canal+TV. To date, it has won 7 awards at International Film Festivals, including Best Dance Film 2017 at New Renaissance Film Festival (UK), Best Director at Portland Dance Film Festival (USA), and the Audience Award at Barcelona’s prestigious Choreoscope Festival.

Jess and Morgs have been making films together since 2005. They have a particular interest in the dancing camera, the malleability of time through post production technology and the use of surrealist imagery and humour to provoke new ways of thinking about the traditional art forms, making work that is relevant today, and to new audiences.

Scottish Ballet commissioned Jess and Morgs to create a new short film 'Tremble' for the 2019 Digital Season (released May 2019).

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Director Statement

‘Scottish Ballet is a pioneering ballet company who make work specifically for the digital realm, so as dance filmmakers we were super excited to be asked to make a film for their 2019 Digital Season.

‘We wanted to work with Scottish Ballet because it has a reputation for presenting work that is relevant and contemporary, with an experimental edge; their bold initiative in programming a Digital Season reflects this. We wanted to push our dance film practice working with the company’s world class dance artists, and Scottish Ballet supported in being adventurous and ambitious in our vision for this film.

‘What excites us most about the Digital Season is being part of a platform that is dedicated to presenting new original dance works specifically for the digital realm. It’s really visionary for Scottish Ballet to invest the time and resources into this strand of work and at no point did we feel it was secondary to their stage productions. We can’t wait to present our collaboration with Scottish Ballet alongside other original works created especially for the screen - we’re thrilled be part of this movement!

‘We’ve loved working with the artists at Scottish Ballet. They were incredibly open and approached ideas with verve and curiosity. The artists at Scottish Ballet were unhesitant to get involved in many aspects of the project - embracing all that was different. They were an exciting and inspiring group to work with and learn from.’