When The Spirits Moved Them, They Moved by eek

When The Spirits Moved Them, They Moved by eek

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When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved, a three channel video by Mariam Ghani and Erin Ellen Kelly. Shot in 2018 at the Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved condenses a day-long performance by dancers into a 22-minute meditation on Shaker landscaping, architecture, song and dance as ways of organizing being-in-common. A Christian sect led to America by Mother Ann Lee in 1774, the Shakers were devoted to bringing about a utopian society founded on simplicity, celibacy and equality of race and gender. They once boasted four to five thousand Believers across 19 communities from New England to Kentucky, but only two people in the world maintain the faith today. When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved navigates through the historic meeting house and pastures of Pleasant Hill, evoking the Shakers’ lost way of life through their enduring physical sites. When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved is part of Performed Places, a long-running collaboration between Ghani and Kelly. This series of site-responsive videos draws on landscape archeology to activate the history and memory of place through movement. Directors: Mariam Ghani, Erin Ellen Kelly Dancers: Lauren Argo, Theresa Bautista, John Brewer, Amanda Carrick, Lauren Frederick, Lizzie Gulick, Erin Ellen Kelly, Faryn Kelly, Rob Morrow, Sanjay Saverimuttu, Ashley Thursby, Philip Velinov, Natalia Velinova; Dancers appear courtesy of Louisville Ballet and Moving Collective Singer: Twana Patrick Choreography contributed by: Theresa Bautista, John Brewer, Lauren Frederick, Erin Ellen Kelly, Philip Velinov Editor: Mariam Ghani Cinematography, sound design and online edit: Adam Hogan Production Manager: Robin Burke AC: Roger Halliday Sound Recordist: Eric Lutz Production Assistants: Gwen Burke, Rina Lutz, J. Ryan McCleney, Don Simandl DIT: Bob Urban Catering: Wiltshire Pantry, Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Transport: Mint Julep Produced by: Indexical Films, RYAN LEE Gallery Research support: 21c Museum Hotels Production support: Jody Howard, Owsley Brown III Thanks to: Jeff Lee, Eric Lutz, Alice Gray Stites, Robert Curran, Mikelle Bruzina, Amy Bugg, Emalee Krulish, Jill Malusky, Miranda Lash, Dean Otto, Kim Schmidt, Jen Liu, Chelsea Knight and the Video Group

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