chair by maeshelle west-davies with original music by amir kalhor and stylus M4 from mom tar Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 98 sec
✓ Published: 08-Aug-2012

Description:
Inspired by life in Britain, this piece brings the ancient world and modern society together as it explores the role of women and motherhood. The back drop is Cader Idris (chair of the giant) which we hear of in the tales of King Arthur. Heavily inflenced by tradtional Indian dance, the choreography is based partly on the age old Welsh tradition of making bread from seaweed (bara lafwr or bara lawr) and partly on a poem by an Irish poet in which he compares his mom to a chair. She is always ther