Title of the work: Cortége
Premiere: Dance-Forms 74th International Choreographers Showcase, Emerald Theater: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK August 7 – 11, 2017
Choreography and performance: Jo G. Frederiksen
Music: Daniel Bjarnason, “Processions III: Red Handed”
A Cortége is a solemn, slowly moving funeral procession, often of and for royalty.  This dance piece explores and examines a ritualistic process of the leaving and ‘laying to rest’ of personal, environmental, and community/global connections, relationships, hopes, and modes of living.

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