Within This Dust

Shaper/Caper presents
Within This DustWithin This Dust is a powerful and cinematic dance work reflecting on the events of 9/11 and is inspired by the iconic series of photographs by Richard Drew that capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during the attacks.Developed by award-winning choreographer and the company's Artistic Director Thomas Small, the production weaves together three live dance pieces with animation and real-life survivor accounts, creating an immersive and deeply human response to one of the world’s most devastating events.Within This Dust balances sumptuous movement and subtle storytelling to explore themes of impact, loss, survival and humanity in relation to the stark horror of the day. The work is performed within a backdrop of almost 3000 pieces of white paper that symbolize the lives lost that day and serves as a dynamic, ever-changing landscape to evoke memories from the day. The set becomes a living, shifting landscape of memory and tribute.Blending beauty with tragedy, stillness with motion, Within This Dust is a haunting and heartfelt meditation on a day the world will never forget.‘So beautiful, I had tears pouring down my face,’ The Scotsman