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Fall to Fly explores a different way of talking about and perceiving young women’s mental health: specifically self-harming and depression.
Filmmaker and Sound Design: Sky Neal
Artistic Director: Daniela Essart
Technical Director: Søren Nielson
Writer: Nicky Singer
General Manager: Lise Smith
Riggers: Graema Clint, Søren Nielson
Sky Neal collaborated with Scarabeus Aerial Theatre over a period of a month, bringing her skills in filmmaking, ethnographic research and performance. This included identifying, and subsequently filming and interviewing collaborators who had suffered from self harming. These testimonies became an essental component of the project.
Researched in collaboration with Dr Martina Di Simplicio, Dr Zoe Given-Wilson & Prof. Ian Goodyer and R&D supported by Arts Council England.
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