Directors: Katie Beard, Naomi Turner

Choreographer: Liv Lockwood

About Scapelands

A short dance film that explores our primal connections with nature and the effect of urban living on the human mind. With countries in lockdown due to the current global pandemic, the psychological impact of our physical environments is being felt more significantly across the world than ever before.

About Katie Beard & Naomi Turner

Directing duo Katie Beard and Naomi Turner make up LeMoon; a performance and film collective based between Exeter and London. Katie and Naomi began making work together after graduating from the University of Exeter in 2015, where they both studied a degree in Drama. Initially creating multimedia and physical theatre work they realized their common interest in dance film and later went onto develop WAKE—their first short film venture. In 2019 they were commissioned to make their second short film Scapelands by BBC Arts and Arts Council England under the New Creatives scheme. Scapelands recently premiered on BBC4 as part of the Dance on Film: BBC Introducing Arts anthology.

About Liv Lockwood

Born in Devon and now living in London, Liv’s work has been featured in dance films, music videos and on UK stages. Her vocabulary is a hybrid of styles; a spiritual, euphoric and ancestral funk; she's an emotional mover, bedroom dancer; inspired heavily by great music and people. Most recently Lockwood’s work can be seen in videos for AURORA, Another Sky, L’Devine, Nina Nesbitt & You Me At Six, and this year Liv choreographed Jack Garratt’s visual album for his second album release, titled Love, Death and Dancing.