Inspired by the effects of the natural world on the imaginative subconscious, The Violet Hour is a new dance work set within a dark and mutable landscape, materializing like a shifting apparition from the beginning or end of time.   

Through a series of choreographic episodes shaped by an uncanny coalescence of movement, song, and digital imagery, The Violet Hour is about the subversive potential of striving for a state of transformative hybridity with the elusive idea of nature. Moving between real and digital realms, it proposes a surreal exploration of the relationship between humans and our surroundings, stretching the notion of how we are both influenced by and implicated in the changing ecologies around us.   

In an increasingly precarious world, The Violet Hour proposes a defiant convergence with the frequencies that exist between the landscape around us and the inner landscape of the imagination.  

Creative team 

Artistic Direction and Choreography Colette Sadler
Performance Leah Marojevic, Samir Kennedy and Maëva Barthelot
Set and Lighting concept Veli-Ville Siven
Video Design Alexander Pannier
Lighting Design Benny Goodman
Sound Design Samir Kennedy
Object Design  Zephyr Liddell
Fabrication Ben Ashton, Catriona Carlton, Anna Orton, Barbra Kolasinski and Jen Kilgour.
Dramaturgy Maxwell McCarthy
Produced by Feral (Kathryn Boyle & Jill Smith)
Production Assistance Kim Walz 
Choreographic Assistance Roseann Dendy and Mark Bleakley
Production Manager Sarah Wilson

Funded by Creative Scotland and NPN Co-Production Dance Fund. The Violet Hour is a co-production with Tramway/Dance International Glasgow (Glasgow), Tanzhaus NRW (Düsseldorf), Charleroi Dance (Brussels), and Tanztendenz (Munich). Supported by Scottish Dance Theatre (Dundee), The Work Room (Glasgow), Battersea Art Centre (London), Goethe Institute and Festival De Marseille (Marseille) / British Council Uk/France Spotlight “Imaginons Ensemble”.