PRIMAL FUTURE

LIGHT NIGHT 2025: Friday 28 February & Saturday 1 March 2025

Introducing Primal Future: an extraordinary dance and digital art crossover – projected onto the iconic Nottingham Council House at Old Market Square.

Friday 28th Feb & Saturday 1st March

6pm – 10pm (show times every 20 minutes)

View programme here.

 

 

Primal Future transforms Nottingham’s Council House into a living, breathing canvas. This immersive piece brings together dynamic dance, cutting-edge technology and motion graphics, all set to a specially-commissioned electronic soundtrack by Felix Morgan. Witness a breathtaking fusion of sound, movement and light, redefining how we experience public spaces.

Created by Tom Dale Company and Vent Media, as a major commission for LIGHT NIGHT from Nottingham City Council. Created with support from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham and funded by Arts Council England, Primal Future is a celebration of creativity and community.

 

 

The journey of Primal Future has been a collaborative adventure, bringing together artists, technologists and community members. The University of Nottingham’s Department of Civil Engineering provided the staff and technology to create a laser-scanned 3D mesh model of the Council House. Meanwhile, Nottingham Trent University’s Lens Based Media and Immersive Media teams supported the project with access to green screen technology, where the performances were filmed.

Community is at the heart of Primal Future. We worked with participants from across Nottingham, representative of the city’s vibrant diversity. These individuals collaborated with Tom Dale Company’s professional dancers, contributing their energy and creativity to the final artwork. Their performances were filmed and seamlessly integrated into the projection, highlighting the spirit of inclusion and shared artistic expression.

 

 

THE PRIMAL FUTURE TEAM:

Creatives:

Concept: Tom Dale and Barret Hodgson

Choreography: Tom Dale

Video Projection Design: Vent Media

Composer: Felix Morgan

Costume Design: Heidi Luker

Rehearsal Director: Sophie Thorpe

Videographer: Fraser Youngson / Good People Create

Production Manager: Chris Flux

Producer: Michaela Waldram-Jones

TDC Dancers:

Dan Baines, Kibrea Carmichael, Seirian Griffiths, Orla Hardie

Community Dancers:

Izzy Burrows, Tia Dale, Brad Dutton, Megan Hockey, Charlotte Hoyle, Frank McCarthy, Lily Reyes, Sita Owen, Rachel Sharp, Fiona Winfield, Danni Chell.

 

Filmed in Green Screen at the brand new NTU Digital Design Studio with thanks to Adam Whitehouse and Matt Robertson.

Thank you to Ria Ashcroft and Kay Monrose at Circus Hub Nottingham for Aerial advice and equipment, and Sam Osborne and Arona ‘AJ’ Jones for Technical support. Digital Mapping of Council House building provided by Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.

PRIMAL FUTURE is a commission by Nottingham City Council and IT’S IN NOTTINGHAM for LIGHT NIGHT NOTTINGHAM 2025 with funding from Arts Council England.