Age-Old
About
Age-Old is an intergenerational duet performance that I co-created with a 7 year-old girl, Carragh McLavin. Through movement composition, playful interaction with white plastic bags, film projection of the performers outdoors and attempts to ʻbecomeʼ animals, this performance explores adult-child and human-nonhuman relations. In making this work I wanted to better understand and develop an ethics and politics of adult-child artistic collaboration.
Presented in 2013 at Manipulate, Buzzcut, Imagine Ideas Exchange and Platform.
University of Glasgow, Summerhall (Edinburgh), Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Platform
Summerhall (Edinburgh), University of Glasgow, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Buzzcut
Media contributions
| Title | Age-Old review, 4 stats, The Scotsman |
|---|---|
| Degree of recognition | National |
| Media name/outlet | The Scotsman |
| Media type | Web |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| Date | 7/02/13 |
| Description | Performance review of Age-Old, presented at Summerhall as part of Manipulate and Buzzcut (2013), by theatre critic Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman. The URL and review text is copied below: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/theatre-reviews-buzzcut-end-love-wild-growling-happiness-1591291 Sarah Hopfinger’s Age Old, a delicious 30-minute meditation exploring the differences of perspective between Hopfinger and her little friend and co-performer Chloe, who is seven. |
| Producer/Author | Joyce McMillan |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/theatre-reviews-buzzcut-end-love-wild-growling-happiness-1591291 |