Turtle Dove

Turtle Dove explores tales of REAL love. A heart-warming, candid and witty show that celebrates all forms of love and touches on life’s heartaches.Made from interviews with people of all ages and sexualities this work brings their honesty and secrets to life through dance and theatre.

Produced in association with Lîla Dance
Supported by The Point, Eastleigh
Funded by Arts Council England
Dramaturgy by Nick Walker, writer for BBC1 Drama
Original sound score by Dougie Evans
Photos by Amber Tanc

"To voiceovers from people of different genders, ages and sexual orientations, the dancers take up different roles until they seem unbound from their own bodies, instead channelling love itself. “Love itself” becomes rather a practical matter: responding to another, keeping connection, accepting difference. It appears in a memory recalled, in a shiver of anticipation, in energy and in space (“I’m very up and down, he’s more level”). Lovely but not laboured, Turtle Dove is genuinely heart-warming."

Sanjoy Roy

Turtle Dove trailer

Alice Underwood Films

Tour dates.

21 February 2021

The Dance Space
The University of Chichester, Studio 1

Tickets available soon

What People Are Saying

“An absolutely beautiful, funny and poignant performance”

— Audience Member

“Joy, thrills and tears, stories of love… Through movement and dance, beautiful feelings, wonderful evening.”

— Audience Member

“Beautifully observed, gracefully crafted and gorgeous sound design. Loved it!”

— Audience Member

“An emotive, powerful and relatable performance”

— Vicki Hargreaves
[Creative programme producer at The Point]

“Turtle Dove is an intimate and thoughtful duet. Set to the voiceover recordings of individuals recalling heart-warming, funny, and tear-jerkingly sweet moments shared with their partners, the piece highlights the unique universality of “love”.

— Wen Amanda Koh

Credits:

Artistic Director: Amy Morvell
Choreography/direction: Amy Morvell
Produced in Association with Lîla Dance
Dancers: Amy Morvell & Joe Darby
Music and Sound Design: Dougie Evans
Dramaturgy: Nick Walker
Lighting Designer: Vanessa Brooker
Producer: Abi Mortimer
Consultancy and Mentorship: Lou Rogers, Carrie Whitaker, Abi Mortimer, Luke Brown, Vicki Hargreaves
Research Dancers: Amy Lyster, Abi Mortimer, Conor Fortune, KJ Mortimer
Prop Design: Dawn Childs
Photography: Amber Tanc

Run time: 40 minutes