Linsey Pollak | Creative Director
Andrew Meadows | Lighting Design
Velvet Pesu | Costume Design
VOCALISTS | Kacey Patrick, Velvet Pesu, Jeunae Rogers & Nadia Sunde
PERCUSSIONISTS | Linsey Pollak, Jessica Ainsworth, Fatima & Zaia
INSTURMENTALIST | Linsey Pollak
The Dream of Zedkat Nabu is a Universal story, both ancient and contemporary. It is a story of a world in peril, of species doomed for extinction. We join her dream at the moment of "The Great Chorus", the moment when the Great Flood pauses to listen. And this story is no dream. We are also a part of it, for it is time to sing together to create a Great Chorus that will for us too, turn back the waters of impending extinction.
'The Dream of Zedkat Nabu' was the World Premiere of a new work devised by Linsey Pollak, specially commissioned by the Woodford Folk Festival and performed over 4 nights (28th, 29th, 30th & 31st) on the Pond, next to the the Village Green at the Woodfordia 2012/13. At the core of this Musical work are the sounds of the animals themselves. Evocative calls of endangered species that speak directly to us in a way that words cannot. It is a call to action. A call to save this planet from the impending crisis.
Performed by 4 vocalists - Kacey Patrick, Velvet Pesu, Jeunae Rogers and Nadia Sunde. And 4 musicians triggering the calls of endangered animals by striking bamboo poles - Jessica Ainsworth, Fatima, Linsey Pollak and Zaia.
This clip ("Nawar & Athar" sung by Nadia Sunde & Kacey Patrick) is one of the songs from "The Dream of Zedkat Nabu" performed at Woodford Folk Festival 28th - 31st December 2012. This was the World Premiere of a new work devised by Linsey Pollak and performed by 4 wonderful singers - Kacey Patrick, Velvet Pesu, Jeunae Rogers and Nadia Sunde and 4 musicians triggering the calls of endangered animals by striking bamboo poles - Jessica Ainsworth, Fatima, Linsey Pollak and Zaia. This a Musical work with strong visuals - lighting design by Andrew Meadows and costume design by Velvet Pesu. The core of the piece is the sounds of the animals themselves. Evocative calls of endangered species that speak directly to us in a way that words cannot. It is a call to action. A call to save this planet from the impending crisis. This is The Dream of Zedkat Nabu. — at Woodford Folk Festival 2012/13. - filmed by the WFF video archiving team & edited by Robert Sneddon.
The Dream of Zedkat Nabu is a new work devised by Linsey Pollak, launched at the Woodford Folk Festival 2012/13, and performed by 4 wonderful singers: Kacey Patrick; Velvet Pesu; Jeunae Rogers and Nadia Sunde and 4 musicians triggering the calls of endangered animals by striking bamboo poles: Jessica Ainsworth; Fatima; Linsey Pollak and Zaia. A musical work with strong visuals - beautiful lighting design by Andrew Meadows and costume design by Velvet Pesu - the core of the piece is the sounds of the animals themselves - evocative calls of endangered species that speak directly to us in a way that words cannot. It is a call to action. A call to save this planet from the impending crisis.
Zedkat Nabu dreamt that she was baking bread, and as she baked, water suddenly poured forth from her oven forming a great sea. As the sea rose, many and various animals tried to escape the growing deluge of water, crying out with their strange and exotic calls and cries. And on that sea, she came to see herself and her 3 sisters floating .... singing and floating .... their voices joining those of the animals in a great chorus .... a chorus of distress, but also of hope .... hope for survival. A chorus so haunting and beautiful that even the deluge of water paused to listen ....