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"At the end of 2015 I co-directed a production of Macbeth with director Carrie Cracknell at the Young Vic in which we worked in the two mediums of theatre and dance. Based on this experience I was invited by Rambert to create a work for the company.

Lucy Guerin (photo credit: Toby Borrows)

This duality reflects the reversals and oppositions present in Macbeth

Lucy Guerin

In our Macbeth, Carrie and I worked to bring the text and movement into an integrated form. As the work progressed the movement built and the text receded, so that Act 5 became an almost completely danced section.

In this work for Rambert, I decided to do the opposite and to separate the play from the movement. One side of the stage presents a movement map of the play that runs in reverse order, without the text or any overt acting. The other side contains the illusory elements and themes as embodied by the ‘witches’; the supernatural, psychological disturbances that are constantly bubbling up in the play. This duality reflects the reversals and oppositions present in Macbeth. It is a structural form rather than a re-telling of the story.

One of the great things for me in working with Shakespeare is its robustness. It is indelible and so there is a great freedom to experiment without fear of erasing it. Macbeth has provided me with a compelling departure point for a new work.

I would like to acknowledge the generous and invaluable contribution that the Rambert dancers have made to Tomorrow. We have worked with a mix of my movement, and instructed tasks in which they have devised their own movement."