‘String Theory’
With collaboration at its heart, this piece brings together two artists; one musician, Dominic Stokes, and one choreographer, Jordan James Bridge, each with an extraordinarily unique approach to their respective artforms. Drawing inspiration from one specific piece: ‘fratres’ by Arvo Pärt, Stokes will perform a new composition alongside dance artist Leila Wright in this moving piece of music.
Choreographer / Direction: Jordan James Bridge
Dance Artist: Leila Wright
Musician: Dominic Stokes playing a new commission with inspiration from Arvo Pärt ‘Fratres’
Lighting Design: Jordan James Bridge
Premiere: Ballet Nights, June 2025
Commissioned by Ballet Nights, generously supported by the Abderrahim Crickmay Charity Settlement
“Jordan James Bridge is something of a serial Ballet Nights choreographer, as compere Jamiel Devernay Laurence put it. Well, when his output is as impressive as String Theory, why not?”
“Wright’s fluidity of gentle movement possessed a magnetic polarisation with Stokes, culminating with her spiralling into the darkness.”
“Wright occasionally looks borderline inhuman in her sinuous movements, something exaggerated by the overhead lighting.”
