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Nine Sixteenths
Devised & Performed with Pauline Mayers, Endy Mckay, Julienne Doko
In 2004, in the SuperBowl halftime show finale, 19 year old Justin Timberlake ripped off 37 year old Janet Jackson's top. Her breast was exposed on screen for nine sixteenths of a second. A pop icon and role model for many black women, and an outspoken ally for the lgbtqI+ community, the moment derailed Jackson's career for many years, while Timberlake's thrived.
But who was invested in the backlash? Who became obsessed with blocking her success? Who joked over her humiliation? How have all those involved profited since?
What does all this have to say about the demographics of who controls the media, and the scrutinising of black women in the public eye?
Nine Sixteenths joins theatre maker Paula Varjack with choreographer/maker Pauline Edwards, actress/director Endy McKay and choreographer Julienne Doko for a cultural odyssey, to work out what happened, and what is happening still…
Credits
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Creative Producer Amy Merrigan
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Producer Beth Sitek
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Movement Direction Pauline Mayers
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Dramaturgy Louise Orwin
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Script Consultant Martin Bengtsson
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Sound Design AJ Turner
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Design Christine Ting-Huan Urquhart
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Lighting Design Lucy Adams
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Directorial Outside Eye Emily Aboud
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Marketing Cynthia Chika Franklin
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Nine Sixteenths has been supported by “Developed with Complicite” - a strand of their Mudlarks idea development programme.
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Co-Commissioned by Pleasance & Cambridge Junction with support from the Stobbs New Ideas Fund
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Supported using public funding through the National Lottery by Arts Council England & with Funding from The Danish Arts Foundation
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With further support from Proteus Theatre, Attenborough Arts Centre & Brixton House
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PR Enquiries Steve Forster SFP Communications Contact Steve(at)sfppr.co.uk
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Early stage development in collaboration with: Nora Alexander, Emma Clark, Barry Fitzgerald, Simone French, Kirsty Housley, Dora Lynn, PJ Stanley
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Mentoring from: Tim Crouch
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Prompts/Provocations from: Travis Alabanza, Rhiannon Armstrong, Joshua Coates, Selina Thompson
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Input via Interviews with: Dzifa Benson,Toni-Dee Paul,Vanessa Kisuule, Keisha Thompson
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Production Assistant: Mandi Chivasa
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