Death, The Choreography Of Guernica

Inspiration from Picasso’s painting and the morality of war.

‘The Pursued’ by Joseph Gifford from The New Dance Group, was inspired by Picasso’s painting Guernica, which in turn was a reaction against the bombing of a small village in Spain in 1937, under the rule of General Franco. For three hours the small village of civilians were bombed and those trying to escape were shot. The village burned for three days and sixteen-hundred people were either killed or wounded.

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