London Symphony Orchestra

Direction • Motion Design • Editing

Campaign hero video and season imagery for Sir Simon Rattle’s fourth season with the London Symphony Orchestra.

The theme for this season was Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano; a phrase Alban Beg and others used to describe the febrile atmosphere in Germany in the 1930s. A celebration of some of the most dark and sinister orchestral pieces, the season imagery was generated through a dancer reinterpreting the conductor’s movements.

A collaboration between Superunion London and Found Studio, dancer Ella Robson Guilfoyle interpreted the conductor’s movements, broken down into multiple sections. Pyrotechnic elements, chalk throws and smoke canisters to help reinforce the idea of a volcano erupting.