A choreographed underwater spectacle, a woman dances in her red Pointe shoes at the bottom of a pool to piano music by Schumann.

Dance & Choreography: Debbi Figueiredo
Underwater Cinematography: Stephan Foote
Cinematography: Jonathan Collinson
Editor: Jayne Parker
Producer: Sally Thomas

Jayne Parker

Born in 1957, artist Jayne Parker has made 21 films as well as numerous installations since 1979 (most recently at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York). Above all else, Jayne Parker's work is about felt experience. Her films give poetic form to intense inner feelings, which by their very nature defy re-presentation.

Performance plays an important part in Jayne Parker's work. "There is a strong element of performance in all of my work - the body in action, in relation to an object, musical instrument, or to another body," says Parker. "Inanimate objects can also be the body." Her films have been shown in major art institutions, on television and in film and music festivals. Her 1997 film, Crystal Aquarium, won the Grand Prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival.

Betacam tape courtesy Lux Films, London.