Orbits (2023) is a forty-minute film created by Scotland’s leading disabled theatre company Birds of Paradise that features the astonishing Portuguese disabled dancer Diana Neipce.

The film embodies the company’s vision where disabled artists are recognised for the excellence of their work and celebrated for the stories they bring to the stage. Orbits is a film about how we feel and what we experience when we lose something that we have been in a relationship with, that orbits us. It considers how this can affect our experience of ourselves. When we lose someone, how far will we go to feel ‘in their orbit’ again and what fragmentation occurs in this out-of-relation place – is it just loneliness, this dislocation from the other, or an awakening to life?

Created with choreographer Rachel Drazek, Orbits was filmed by Hugo Glendinning and features an evocative soundtrack by Scottish composer Scott Twynholm.

Orbits does not have any spoken dialogue and will be presented on a loop across gallery opening hours. It is accompanied by an audio description version for blind or visually impaired viewers.

Showing Times: Tuesdays & Sundays between 12pm and 6pm from the 3 April to 13 April
Tickets/Booking: Free entry, no booking necessary.