Better Late Than Never

At the bottom of a dusty, earthy ravine, a person stands just off centre, they are wearing a pale pink wrap top and wrap skirt, they raise a large rock above their heads and look towards the rock. A second person dressed in a beige top and trousers raises both arms so their face is covered. A third person’s feet are visible. The soles of their feet face the camera and they appear to be lying on top of a tall rock formation. White plastic bags are trampled and strewn in the earth and a washing tub and wooden ladder-like structure are in frame.

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Better Late than Never is a short dance film responding to the climate and ecological emergency captured collaboratively across 8 different countries.

Producers

Choreography & direction by

Costume by

Composition & sound by

Film production by

Creative production team members

  • Istifadah Nur Rahma
  • Alan Daru
  • Sito Adi Anom
  • Ariyanto Nugroho
  • Anggi
  • Lana Pranaya
  • Anargha Widyananda
  • Dito Satriawan
  • Pegri Indratno
  • Surya Chandra Irawan
  • Dolores Castro
  • Lihué Gil
  • Rayén Peralta
  • Cinthia Godoy
  • Marina García Barros
  • Andrés Pescader
  • Guillermo Nilo Iribarne
  • Hardik Shah
  • Jaanu Shaikh
  • Kandarp Kavishwar
  • Studio D1
  • Thayná Rodrigues
  • Artur Pilati e Valquiria Roberta de Souza
  • Jeniffer da Silva de Arruda Rossa
  • Adriano Lopes Olkovicz dos Santos
  • Edgar Javier Gutierrez Bottini
  • Hugo César Santos e Mendes
  • Nicolas José Tajeda Guillen
  • Virginia Pilati / Dancando para um Futuro
  • Viktoriia Fedoriv
  • Andrii Palatnyi
  • Lucas Fávaro

Photographers

  • Camilla Greenwell
  • Madeline Kate McGowan
  • Mónica García
  • Jorgelina Suárez
  • Lin chunyung
  • Sito Adi Anom
  • Ariyanto Nugroho
  • Claudete Luginieski

Climate researchers

  • Maca Di Salvo
  • Dr Francesca O’Hanlon
  • Dr Stacy Carolin
  • Rekha Bhangaonkar
  • Coordinated by Dr Lucinda Spokes for University of Cambridge

Performers

  • Chisara Agor
  • Ralissa Chepisheva
  • Hannah Dimtsu
  • Nicole Green
  • Mariane Justen
  • baBam (Andrian Purwanto)
  • Melynda Adriani
  • Sholehah Azzahro
  • Sulhan Jamil
  • Ari Ersandi
  • Belén Bijarra
  • Facundo Firmapaz
  • Lara Arce
  • Fara Macsad
  • Sebastian Marileo
  • Fernando Zuber
  • Ana Clara Bravo
  • Lucrecia Reta
  • Dhanendra Kawade
  • Wei-Li Hsu
  • Uti·Mayaw
  • Iciyang·Namoh
  • His-Ya Li
  • Ti Hung
  • Kao-Yi-Cheng Yu
  • Yu-Yuan Wang
  • Sawmah·Karoh
  • Jing-Ru Wu
  • Beatriz Luna
  • María Luna
  • Monserrath Brenes
  • Emanoeli Alexandra de Oliveira Osório
  • Lilian Cristina de Oliveira
  • Maicon Esperidião de Oliveira
  • Linh Le
  • Ana Baumann
  • Amanda Donna
  • Tanya Montan Rydell
  • Josie Dale-Jones
  • Cinthia Godoy

Audio Description by

Shivaangee Agrawal

Access & Inclusion Consultant

Kate Lovell

Anti-Racism Consultant

mezze eade

Artist Wellbeing with

Lou Platt

Environmental Sustainability Consultant

Eleanor Warr

Natural Dye with

Katrina Wilde

Locations include

  • Volcanic Sand Mine at Cangkringan, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia
  • Ci Sing Tan in Hualien county, Taiwan
  • Abandoned Mine Shaft at Zuocang Trail in Hualien County, Taiwan
  • Cuemanco’s Canal, Xochimilco, Mexico City
  • Rooftop’s Location, Paseo de San Francisco #34, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico
  • Wanstead Flats, London, UK
  • Bornholm, Denmark
  • Reciclagem Capital, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Interim & Sagar Upvan Garden, Mumbai, India
  • Fiske Menuco (Gral. Roca) Río Negro, Argentina
  • Allen, Río Negro, Argentina
  • Bahía Creek, Río Negro, Argentina
  • Primeros Pinos, Neuquén, Argentina

Thanks to

  • Aga Yoga Prakasa
  • Rachmawati Adelysina
  • Septi Hariana
  • Donnie Trisfian
  • Suwanto
  • Dwik Riyanto
  • Suyono
  • Bardiyono
  • Pitra
  • Suharjono
  • Tarno
  • RUAS BAMBU NUSA
  • Local citizens of Umbulharjo
  • Cangkringan
  • Sleman Regency
  • Yogyakarta Province)
  • Gonzalo Maldonado
  • Gonzalo Burgos
  • Karan Talwar
  • Michaela Talwar
  • Simran
  • Yi-Fan Kao
  • Alejandra Montemayor
  • Alan Elizondo
  • Roberto Varea
  • Condos neighbors Paseo de San Francisco #34
  • TeatroSinParedes TSP
  • Claudete Luginieski
  • Beto Carminatti
  • Jack Stica
  • Lucas Fávaro
  • Jeniffer da Silva de Arruda Rossa
  • Rachel Lewindon
  • Nobahar Mahdavi
  • Kaajel Patel
  • Stefanie Mueller
  • Olivia Norris
  • Philippa Hogg
  • Amara Lyla
  • Stephanie Levi-John
  • Camilla Clarke
  • Martha Godfrey
  • Laurence Cook
  • Jasmin Davies
  • Bryony Byrne
  • James Burgess
  • Andres Velasquez
  • Lidia Crisafulli
  • Olivia Baston Pitt
  • Joanne Davies
  • Emma Taylor Martin
  • Rich Rusk
  • Kimberely Harvey
  • Shôn Dale-Jones
  • Celia Barron
  • Rosanna Lewis
  • Yumi Umiumare
  • Raina Peterson
  • Moira Finucane
  • Elizabeth Doud
  • Susanne Danig
  • BIRCA
  • Formula
  • Alice Boyd
  • Manuel López Velasco
  • María Dolores Villanueva Cerón
  • Francisco Javier López Villanueva
  • Lilia Pulido
  • Jeniffer da Silva de Arruda Rossa