Gloria

Year: 2025
Series: 1/7
Material: Bronze & Light on Wood
Dimensions: 50 x 50 x 60cm*

*(Dimensions include shadow size)

Gloria, named after Kenneth MacMillan’s play, draws on the ballet’s delicate balance of sorrow, grace, and transcendence. Like much of my work, Gloria sits within my ongoing exploration of dance as a vessel for the human spirit and how movement can hold both fragility and strength, both grief and hope. The small bronze at the centre appears modest, almost reserved, but when illuminated it expands into two soaring shadow-dancers whose gestures echo the emotional arc of MacMillan’s piece.