As a choreographer, this project allowed me to explore research concerns associated with spatial and embodied meanings for character and narrative development, extending my collaboration with David Greig (2003). The film was conceived as a shared text, rather than the director's interpretation of the writer's (Greig's) script. I developed my research into the cowboy icon in film [site-specific dancework 'Love Songs' (2000) through a narrative framework exploring concepts of masculinity in western Scotland.