Doubles brings bursts of colour to the streets in a collision of dance and ping pong. Watch as the dancers spin and slide in this playful pop-up performance that smashes expectations of dance and advocates the importance of safe, positive and accessible public spaces.
Inscribed in “Me” is a visceral journey that explores the weight of personal, historical, and collective trauma through movement, voice and music.
Questioning the complex experiences of Black womxn, it bears witness to a continuous pursuit to find healing and self-authorship.
“I” as the creator presents “Me” to you all. “Me” which is made of multiple narratives, constructed of multiple perspectives, many of which “I” have not inscribed. So how do “I” find the tools for reinscription? Or do “I” make peace with the parts of “Me” I’d rather erase?
Duration: 50mins
Age Recommendation: 12+
Please note: This show contains themes of racial and personal trauma.
Maps carve borders through landscapes. Clothes are maps for the body. Both are arbitrary constructs, omnipresent in our society, and have a real impact on people.
Mapping Gender is a multisensory exhibition of dance, image, scent, sound and research. It’s an invitation to explore the parallels between cartography and historical clothing through a lens of non-binary experiences. Created by Anders Duckworth in collaboration with sound artist Kat Austen, Mapping Gender looks at landscapes, the way we draw borders and create boundaries on maps to carve up geographical space whilst also asking us to explore how we look at the body and how we use gender to carve and divide people.
Created in collaboration with nine interdisciplinary artists and a group of trans/non-binary volunteers, Mapping Gender includes selections from a series of recorded interviews with non-binary people discussing their personal experiences. By drawing together people who exist on the margins and the ‘in-between’ spaces we open up new possibilities and provide an opportunity to re-discover the place and complexities we find in gender.
BLACKLIST / Figleaf is a dance double bill that reveals the vulnerability and openness that the medium of Krump entails. Its atmosphere is reminiscent of street culture, tapping into Josh’s personal archive and exploring themes of vulnerability, brotherhood and masculinity in British society.
BLACKLIST is a high energy piece, delving into themes of brotherhood, isolation and friendship. An exploration into the internal and external struggles of two entities vying for survival, but also self-expression – which in many ways is a mode of survival in itself. BLACKLIST is a piece steeped in interplay and contrast.
Fig Leaf explores toxic masculinity in British people, opening the debate around where true masculinity and strength lies. Reflective of society, it showcases the relationship between two men whose feelings swing back and forth between love and support, to anger and aggression. Should they trust their tough exterior or vulnerable interior?
BLACKLIST / Figleaf is currently touring as part of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative and is funded by RTDI and Arts Council England.
