Choreography

Nuss Nuss

Nuss Nuss (work in progress). It is an intimate yet explosive dance-acro theatre duet exploring gender and the masks we wear to survive, and questioning who we are beneath the weight of stereotypes, desire, and society. We embody the push and pull between our internal perceptions and desires, and the pressure of external expectations.  Trying to resist the roles forced on us, and ending up at times internalising them. After some tension, the duo end up helping each other to shed the expectations of others and reclaim their identities.

Come with us on a journey as we try to answer questions such as –

How much of me is truly mine?

Where do I feel safe—in your gaze, or outside of it?

Portrait of a Rebellion

Kindred: Our Roots Entwined

Kindred is a multi-disciplinary project run by Fleur Hall in collaboration with artists in the Midlands and Bristol.

Photography and Videography by Alexandra Hackett

Poetry by Katharine Baxter

Music by Leon Bailey

Funded by Arts Council England, The Crystal Hare with Support from The Hub at St Mary’s and Lichfield

Kindred explores our individual and collective relationship with nature through dance, music, photography and the written word. The individual creations interact,  weaving a narrative that explores who we are when we immerse ourselves in the world around us and how Nature can change us as much as we change it.

 In the last twenty years, scientific research by Dr. Simard and others has proven what aboriginal peoples have known for millennia. Beneath the forest floor, a complex web of fungal connections brings trees together in a community that depends upon the Mother Tree. By communicating with the Mother Tree, groups of trees thrive. When trees are allowed to form these connections, the forest becomes a diverse habitat. 

Lunar Ladies

Lunar Ladies was a piece of work was created during a series of free workshops for women over 30. This project was funded by Arts Council England, and made with the support of Vanhulle Dance Theatre. The group performed at the Tilestone Studio in the Arena Theatre as a curtain raiser for the premiere of VDT’s ‘Yin’.

The project explored womanhood, and what it means to be a woman. Through chroreography and creative tasks the group explored what our own expectations are of ourselves as women, and how this is affected by society’s perception of a woman. The process lead to so many beautiful moments, including the poem at the end of the video, where you can see Shobana read out a poem she wrote after a session where she had worked closely with another dancer.