MOVING CONSENSUS - research and work in progress explores the idea of consent in relationships, using the knowledge and principles of contact improvisation. Moving Consensus – a collaboration with one dancer and a sound artist. The dance piece explores the idea of consent in relationships. The popular subject of consent nowadays can bring a lot of confusion considering the ways of finding and communicating it. To find it I would turn to visceral understanding and bodily intuition. In this piece, two dancers use the principles of the contact improvisation technique, which is developed into a choreographic score. The performers search for the means of intuitive communication through contact dance to find a mutual agreement in motion, touch, and stillness, while enhancing their personal essence instead of compromising it. Exploring, allowing and affecting, leaning and supporting, surrendering and pursuing, as well as playfight and humor in movement, should give a great insight into learning the dynamics between the partners and create an exciting and raw physical dialogue.
Collab: Bryn Thomas, Connor Bingham, Morteza Kasravi.
Presented at: Yorkshire Dance (Leeds, UK)
RED STORM
Red Storm – The Female Body as a Vessel of Primal Forces
The storm of primal forces that drive HER body. No space for shame. What you get is what you see. Dare to see?
The room will be taken by a female body. Her task as a performing self is to listen—to hear the slight whiffs of lively instincts lying at the base of her subconscious—and to draw them out into the open, unleashing them into a storm. Thriving in its extreme amplitude. Living it.
This performance is an ode to primal forces, a reminder that we, as humans, are their living embodiment. The woman’s body has been chosen in contrast to centuries of constraint—social and gender roles built with the tool of shame.
The performance unfolds as a carefully structured physical improvisation, resembling trance states.
Scenography: Irene Kleisdorff
Music Performance: Morteza Kasravi
ODE TO SURRENDER
"Ode to Surrender" is a multidisciplinary artistic project exploring the concept of surrender as a fundamental yet overlooked aspect of human experience. Drawing from quantum physics, neurobiology, embodied cognition, and social theory, the project challenges the prevailing association of surrender with weakness or defeat. Instead, it reclaims surrender as a necessary counterpart to action, a pathway to deeper connection, and a means of sensory and emotional liberation.
Through a combination of performance, film, and installation, the project juxtaposes the organic, intuitive movements of the body with the rigid, structured environment of urban architecture. The artist surrenders to physical space, responding to the solidity of human-made structures, and capturing this interplay through cinematic documentation. The work invites audiences to reconsider their perception of surrender—not as a loss of agency, but as an essential process of receptivity, adaptation, and self-discovery.
Film: Matt Walsh
Performed at: Riley Theater (Leeds,UK), Dance City (Newcastle, UK)
SHH…
Inspiration from the voices of individuals grappling with stress, collected with their monologues and poetry to capture their lived experiences. These heartfelt expressions became the foundation for a unique sonic palette, as the sound of their voices was transformed into an evocative soundscape. The result is a deeply personal and moving composition that brings their stories to life through the interplay of sound, movement, and visual artistry.
Performed at: Bådteatre, RMC, Basement.
Bound to get there
Durational Performance
“…A physical rumination around being tied to ambition manifested, as Isecured my body to the front of the ship. Moving seemingly free, dedicated to the course of the barge, but unable to leave the space tied by the sailor’s ropes.”
Performed at Illutron