Ritual. Transformation. Rebirth.​

 

Ancient folklore collides with imagined futures in this bold and visually captivating dance performance. Beginning with an act of physical endurance, three performers push their bodies to the limit before embarking on a journey of transformation.​

 

Drawing on female archetypes that have endured across generations- witches, mermaids, mothers, snakes, and warriors - the work explores how stories of womanhood are carried, inherited, and reimagined. As these figures emerge and dissolve, the performers navigate shifting landscapes of power, identity, and community, revealing the tension between tradition and technological progress.​

 

Inspired by collective folk practices, the choreography moves between moments of unison and disruption. Shared rhythms fragment into collisions, repetition, and resistance, creating a physical world that reflects the contradictions of contemporary life: increasing connection alongside growing isolation. Shaking becomes a central movement language, appearing as both the residue of exhaustion and a force of transformation, release, and defiance.​

 

Visually, reflective metallic materials evoke futuristic technologies and robotic forms, yet continually transform into fluid, organic shapes reminiscent of rivers, clouds, and mythical creatures. These shifting worlds blur the boundaries between human and machine, nature and technology, past and future.

 

At its heart, the work is a search for connection. Through endurance, transformation, and collective movement, it explores what it means to belong to one another in a world where technological advancement increasingly shapes how we relate, communicate, and care.


UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Studio Preview - Berlin

Fri 4 Sep 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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Studio Preview - London

Fri 2 Oct 2026 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Premiere Performance – Leeds

Thu 15 Oct 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Tour Performance - Sheffield 

Wed 18th Nov 2026 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Tour Performance - Exeter

 Mon 23rd Nov 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Credits

 

CONCEPT, DESIGN, DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Imogen Reeve

PERFORMER COLLABORATORS: Allegra Vistalli, Hannah Durkan, Katia Pacheco Báez

ORIGINATING CAST: Jemima Colin, Allegra Vistalli, Hannah Durkan

APPRENTICE PERFORMER COLLABORATORS: Maerin Miles, Pippa Wright

SOUND: Devon Bonelli

DRAMATURGY: Beth Cassani, Ásgerður Gunnarsdóttir

COSTUME DESIGN, COSTUME REALIZATION: Rosie Whiting

LIGHTING DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MANAGER: Charlotte Woods

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Natalie Richardson

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRODUCER: Shelley Hodgson

MARKETING AND PR: Julia White

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO: Elly Welford

ASSISTANT: Katie Thomas

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: Arts Council England, Yorkshire Dance, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, University of Leeds, Stage@Leeds, Exeter CAT scheme, Exeter Phoenix, Dansit Choreographic Centre, Dance United Yorkshire.