Projects

This solo explores the struggle of a man in the rat race, who feels like he has no way out.

Tired of the same routine and feeling it’s time for a change; he is scared to find a new path in his life but thinks of what a different life would be like daily. With no friends apart from work colleagues, he struggles to understand his place in society and to live a fulfilling life – questioning whether he wants to continue to live.

Mania is a piece of narrative contemporary dance theatre which explores taboo issues, such as domestic violence, mental illness and drug use.

It questions the preconceptions about relationships, as it plays with the boundaries between real and imaginary worlds.

Mania follows a couple who are struggling to deal with their day to day lives, they become isolated from their friends and family as their mental health worsens. As the wife loses her connection with reality, their relationship spirals out of control.

This is an engaging piece, in which you will real from moment to moment with the couple – enjoying moments of peace and clarity before their grip on reality slips and the ground falls from beneath them.

Praise for Mania:
“It’s a very energetic piece – full of angst”
“Empowered – it was truly awesome, felt the passion at every part!”

Disconnect looks at the reality of being alone and in isolation.

Taking moments from the 1950’s to modern day society we see the struggles that individuals may have and how it may affect their mental health and their outlook on life.

Misplaced, dazed, and confused; Distortion tells the story of an escaped patient from a 1950’s asylum.

Connecting with Disconnect we follow this woman’s state of mind in unknown surroundings. Set within the forest of the Black Country we witness moments of anxiety and fear.

Consumed by the constant transitions in her day to day life she tries to discover her true identity and how she became adrift. Past events and misinformed information has driven her to hide and create multiple personalities so much so that she has forgotten who she used to be. Through hope, faith and determination she tries to recall the darkest moments of her past however, she wonders if they are her memories or those of the other characters she possesses.

As her thoughts become ever more tangled she searches to find a path in her mind that will lead her to safety.

This is a site specific, interactive visual and performance art work project taking place in the Bumblehole and Warrens Hall Nature Reserve in Netherton.

This area was known for its ironwork and chain making from approximately the mid-1400s to 1970s. The project will follow the lives of the people who interacted with the iron and chain made in the Black Country. It will follow the chains and who they came into contact with as they journey from the earth, to the forge, along the canals, across the sea to Africa, then the Caribbean and back across to the UK and the Black Country – it will show the region as the beating heart, pumping iron around the commonwealth and back to the region, and all the positive and negative aspects that went with it.

As a part of this project we are expanding our collaboration with Conceptions Dance Theatre Grenada and NOYAM/Ghanaian National Dance Ensemble.
As a part of this project we will be delivering pop up performances and workshops along the Canal from Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham to Netherton during June 2021.

Here is a link to the sharing of ‘Historical Ties: A Journey Like No Other’ performed at The Arena Theatre as part of Flexus Dance Collective’s Expedition 2020

A series of 4 performances and workshops commissioned by Canal and River Trust along the canals from Birmingham to Netherton looking at the lives of the people who lived and worked in the region.

This project is an extension of our vision for the large scale site specific performance involving organisations from around the Midlands.

During July and August 2021 we will be performing and delivering dance workshops to the community at designated points along the Dudley No 1 canal.

Performances will take place at  Spaghetti Junction, The Roundhouse, Smethwick Locks and The Bumblehole.

At each site there will be an exciting performance delivered by the professional company alongside different youth dance companies, schools and colleges.  Canal and River Trust have commissioned the project to help people reconnect to their outdoor spaces, particularly in densely built-up areas where they have found that  the canals are not always used in a positive way.  The workshops and performances will promote arts for health and wellbeing.