WALKER Movement Theatre Company - TREAD

WALKER Movement Theatre Company - TREAD
Date 2nd Sep 2023 Price Free - Drop-in - no ticket required Location Tramway

A treadmill is the stage for this thought-provoking outdoor performance intertwining stunt techniques with contemporary dance

Saturday 2 September, 12.30pm and 2pm
BSL interpreted

(PLEASE NOTE there will  be no performances on Sunday as was previously advertised)

*TAKES PLACE in the car park across from Tramway's main entrance*

Within an empty space stands a treadmill, the centerpiece of WALKER Movement Theatre Company's thought-provoking choreography. TREAD intertwines stunt performance techniques, contemporary dance, minimalism, and play causality to create a mesmerizing exploration of the Black moving body that invites audiences into a realm where joyful fantasy and brutal realities transcend and coexist.

Part of Tramway Beyond Walls 

About WALKER Movement Theatre Company

Established by Jamaican-German choreographer Jessica Walker, WALKER Movement Theatre Company actively uses contemporary dance practices, stunt performance techniques and play causality to create innovative thinking spaces within dance theatre. 

TREAD is a Stomping Ground Commission. Stomping Ground is a commissioning group for outdoor dance made up of leading UK arts organisations Creative Crawley, FABRIC (Dance4 and DanceXchange together), FESTIVAL.ORG, The Place and Tramway.

 

Photo Charli Payne