Work

Have you ever told an old story to someone new, and noticed that it had changed since you last told it? Or that someone else has remembered it differently?

Many of us would like to think our memories are fixed—snapshots catalogued in the mind. Research has found that we construct our memories anew each time we recount them.

Meeting explores the retelling of a shared memory, investigating what it means to remember.

Reviews

“WITH CLEVER KNOTtINGS AND UNRAVELLINGS”  ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

“…WORKS EXQUISITELY WELL WITH FINE PERFORMANCES FROM BOTH DANCERS AND A GREAT CONNECTION BETWEEN PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE.”  LISE SMITH, LONDON DANCE

” Audience members around me are palpably affected and it’s partly because of his conversational, visceral movement style”  DanceTabs

Meeting premiered at The Place Theatre to a sell out audience on 2 February as part of Resolution! 2013. The work was then a finalist at the 6th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition. More recently Meeting has been seen at Big Dance 2016 and is currently touring alongside Vestige by WPD.

This production was funded through a successful Crowfunding campaign by the generous contributions of: Manju Bahl, Sudarshan Bahl, Veyom Bahl, Jane Castree, Alison Chadwick, Katie Clark, Deborah Friedell, Pooja Ghai, Shiv Grewal, Kynan Hughes, Shivraj Idione, Shirley Parsons, Coral Parsons, Dean Parsons, Beryl Whitton, Shanta Raj and Hannah Yu.