Often planned well in
advance, 9 slow months in the making, and yet still the arrival of a new baby
is still a cataclysmic shock to most of us. One of the most exhausting, exhilarating, and terrifying
moments of our lives, but we invariably stumble through it in a state of
dopiness that transforms the whole thing into a sort of blurry haze. Now almost a year and a half after the
arrival of my first child, it feels like I am gradually able to look back and
laugh; and not only that but
maybe, take some of those experiences into studio, dance, discuss, create,
invent and share the results with all of you in a new dance theatre piece:
2+1 is a light hearted and poignant look at
the effect of the arrival of a baby on a relationship. Exploring how the new
arrival changes their physical contact, their attentiveness, ... and their
attention span as they experience the joys of sleepless nights, dirty nappies,
and 24h entertainment on cue. A washing machine sits at the back of the stage
spewing out a seemingly endless supply of clean clothes, sometimes the couple
fight back, sometimes the washing machine wins....
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