In 2024, Restless Dance Theatre, Back to Back Theatre and five independent guest artists with disability joined the esteemed Julie Shanahan for the UTOPINA Repertory Lab | Excerpts from Kontakthof, a piece by Pina Bausch workshop.With a wealth of experience and creative vision, Julie Shanahan lead an inspiring journey of artistic exploration. Her significant contributions to the dance world are widely celebrated and the company were excited to see the fresh perspective Julie and the artists brought to this workshop. Leading this ambitious project was Roz Hervey, Restless Dance Theatre’s ...
The Day the Wrong Train Took Me to the Right Place is set on a moving train/tram. This immersive experience uses stories that follow the dancers lives from their homes to their intended destination exploring the social anxiety people with disability feel in the realm of public transport. Experiential and immersive work connects the audiences emotionally as the dancers share their unique experiences through dance theatre. Artists with intellectual disability or neurodivergent think differently and see the world differently. Sometime however the world looks at them differently making assumption...
The Lensical (previously Holding Space) is an intimate, transportable, movement-based production for audiences in hospitals; a co-production of Michelle Heaven and Ben Cobham (Babylamp), and Restless Dance Theatre, with original concept and design by Babylamp. Holding Space showcases an innovative series of short performance works directed by Michelle Heaven, performed and presented by Restless Dance Theatre. Holding Space redefines the intersection of accessible, immersive, performance experiences. The Lensical offers a series of boutique one-on-one performance experiences for viewers whereb...
