On Girlhood - Dance

Suitable for ages 12+

‘On Girlhood’ is a contemporary dance and physical theatre work, described as ‘relatable’, ‘chaotic’ and ‘whimsical’. It navigates the universal experiences of discovering place and identity and aims to answer the question – how does your idea of what it means to be a woman change as you grow up?
A work in 5 acts, travelling through nostalgia, innocence, indignation, expectations, the external eye, grieving change, harnessing quiet anger and finding sisterhood, it hopes to encourage audience members to reflect on their own moments when they realised being a woman meant something different to what they thought.

The work is performed by 4 young women and uses a mixture of contemporary dance, physical theatre, dialogue and soundtrack. It draws on a combination of my personal stories and memories through life until now, as well as gathered experiences from the communities surrounding me. Structured in 5 acts, each act has a central character, telling their story of how they connect to the theme. The soundtrack is composed in a jukebox style, featuring country, heavy metal, instrumental and abstract tracks, some composed originally for the work, flicking through different genres to accompany the visual feeling of flicking through different moments in time.