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DANCING IS STIMMING AND STIMMING IS DANCING 🌀🌀🌀🌀 I’m delighted to announce an upcoming performance lecture at @nolimits.festival on Sunday 15th of November !! ☞ ☞ ☞ ‘Stimming is an act we use to self-regulate - to calm or stimulate ourselves and thus achieve balance. Dancing involves moving our bodies rhythmically, usually to music Neuroqueer choreographer, performer, and academic Dr. Aby Watson believes the two are one and the same - and she will show why. Artfully, DANCING IS STIMMING AND STIMMING IS DANCING explores the creative possibilities of neurodivergent ‘intuitive pattern making’ (Yuill, 2021) Watson stimprovises with vocal loops, synthesised music, and rhythmic, repetitive movements for self-regulation, captivating our attention as she imparts her knowledge - a celebration of stimming as a creative practice’ I’m so excited to share this embodiment of my practice research for the first time in Berlin !! Performance: Dr. Aby Watson, Aniela Piasecka @aniela_piasecka Concept, Choreography, Text: Dr. Aby Watson Accessibility Companionship: Aniela Piasecka Outside Eye: Aniela Piasecka, Mele Broomes @melebroomes Production: Vicky Wilson German Sign Language Interpretation: Anka Böttcher DANCING IS STIMMING AND STIMMING IS DANCING is supported by Creative Scotland’s Open Fund @creativescots #performancelecture #stimdance #stimming #neuroqueerchoreography #neuroqueering reference: Yuill, S. (2021). ‘Stimwork’, Available from: https://www.collective-edinburgh.art/media/documents/simon_yuill_recovery_time_stimwork_poster.pdf?v=1636973048 (Accessed 7th February 2024)
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The Immortal Sisterhood Live 18 & 19 September @britishlibrary 8 October @factory_international You know, sometimes a concept, an idea, has to go through many iterations for it to ‘arrive’. And even when it does finally arrive, it’s not necessarily the destination. Maybe there isn’t a destination. Maybe it’s a landmark. A landmark that encapsulates a spirit, unique language & a moment. We all felt something in the room at Manchester.. it was our landmark moment. Journeying with this piece for nearly 3 years now & it’s still beautifully unfolding and blooming in all the ways.🌹 The Immortal Sisterhood Live is devised collaboratively by @gemagain @simone.cello @melebroomes @alchemistjones @fayguiffo @samadaw_official & myself Directed by @gemagain Dramaturgy @elainemitchener1 Sound design @niknakdjmusic DJ @_sippin_t Costume @carla_danielle_knight Art Direction @scarletshooter Cinematography @imalicemillar Sound Tech @isabarzizza Producer @nasikonan BSL interpretation @ Ali Gordon Photography @shotbyseverine X
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WOW. The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE... in Manchester & London, where we wove our choreopoem / music theatre and honouring ceremony in a lecture theatre and former gigantic warehouse! It's been out of this world to take this kernel of an idea with some friends into a full-steam experimental performance that has taken place and popped up in unexpected places. Each and everyone of the ensemble and bts team has created something beautiful and in my opinion, different to anything else out there in these times. Someone said to me last night, that it was transportive to a 1970’s New York where unapologetic happenings would take place and were political by nature. I'm so proud of that. Folk left the show last night saying they were inspired, to write, read more, archive, play an instrument, sing.. dance and express themselves with love! I couldn't ask for more than that for my community. ❤️❤️💜💜🩵🩵💙💛🧡🧡🧡💛💛💛🌈💜💜🩵🩷 Thank you to everyone who has been involved in making this happen. If you're new to the work grab yourself a copy of Audre Lorde's book - Sister Outsider, listen to some Betty Davis and write down how it makes you feel. That's The Immortal Sisterhood, into the world. I'mma taking a break to cuddle my babies, life feels so full of vitality and love. @factoryinternarional @thebritishlibrary The production was devised as a collaboration between Simone Seales (@simone.cello), Mele Broomes (@melebroomes), A Jones (@alchemistjones), Fay Guiffo (@fayguiffo) and Roxanne Tataei (@roxannetataei) Dramaturgy by Elaine Mitchener @elainemitchener1 Costume by Carla Danielle @carla_danielle_knight Art Direction by Rebecca Palmer @scarletshooter Cinematography by Alice Millar @iamalicemillar Sound Tech by @isabarzizza Isa Ferri Produced by Wezi Mhuru & Nassy Konan @nasikonan BSL interpretation in Manchester was done Ali Gordon & Sama Daw @samadaw_official was in the ensemble in Manny too, go follow them all and take in all their amazing offerings from albums to visual art. @theimmortalsisterhoodlive's Development was supported by The Roddick Foundation and @aceagrams
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Some of the @theimmortalsisterhoodlive ensemble & crew in London, preparing in @brxhousetheatre for the show in @thebritish.library
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THE IMMORTAL SISTERHOOD LIVE - LONDON - 18 & 19 September at @britishlibrary, Pigott Theatre. @theimmortalsisterhoodlive is a groundbreaking, ensemble-led collaboration offering an intuitive, ancient yet futurist perspective on honour and grief. Transforming Gemma Cairney’s (@gemagain) book The Immortal Sisterhood from page to stage, this ritualistic, genre-blending live work brings together an extraordinary ensemble of artists across sound, opera, movement, poetry, live cello and violin. Making this collective work, has been a journey. Quite literally. As we have evolved, so has the piece. We’ve shared in New York, Scotland and now we come to London. I love the fluidity this piece offers, as it allows us and the work to take on many forms. And I’m so very grateful for the opportunity to move my body… freely, expressively..just as it was designed to do. A very special piece, with a very special team. Come and immerse with us 💜 📍LONDON — @britishlibrary 18 & 19 September 2026 🎟️Tickets: British Library 🔗Links to book tickets via the British Library website. Ensemble: - Simone Seales (@simone.cello ) - Mele Broomes (@melebroomes), - A Jones (@alchemistjones), - Fay Guiffo (@fayguiffo) - Roxanne Tataei (@roxannetataei) - Director: Gemma Cairney @gemagain - Dramaturgy: Elaine Mitchener (@elainemitchener1) - Creative Producer: @nasikonan - Art Director: Rebecca Palmer @scarletshooter - Costume: Carla Danielle @carla_danielle_knight - Cinematographer: Alice Millar @imalicemillar - DJ: @_sippin_t - Sound Designer: @niknakdjmusic - Sound Tech: Isa Ferri
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Big legends in lots of places over the past summin summmin 💋💋💋💋💋
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In celebration of women's month. Portrait of an artist. New Classics @lessgoodidea #performingartsphotography #performingarts #arts
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Coming to the Library this September… 🎶 The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE 🎶 📍 British Library 📅 Friday 18 – Saturday 19 September, 19.30 We are delighted to welcome award-winning author Gemma Cairney (@gemagain) and The Immortal Sisterhood Ensemble (@theimmortalsisterhoodlive) to the Library for the London premiere of a groundbreaking stage adaptation of Gemma’s latest book. The production is an interdisciplinary collaborative project, with an ensemble that includes Simone Seales (@simone.cello), Mele Broomes (@melebroomes), A Jones (@alchemistjones), Fay Guiffo (@fayguiffo) and Roxanne Tataei (@roxannetataei) 🌟 The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE presents an ensemble-led exploration and celebration of remarkable women from across centuries and continents, blending movement, readings, sound, song and strings. Witness an unforgettable journey as the ensemble explores themes of honour and grief from an intuitive, futurist and feminist perspective. Book your tickets now at the link-in-bio! Art Director: Rebecca Palmer (@scarletshooter) Costume: Carla Danielle (@carla_danielle_knight) Cinematographer: Alice Millar (@imalicemillar) DJ: Sippin’ T (@_sippin_t) Sound Designer: NikNak (@niknakdjmusic) Sound Tech: Isa Ferri Creative Producer: Nassy Konan (@nasikonan) Dramaturgy: Elaine Mitchener (@elainemitchener1) 🖼️ 1) ‘Sea Creatures’ by Pamela Colman Smith, c. 1907 2) Image of Gemma Cairney 3) 1st row (L-R): Mele Broomes, Simone Seales, Fay Guiffo, Gemma Cairney. 2nd row (L-R): Roxanne Tataei, Sippin’ T, A Jones, NikNak 4) Image of The Immortal Sisterhood Ensemble by Elly Lucas #britishlibrary #theimmortalsisterhood #gemmacairney Illustration of woman riding a wave underneath the night sky, painted by Pamela Colman Smith. Purple, yellow and white text box reads: Upcoming at the Library. The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE. Friday 18 – Saturday 19 September, 19.30.
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My heart, this city, our art.
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IT'S HAPPENING! The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE... In London and Manchester! Dates for the latest iteration of our shapeshifting ensemble-led collaboration.. Originally inspired by The Immortal Sisterhood book (out now)... have landed. Come see us! 📍 18th & 19th September in the Main Hall of The British Library in London. @britishlibrary 📍 8th October in the Social Space of Factory International in Manchester. @factory_international There'll be live cello, violin, operatic scales, sonics mixed live and visionary movement all in reverrence of the women we stand on the shoulders of... in two iconic venues... Ensemble Ft. @alchemistjones @melebroomes @simone.cello @fayguiffo @roxannetataei @gemagain Mixed by @niknakdjmusic Post each show there'll be a rapturous set played out by @_sippin_t Production - @nasikonan Art Direction - @scarletshooter Cinematography - @imalicemillar Costume - @carla_danielle_knight Dramaturgy - @elainemitchener1 Sound - Isa Ferri Book your tickets before they're gone! #TheImmortalSisterhood #theimmortalsisterhoodlive
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Experience The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE - a groundbreaking, ensemble-led collaboration about honour and grief 🎶 🎭 The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE (@theimmortalsisterhoodlive) presents an intuitive, futurist perspective on the themes of honour and grief. The project started as an idea from multi-award-winning broadcaster and published author Gemma Cairney (@gemagain), who has written The Immortal Sisterhood as a book. The production is a collaboration between a stellar ensemble with different disciplines including Simone Seales (@simone.cello), Mele Broomes (@melebroomes), A Jones (@alchemistjones), Fay Guiffo (@fayguiffo) and Roxanne Tataei (@roxannetataei) using operatic scales, movement, poetry, live cello, violin and more. Witness an unforgettable journey of the remarkable women who we stand on the shoulders of, celebrated through an extraordinary fusion of art forms that transcend time and genre. 📍 The Social | Aviva Studios, home of Factory International 📅 8 October 🎟️ Aviva £10 Tickets available 🔗 Book now - click the link in Factory International's bio. Creative Producer: Nassy Konan (@nasikonan) Art Director: Rebecca Palmer (@scarletshooter) Costume: Carla Danielle (@carla_danielle_knight) Cinematographer: Alice Millar (@imalicemiller) Sound Tech: Isa Ferri Sound Designer: NikNak (@niknakdjmusic) Dramaturgy: Elaine Mitchener (@elainemitchener1) DJ: Sippin' T (@_sippin_t) A group of five people share a lighthearted moment on a wooden deck outdoors. They are casually dressed, standing in a line, with a scenic view of grass and distant hills in the background. The atmosphere is joyful and relaxed.
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Body Remedy continues to organise as a small team of artists, curators and creative practitioners based in Glasgow 🌱 The breadth of our individual creative practices is fundamental to how we dream, strategise and organise together. With the resources available to us, we make space for our team to sustain their own practices, this approach enables Body Remedy to resource BPOC multi-artform practices holistically and from multiple perspectives. This year’s Music & Movement programme, semente, has emerged from such values by inviting artists whose practices draw us back to the root of Body Remedy’s core purpose, that our bodies contain life-affirming knowledge which can be reached and experienced by embodied movement and communal practices. Body Remedy was founded through a collaborative spirit that continues to shape how we work. While Mele and Zoë have stepped on from their directorial roles, their vision, values and ways of working remain woven through every layer of the organisation. Over the next month, we’ll be reintroducing the people behind Body Remedy and sharing more about the practices that inform our work. 📌 For now, check out semente and book your tickets at bodyremedy.org/2026 — link in bio! 🌱 This programme was influenced by the wisdom of Black Feminist Teachings and the research by Juliana Moreira Strava: We Will Not Be Interrupted on Beatriz Nascimento, Marielle Franco. 📸: Zaym Zarif
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