A programme celebrating pioneering female postmodern choreographers and their radical lineage, Continuum is performed by a new all-female collective of dancers drawn from across the East of England. Programme Includes (running order will vary nightly) Reclining Rondo (1975 / 2026) by Lucinda Childs Transmitted by Ty Boomershine Performed by the Company The title refers to the dancers’ recumbent positions on the floor, which are reminiscent of the poses of nudes in classical figure painting. Childs cites as inspiration “the John Cage / Marcel Duchamp philosophy that content is not in and of itself as important as the mental process that the observer is put through in observing the work”. In Reclining Rondo , Childs has left behind props, objects, the spoken word, symbolic movement – all hallmarks of the era of the Judson Dance Theatre (the founding group of North American postmodern choreographers) – and chosen to focus on the passage of the body through space. To zero in on the essence of initial movement. “In minimalist music and dance, there is a simplicity that is not simple and a complexity that is accessible”. Lucinda Childs Passages: Anecdotes from Post-Modern Dance Transmission Practices, Histories and Heritage Practices (working title) Directed by Sara Wookey in collaboration with photographer and filmmaker Christian Kipp This documentary short film traces the ways in which dance is passed on from one generation of dancers to the next, and shares personal anecdotes, stories and insider knowledge about how dances are kept alive, shared and re-staged. Interviews include choreographers, dance transmitters, dramaturges, archivists and dance critics across the US, EU and UK. Collective New Work (2027) Devised and performed by the Company This new work, created in collaboration with the dancers, embraces the postmodern choreographic values of shared leadership and collective decision-making, to unite an all-female, intergenerational cast of dance artists for the first time. Inspired by expanded choreographic practices, the piece explores the democracy of making together, negotiating individual and collective approaches to making, while embracing the oddities, peculiarity and beauty of our everyday movements – and how these reveal the unique humanity in each of us. Lead Artist and Curator Sara Wookey Produced by Movement Connects Commissioned by Cambridge Junction Supported by Dance East, Norwich Theatre and University of Suffolk Funded by Arts Council England / National Lottery Project Grants Photo credits: Reclining Rondo (1975) Babette Mangolte, courtesy of the artist. Pencil sketch of Reclining Rondo (1975), courtesy of Lucinda Childs Image of Movement Connects by Christian Kipp, courtesy of the artist. £15 • £13 student • £7.50 Troop members Group of 10+ (£10 per person) – email tickets@junction.co.uk to book No booking fees when you become a Member – save £3 per ticket!

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