Start Stomping

Event Details

Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company and Intergen31 present a fresh new pop-up performance piece, Start Stomping.

  • 25/10/2018 - 26/10/2018
9 women dressed in frilly white dresses with red rose head dresses, scarves and gloves stare solemnly at the camera and wag their fingers.
  • 8 women in white dresses with red capes and head dresses stare at the camera with a look of defiance.
  • Women in white dresses hold on to giant maypole ribbons.
  • 9 women dressed in frilly white dresses with red rose head dresses, scarves and gloves stare solemnly at the camera and wag their fingers.
  • Women in white dresses with red head dresses hold on to giant maypole ribbons as a man in a black suit looks on.
  • A giant inflatable man wearing glasses and dressed in a suit is attached to giant maypole ribbons as women in white dresses and red head dresses hold the giant ribbons. A women with a white dress and red wig stands defiantly in front of the giant inflatable puppet.

Event Info

In order to investigate power, male-dominated society and the status quo, the company are joined by a vibrant group of young performers, stage managers and producers, drawn from Gulbenkian Arts Centre’s youth groups, as well as a 16ft inflatable man. 

Using their distinctive blend of movement, music and sardonic wit, these women join forces to waltz their way to wisdom in a merry dance around today’s burning political issues — on a mission, quite simply, to save the world.

You will probably never view maypoles in quite the same way again… 

Performed at: 

  • b0ing! Festival outside Jarman Building, University of Kent, Canterbury

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