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Two bodies split, then intertwine,
a pulse of fracture under skin
the mind moves on, the body stays,
caught in echoes it lives within.
They reach, resist, and fall apart,
a quiet map of hidden pain
not to heal, but just to trace
what moves through loss again and again.

Bio
Joseph Thomas Adamson is a contemporary dancer, artist and choreographer based in North West England. Izzy Bonny is a contemporary dance artist based in London.

They both recently graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) and now are developing their artistic vision through freelancing. They have collaborated closely with companies and artists such as Company Wayne McGreyor, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Matteo Marfoglia, Jamaal Burkmar, Imogen Reeves and FLOCK. They also toured together on the UK tour of PopOdyssey, directed by Dr. Joseph Mercier. Other credits include Resolution Festival by The Place and TURN 2026 by Contact Theatre + Word of Warning.

Joseph and Izzy developed their artistic collaboration through their time at NSCD. They premiered their first work ‘parallel pulse’ in Liverpool as part of Liverpool Dance Prize, originally commissioned by Leap Dance Festival and Arts Council England.

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Supported through Motus Dance Adjustments programme, this solo explores the constant noise of modern life. Through shifting “radio stations” of societal pressure, Robyn navigates urgency, control, digital overwhelm and the search for stillness. Pulled between external voices and internal instinct, the body becomes reactive, fragmented and overstimulated as it attempts to keep up with an increasingly demanding world.

Through moments of interruption, resistance and pause, the work begins to question what it means to disconnect from fear driven narratives and reclaim autonomy. Fearless is explored not as the absence of fear, but as the decision to slow down, listen inward and tune into the present moment despite uncertainty.

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Robyn Gamston is a performer and facilitator based in Buckinghamshire, UK. Working acrosscontemporary dance, improvisation, and yoga, Robyn is passionate about creating inclusive, engaging spaces for movement and connection. She collaborates with a range of artists and communities through organisations including Dew Dance Company, the National Youth Dance Company, and Milton Keynes Dance Theatre.

Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School in 2021, Robyn has become a member of I ; N Collective, a performance group specialising in fully improvised dance that integrates theatre, comedy, and live music, performing across the UK. Alongside her performance work, Robyn has featured in a variety of music videos, advertisements, and Bollywood films.

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This piece explores the themes of finding yourself within a relationship with someone else, discussing the questions of: Who am I? Who am I to you? What role do I take in this relationship? Is this even me? What do others think of me? What do I think of me? What is fearlessness? How can I be fearless?

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Erin McGowan
Erin McGowan started her dance training by attending the CAT program in Nottingham at Dance4. This programme allowed her to work with incredible dance artists such as: Tom Dale Company and Jemima Brown, Motion House, New Adventures and Alleyne Dance. She then studied A-level dance, and is now currently in her second year at London Contemporary Dance School. Attending LCDS has broadened her skill set and knowledge and she has been able to work with many incredible companies and artists such as: Richard Alston Company, BoyBlue and Seirian Griffiths. Her personal practice focuses on the quality and dynamics of movement with influences of hip pop practices such as popping, combining this with contemporary techniques.

Molly Drewett
After originally coming from a ballet background Molly Drewett attended Rambert School’s pre-vocational training programme where she gained experience in learning repertoire from contemporary dance works such as ‘Roughcut’ by Richard Alston. Alongside this she also was a part of Hampshire Youth Dance Company (HYDC) where she worked with Richard Chappel Dance and took part in the Sadler’s Wells Making Moves Project giving her the opportunity to dance on the main stage. She is now currently in her second year at London Contemporary Dance School and has had the privilege to work with many companies such as Alleyne Dance, Richard Alston Company and SAY Dance. Her personal practice focuses on ground-based contemporary technique combined with elements of ballet and floorwork, exploring ideas of connection, fluidity and breath.

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Flor del Recuerdo is a performance piece rooted in the ancient Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos. At its heart lies the Cempasúchil (marigold), a flower whose vibrant color and scent are believed to guide the souls of the departed back to the world of the living. The work explores the delicate threshold between existence and the afterlife, using movement to illustrate how these golden petals weave a path of light through the darkness of loss. Death is perhaps the most profound and universal human fear—the ultimate “uncertain future.” However, through the ritual of the Cempasúchil, this fear is transformed. We move from the anxiety of the unknown toward a celebration of rebirth and continuity. In this tradition, death is not an end to be dreaded, but a transition to be honored with color, fragrance, and memory. This is where the work meets the theme of “Fearless.” To be fearless is to discard the paralyzing terror of mortality and instead embrace the cycle of life with optimism. By turning our gaze toward the spirits of those who came before us, we face the inevitable with creative courage. Flor del Recuerdo is an invitation to walk the golden path without trembling, proving that remembrance is the most powerful act of bravery in the face of the unknown.

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BailaME.X is a London-based collective of professional Latin American contemporary dancers brought together by a shared passion for movement, culture, and collaboration. Originally founded by Mexican artists, the collective has grown to include dancers from across Latin America who have migrated to London in pursuit of artistic opportunities and creative exchange.

Through contemporary dance, BailaME.X creates work that explores a wide range of themes, from folklore, cultural heritage, and migration to current social issues, femininity, empowerment, and the human experience. Rooted in storytelling, the collective draws inspiration from both personal and collective narratives, often weaving Latin American perspectives and influences into its creative practice. Committed to inclusion, community, and artistic collaboration, BailaME.X provides a platform for Latin American artists to connect, create, and share their voices. The collective has held residencies at Mestizo Mexican Restaurant and regularly collaborates with organizations and festivals such as MexiBrits and London’s annual Day of the Dead Festival. As their collaborations continue to grow, BailaME.X remains dedicated to increasing the visibility of Latin American artists and celebrating the richness and diversity of the Latino community in London.

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How does a body move when it knows it will collapse – and chooses to shine anyway?

A skin we wear not to deceive, but to survive. A shadow that doesn’t threaten the light – it makes it visible. A strange serenity of moving through emptiness with full awareness, without needing the emptiness to end. The body here is not fighting. It is passing – lucid, present, unhurried – through a cycle it has already accepted. The brightness was never separate from the collapse. They were always the same thing, seen from different angles. This holds the space. And within it, a figure learns that the most honest thing a body can do is shine – quietly, knowingly – before it dissolves.

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Ximena Zeron is a Mexican contemporary dancer based in London, performing, choreographing and creating screendance, with a practice shaped by somatic inquiry, structured improvisation and a profound relationship with music, built over years of intensive training across five countries. Currently training at London Contemporary Dance School and member of Bailamex Collective, her practice explores the abstract expressivity of human emotion: how the body is shaped from within by external forces, and what emerges when both speak at once. A genuine human presence, full of curiosity. How Ashes Brighten is her original solo work, performed to Clair de lune by Claude Debussy. The piece explores how a body moves when it knows it will collapse and chooses to shine anyway.

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To love anything is an endless journey of beginning with it.

Beginning, more than just ‘to begin’
; constant, an active process, a journey.
Begin again: through the cyclical, through repetitions
through the impossible, through the mundane, through it all.

This work asks: what does it mean to keep starting, to keep showing up,
to keep loving something,
in a world that demands the world from you?

Begin again, as many times as you need to
For, and with, everything you love.

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Krithika is a Singaporean dancer and choreographer based in London, whose grounding as a movement practitioner comes from Bharathanatyam and Contemporary Dance. Her craft is also shaped by her roots in Carnatic Music. She has been training in Bharathanatyam for two decades with Temple of Fine Arts Singapore, and Contemporary dance for a decade, from various places including Temple of Fine Arts Singapore and National University of Singapore.

Her choreographic work includes, a full-length Bharathanatyam theatre piece titled Love All Around commissioned by Esplanade Singapore, and ensemble work for various festivals. Since moving to London a year ago, she has also been an apprentice to Chandenie Gobardhan’s work, Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth.

What motivates her creative work now, is to heal parts of her relationship with the art forms she has chosen, with love, to walk alongside life with. To continue, beginning again, with them. Her goal is to arrive at a voice through her movement vocabularies, traditional and contemporary, to articulate human experiences, with honesty.

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TENNE MAÁ is a ritualistic celebration of the rivers and the indigenous bodies that safeguard them. By placing the indigenous experience at the absolute center of the narrative, the work becomes a fearless act of presence, community and a profound cultural statement. It is a ritual for Oxum, the deity of rivers, waterfalls and wealth revered across Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. In a world of digital fragmentation, this piece reclaims the “river of ideas” to forge a path outside of digital control, using ancestral movement as a tool for resistance and a shared, optimistic endeavour to protect our collective future.

This is a work for all generations with no age restriction, inviting a universal audience to engage with the work. The choreography is highly versatile, having been performed both on proscenium stages and “in the round.” Its 360-degree design is specifically crafted for open, public spaces, ensuring an immersive experience for an audience on all sides. As the work is grounded in the raw physical and experiential bonds between people, it does not rely on theatrical artifice; instead, it uses the authenticity of the body to celebrate the rhythmic rituals that unite riverside communities worldwide.

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Vivian Guyrá is a movement artist born and raised in Brazil and currently based in London, their practice is shaped by Brazilian folk dances and rhythms, deep research into the cultural crossovers of Indigenous traditions, and a profound connection to the land. Investigating the politics of space, identity, and memory, Vivian is a deeply rooted presence committed to personal and collective transformation through movement.

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This dance explores the way that lack of self-belief can hold you back. You have to “feel the fear and do it anyway”.

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Paul is a contemporary and street dancer, and choreographer. He is a National Youth Dance Company Alumnus (NYDC) and has graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with both a BA (hons) and MA in Dance Performance. As well as performing extensively with Corali Dance Company and with Thick&Tight, Paul has also toured nationally with NYDC (Damien Jalet, Sharon Eyal, Botis Seva) and was commissioned to choreograph/direct the inclusive dance film, Escape the Nowhere, which involved Tin Arts, Wheelfever, Corali and NYDC. He appeared in Tim Yip’s Love Infinity and Thick&Tight’s recently released Adieu. He makes his own dance videos at Paul Davidson Dance, his YouTube Channel. In 2024, he founded Resonance Dance, a production/dance company dedicated to providing expressive platforms for emergent performers/choreographers. Paul competed his solo piece Go Figure finalist International Solo Tanz Theatre in Stuttgart, Germany.