At the beginning of 2019 I was awarded a ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ grant from Arts Council England to spend a period of time exploring rope, movement and physical theatre. It was some time to effectively fuse my two worlds – shibari and theatre – and I am incredibly grateful to have been given this opportunity. I have become increasingly interested in using the body as a tool for storytelling and emotional expression, so my aim for this time was to work on developing physical vocabulary, confidence in creating choreographic material and combining movement with rope bondage.
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