Project details

An experimental piece of performance theatre with dancer Zoe Ramsey, directed by Tonya Sheina. Selected for Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company’s International Festival of Dance. Supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

In 2014, I was funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland through the SIAP award scheme for the writing and development of this experimental piece of performance theatre ‘You Maiden, I Mother’. The piece was premiered at Echo Echo Dance and Theatre Company’s International Festival of Dance as part of the ‘Short Works’ evening and was performed with with dancer Zoe Ramsey, directed by Tonya Sheina.

You Maiden, I Mother

‘You Maiden, I Mother’ is a performance piece that combines the spoken word and the movement of dance to create one fluid poetic exploration of motherhood. Words and movement, together in conversation, tell the story of one woman on a journey with her daughter from her first breath to her first steps towards adulthood.

A concept development piece combining poetry with movement. A featured piece in Shorts Works #1 at Echo Echo International Dance and Movement Festival 2015

7th November 2015

Writing/Poetry – Mel Bradley

Choreography of Movement – Zoe Ramsey

Direction – Tonya Sheina