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I Have a Bruise

MÓTUS Dance and MK Act present WomanEwer's multi-sensory dance performance

I Have a Bruise by Laura Kenyon

  • 5:30pm-7:30pm, Saturday 8 March 2025

  • MK Gallery, MK9 3QA

  • Free - registration essential

    • Suitable for ages 16+. Adult themes.

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Under the artistic direction of Laura Kenyon, WomanEwer provides a connection between women through the arts and offers a safe space to explore ideas around sexual abuse and domestic violence using movement, voice and visual art.

I Have a Bruise is WomanEwer‘s live performance based on real life stories, performed by five professional female dancers who are all survivors of sexual abuse. The work addresses sensitive issues that can be challenging, and at the same time it celebrates womanhood, survival and strength, advocating for women to have their own voice.

An accompanying art exhibition will reflect on the themes of the piece, with paintings, collages, ceramics and hanging mobiles by Melanie Kenyon with soundscapes and digital forms by Laura Kenyon. They form a multi sensory experience, leaves traces & give new meaning to familiar spaces whilst challenging the audience to create their own narrative.

 

“They are loud, they are proud, and they will not be silenced, promoting love for yourself, for each other, and helping each other to heal, whilst welcoming women of all diasporas and experiences to heal with them.”

      Review by Khalia Willet

 

The virulent nature of the subject matter reverberates in the dancers’ rigorous physicality and the overall soundscape which overlaps voice recordings with live spoken words and the percussive sounds created by the dancers’ movement and breathing. The result is multi-sensory in feel and visceral in impact. I Have a Bruise celebrates womanhood, survival and strength, advocating for women to have their own voice.

 

 

 

This project is presented by MÓTUS Dance and MK Act

with support from MK Community Foundation.

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