Why? is both a tender and exhilarating aerial duet exploring themes of life, loss, surrender and acceptance in a soft and moving way. 

The piece offers a visceral experience for its audiences that not only legitimises the emotional one but creates space for the viewer to bring their own understanding to it, triggering a resonance, not dictating their experience.

Performed in two parts, Why? uses climbing harnesses and abseil lines to dance on a bespoke free-standing wall – ‘vertical dance’.

In light of the recent pandemic and a collective grieving, Why? feels more relevant than ever. How do we each pass through these experiences and how do these experiences pass through, affect and change us?

Content Warning: This performance considers themes of life, loss, surrender and acceptance in a soft, moving way.

”A tour de force of aerial performance, deliverying emotional truth in every beat” - Bradley Hemmings, Artistic Director, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

“A fully formed work, presented with great control and technical ability by the two performers to a great score, this music catching and reflecting the shifting emotional arc of the work as the performers explored and crossed the limits of their own vertical circles” - Bill Gee, Producer, IF Milton Keynes International Festival, Inside Out Dorset Festival, Bloomsbury Festival

Commissioned by Norwich & Norfolk Festival, supported by Without Walls. Re-creation with generous support from the Arts Council England, The Point, Fidget Feet and the Irish Aerial Creation Centre.