Choreography by Virginia Poli & Sara Maurizi
In collaboration with students

Performance by Vani Alawadhi, Eilz Carr, Elena Cho, Chara Isavella Constantinidou, Felicia Doumenge, Flora Hawker-French, Makayla Holmes, Jenny Iuell-Heitmann, Madie Jones, Lisa Li, Evangeline Mears, Ellen Nowak Ni Cheallaigh, Rosy Riley, Yanna Shi, Lili Steward, Poppy Tillin, Yuexuan Wang, Eleanor Whitmarsh, Chuner Wu

Music by Richie Hawtin, Plastikman, Chilly Gonzales – “Tamburi Neri”, Hiroko, Rosalía
Music consultant: Dudj Doubleday

The work explores the tension between conflict and care, tracing both external systems of oppression and the internal struggles we carry within ourselves. It asks: how do we coexist as a society? How do we support one another, stand together, and exist as both individuals and a collective body?

Through a moving image that is constantly alive and evolving, the work investigates resistance as a force that binds, supports, and transforms.

In contrast to conflict and fragmentation, the piece searches for care, empathy, tenderness, humanity, connection, support, and harmony. It holds the paradox of tension and softness, revealing the resilience found in togetherness and the quiet power of existing side by side.

Part of the first-year Performance Project Module at Trinity Laban.