Frock

by Stopgap Dance Company

Dance

An image of three male dancers, one of them a wheelchair user. They are all holding onto one another in some way and wearing colourful patterned skirts.

Brace yourself for an uplifting dance riot in which six striking dancers revel in the 21st Century freedoms of self-identity. Watch a clash of eras, a collision of partner work and an outburst of fashion in show which makes you question what is considered acceptable appearance. Featuring Stopgap’s impressive cast of dancers, this ‘Punkish’ explosion is a celebration of individuality.

About Stopgap Dance Company

Stopgap Dance Company create exhilarating dance productions for national and international touring. We employ disabled and non-disabled artists who find innovative ways to collaborate. Difference is our means and our method.

Stopgap value a pioneering spirit and are committed to making discoveries about integrating disabled and non-disabled people through dance.

Stopgap’s productions are devised by the company dancers and collaborators, working as an ensemble under the artistic direction of Lucy Bennett. Our productions seek to offer a window into a parallel world where human interdependence, strength and vulnerability play out with poetic realism.

Stopgap Dance Company are a British company and work in partnership with Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. We are a resident company of Farnham Maltings and The University of Surrey.

An image of two female dancers and one male. One of the females and the male are holding plates. The male is wearing a patterned long dress and the females are wearing black trousers, white shirts, ties and braces.
An image of a group of a performers stood in a row at the bottom of some concrete steps. One of the performers is a wheel chair user, the others are men wearing dresses and skirts, and women wearing suits and ties.
An image of three male performers, one of them a wheel chair user, and one jumping through the air with his arms outstretched.

Creative / Production credits:

Artistic Direction
Lucy Bennett

Choreography
Lucy Bennett & Siobhan Hayes

Executive Producer
Sho Shibata

Producer
Dougie Evans

Performed & Devised by the Cast
Christian Brinklow, Jannick Moth, KJ Mortimer, Nadenh Poan, Hannah Sampson, Alice Shepperson

Original Music
Hannah Miller

Rehearsal Director
Siobhan Hayes

Access Worker
Amelia Clark

Funding, commissioning and partner credits:

Supported by Arts Council England and Without Walls

Image credits

Banner image © JMA Photography

Image 1 and 3 © Hat Fair

Image 2 © David Sejrup