SYNERGY

SYNERGY, led by renowned Deaf choreographer Mark Smith in collaboration with South Africa’s Musa Motha, is an outdoor performance exploring the profound impact of climate change on Deaf and disabled individuals.

Mark and a team of four distinctive dancers, led by Musa, create a unique performance that delves into individual practices and collective power, a cross-fertilisation among the dancers, continually subverting the tonal essence of the piece.

Earth is burning and the viability of life on other planets begins to be seriously explored. What provision is made for disabled people? Using projection and live streaming from smartphones, SYNERGY explores themes of information & disinformation spread by social media, power and control. Four unique dancers meet as characters in a moment of space and time working together, demanding recognition and a future beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

Renowned Deaf choreographer Mark Smith (Deaf Men Dancing, DMD+, The Colour Purple Leicester Curve/Birmingham Hippodrome, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Leeds Playhouse, Ramps On The Moon, Graeae Theatre) embarks on exploring an innovative outdoor dance work, SYNERGY. Collaborating with extraordinary disabled dance talent Musa Motha (Rambert, Peaky Blinders, Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, Fantasy League) and leading UK disabled dance artists Annie-Rose Grantham (Stop Gap, Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, Emily Robinson Dance), Deaf ballet dancer, Ben Randall (Elmhurst, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Jones the Dance, Def Motion) and wheelchair dance artist Kate Stanforth (Matthew Bourne New Adventures.)