Laura Dannequin

A tender solo that looks at chronic pain and human resilience. Hardy Animal is a goodbye letter to a former self and an ode to dance.

Concerned with the human body and its failings, it tells of a dancer's journey into immobility. Interweaving text and movement, it retraces a brutal journey of loss, and hope, and looks at our need to create meaning in a baffling world.

An invisible dance, a broken dance, a dance that walks a tightrope strung up across two huge mountains, a dance without a safety net. A dance that isn't a dance, a generous dance, a f***ing f*** you of a dance. A dance that looks you in the eye and says 'you can't fix this'.

Written, Created and Performed by Laura Dannequin.
Creative Advisor: Dan Canham.