Project O's Voodoo returns to Sadler's Wells in January
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
NEW Wave Associate Project O returns to Sadler’s Wells with thought provoking work Voodoo, at the Lilian Baylis Studio from Thursday, January 16 to Saturday, January 18, 2020.
Artists Jamila Johnson-Small and Alexandrina Hemsley have been making work together as Project O since 2010, intending to expose some of the structural workings of racism and misogyny and their impact on bodies. In Voodoo, they invite audiences to join them in an immersive performance.
Voodoo examines how dance can explore, heal and challenge the violence and oppression that haunts society today. Its unfolding becomes a science fiction that addresses the desire, confusion and responsibility of being a single subject who is also a symbol of many persecuted people.
Project O made its first appearance at the Lilian Baylis Studio with O in BELLYFLOP’s curated evenings as part of Wild Card in 2013, kicking off this series, now a regular part of the Lilian Baylis Studio programme. Project O became a Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate in 2018, an initiative supporting distinctive choreographic voices in their development.
NB: Voodoo contains strong language.
Tickets: £17. To book, call the ticket office on 020 7863 8000 or visit www.sadlerswells.com/.
Time: 9pm.
Also at Sadler’s Wells: Matthew Bourne’s double Olivier Award-winning production of The Red Shoes (until January 19, 2020).