THIS IS DANCE: This resting, patience by Ewa Dziarnowska

Sat 17th Oct 2026 to Sun 18th Oct 2026, various times

Saturday

Sunday

Location: Birmingham

Venue: Eastside Projects

UK Premiere

Part ghostly repository of unconsumed sensuality, an installative kinetic fadeout, part somatic (strip)tease, This resting, patience addresses attraction, voluntary objectification, proximity and the aesthetics of bareness.

Employing an experimental format, it upsets the passivity of installation and the time-delineation and dramaturgical resolution of performance and steps away from the tradition of viewing dance as an alienated spectacle to instead emphasize its immanent sociability. In its devotion to the body, This resting, patience proposes sensuousness and dancing as timeless and democratically available technologies of undoing the world and projecting the continuous present into a future that lasts, quintessentially tender, infatuated, attentive.

“This resting, patience is one of those rare shows that make you feel like the first time you’re seeing dance… [it] brushes off all memories and brings back the old-forgotten feeling of falling in love.”

Springback Magazine

This performance is part of THIS IS DANCE, co-presented by Fabric and Fierce Festival

Image by Spyros Rennt

Key Information

Suitable for ages 18+.

Content warnings: flashing lights, loud bangs, loud music, nudity and sexual content

Duration

3 hours

Pricing

Generous: £40

Standard: £20

Concession: £12

Access

The building is wheelchair accessible. There is a step at the entrance but a ramp is available. There are two gender neutral toilets available, both are gender neutral with one fully accessible toilet. Find out more here.

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