Pit is about public space and the social, psychological, and ecological effects of modern urbanism. Set in an unspecified metropolis where concrete has purged all natural life, one defiant weed persists. The work blurs the lines between its fictional world and the reality of contemporary life, provoking audiences to reflect on the relationship between performance, power and pedestrian.

Commissioned by CoisCéim Dance Theatre as part of BENCH, a collection of dance works curated by David Bolger highlighting everyday spaces as creative places.

Free event, all welcome.

Credits
Choreographer/Performer: Alex Vostokova
DJ: Jack Colley
Additional Music: Flying Columns by Local Gods

Tickets: Free

Date: Sun Sept 6
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Venue: St. Laurence Street

Alex Vostokova

Alex Vostokova is a dance artist, choreographer and director working across live performance, improvisation and film as well as teaching and facilitating in Ireland. An Associate Artist at Dance Limerick, she has been supported by Arts Council Ireland and Dance Ireland. Alex explores how our environment impacts identity, with a focus on socio-cultural issues, surrealism, and the intersection of dance with other mediums. Her work invites curiosity about dance as a resilient artform as well as movement that isn’t ‘perfect’ but rather emphasises the fact that it is such a communal practice.