BELONGING(s) is a site-responsive promenade piece that meanders through in- and outdoor spaces, encouraging the audience to see the familiar in new ways whilst subtly provoking thoughts on migration and the notion of belonging.

Performed by an international and intergenerational company of 9 dancers, the piece unfolds in three main scenes, each set in a different location. Combining contemporary dance and an integral use of objects and locality, the performers turn industrial, derelict and residential landscapes into illusionary worlds.  Led along the way from one site to the next, the audience encounters additional pop up performance vignettes and installations created with, and performed by people from the local community.

The piece is tailor-made to each place it tours to, influenced by its environment. In each city on tour, the work is adapted by Maresa von Stockert and her team of professional performers who come together with groups of local participants for a unique shared experience.

Running time: circa 75 – 90 minutes depending on locations

“the best UK outdoor show at Brighton Festival 2016 … with a level of ambition and emotional content that our audiences rarely experience in outdoor work.”

Andrew Comben, Chief Executive, Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival

“Tilted are without question one of the most interesting and accomplished companies to be working in the field of site-specific dance and physical performance. The quality of the choreography combined with the powerful use of physical location is remarkable.”

2017, Simon Chatterton, Head of Outdoor Arts, 101 Outdoors Arts Creation Space & New Greenham Arts

“BELONGING(s) was thought-provoking and inspiring.”

2016, Anne Le Goff, Director Atelier 231 and Viva Cité Festival

“Such a beautiful and inventive piece – also so moving.”

Bradley Hemmings, Artistic Director, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

Fragile unfolds on a large-scale transformative set that depicts a derelict building’s rooftop and subtly integrates a tightwire and a trampoline that tilts.  The choreography seamlessly combines contemporary circus, dance and physical theatre as it exposes tender as well as dysfunctional relationships that become entwined in this rooftop paradise of green discomfort and warped realities.

Fragile was on an extensive national and international tour from May until September 2013 – 32 performances in 3 different countries with audiences reaching altogether approximately 18,000 people. The tour included performances at Asteroid Festival, Copenhagen, DK; Escapades d’été, Cherbourg, FR; Festival Z’Amis, Soirs d’été, Caen, FR; Festival Sortie de bains, Granville, FR; Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, London, UK; Mintfest, Kendal Norfolk and Norwich Festival; Salisbury International Arts Festival, UK; Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth, UK; Regneville sur mer, FR; Stockton International Riverside Festival, UK; Viva Cité Festival, FR.

Running time: 80 minutes

“a carpet of moss covers part of the set, greenery invites itself and takes over. As if reacting to the sylvan properties of the place, the performers hang upside down, in one movement defying gravity and classical perspectives, and at the same time the conventions of human relationships.”

Antoine Boyer, Sylvain Marchand, ZEPA2 article

“…The hidden trampoline in the rooftop set is a delight and Laura Smith and Mark Piekloʼs expertly choreographed jumps and twists were poetry to watch.”

James Goffin, Norwich Evening News

BELONGING(s) is a site-responsive promenade piece that meanders through in- and outdoor spaces, encouraging the audience to see the familiar in new ways whilst subtly provoking thoughts on migration and the notion of belonging.

Performed by an international and intergenerational company of 9 dancers, the piece unfolds in three main scenes, each set in a different location. Combining contemporary dance and an integral use of objects and locality, the performers turn industrial, derelict and residential landscapes into illusionary worlds.  Led along the way from one site to the next, the audience encounters additional pop up performance vignettes and installations created with, and performed by people from the local community.

The piece is tailor-made to each place it tours to, influenced by its environment. In each city on tour, the work is adapted by Maresa von Stockert and her team of professional performers who come together with groups of local participants for a unique shared experience.

Running time: circa 75 – 90 minutes depending on locations

“the best UK outdoor show at Brighton Festival 2016 … with a level of ambition and emotional content that our audiences rarely experience in outdoor work.”

Andrew Comben, Chief Executive, Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival

“Tilted are without question one of the most interesting and accomplished companies to be working in the field of site-specific dance and physical performance. The quality of the choreography combined with the powerful use of physical location is remarkable.”

2017, Simon Chatterton, Head of Outdoor Arts, 101 Outdoors Arts Creation Space & New Greenham Arts

“BELONGING(s) was thought-provoking and inspiring.”

2016, Anne Le Goff, Director Atelier 231 and Viva Cité Festival

“Such a beautiful and inventive piece – also so moving.”

Bradley Hemmings, Artistic Director, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

Fragile unfolds on a large-scale transformative set that depicts a derelict building’s rooftop and subtly integrates a tightwire and a trampoline that tilts.  The choreography seamlessly combines contemporary circus, dance and physical theatre as it exposes tender as well as dysfunctional relationships that become entwined in this rooftop paradise of green discomfort and warped realities.

Fragile was on an extensive national and international tour from May until September 2013 – 32 performances in 3 different countries with audiences reaching altogether approximately 18,000 people. The tour included performances at Asteroid Festival, Copenhagen, DK; Escapades d’été, Cherbourg, FR; Festival Z’Amis, Soirs d’été, Caen, FR; Festival Sortie de bains, Granville, FR; Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, London, UK; Mintfest, Kendal Norfolk and Norwich Festival; Salisbury International Arts Festival, UK; Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth, UK; Regneville sur mer, FR; Stockton International Riverside Festival, UK; Viva Cité Festival, FR.

Running time: 80 minutes

“a carpet of moss covers part of the set, greenery invites itself and takes over. As if reacting to the sylvan properties of the place, the performers hang upside down, in one movement defying gravity and classical perspectives, and at the same time the conventions of human relationships.”

Antoine Boyer, Sylvain Marchand, ZEPA2 article

“…The hidden trampoline in the rooftop set is a delight and Laura Smith and Mark Piekloʼs expertly choreographed jumps and twists were poetry to watch.”

James Goffin, Norwich Evening News