Told through Dan Daw’s unique blend of dance, narrative and iconography and Co-Directed by storytelling raver Stef O’Driscoll, ‘Over and Over (and over again)’ explores what happens when a beat takes hold, and we dare to colour outside the lines to create our own dance-floor utopia.

Trailer & Insight Video

Time stretches. The dance floor is a paradise. This moment is all there is. We are lifted by the lights, held by the music. Our hard edges soften and our hearts swell – finding place, finding ground, finding home.

Watch our Trailer and Insight video – also available in an Audio Described format – for a deeper understanding of the creative process behind Over and Over (and over again). Explore its themes, content, and the underlying concept driving the work.

Photography: Hugo Glendinning | Videography: Dorothy Allen-Pickard | Audio Description: Michael Achtman

Taking inspiration from rave culture and the lived experience of disabled dancers, Over and Over (and over again) is a search for utopia scored by a DJ set-like soundtrack of acid, house, techno, grime and everything in between. The show explores dance as a freedom practice and the innate need to move. It questions what dances the body remembers, and what brings people to the dance floor.

By asking for what they need, dancing their histories and telling their stories, five dancers release their burdens and reach for something better – however fleeting. Over and Over (and over again) combines Dan Daw’s blend of dance, narrative and iconography with Stef O’Driscoll’s storytelling and deep ties to rave culture to create a joyous, unapologetic act of resistance and liberation.

With moments that give you goosebumps, times that make you laugh, and themes that truly make you think, this production is a mesmerising way to spend an hour, capturing the perspective of disability within rave culture in a powerful and thought-provoking way.”
– ★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic Review

“It’s inspired by rave culture and the search for utopia, with a soundtrack of acid house, techno, grime and more. The performers dance out their histories in search for freedom’
– The Guardian’s Saturday Magazine

“A journey from a place of hardness to a feeling of freedom where all armour drops away. […] The show explores dance as a freedom practice and the innate need to move. It questions what dances the body remembers, and what brings people to the dance floor. By asking for what they need, dancing their histories and telling their stories, five dancers release their burdens and reach for something better – however fleeting.”
– One Dance UK

• Check out all our recent press articles, features and interviews with the Co-Directors of this piece.
• For more information about the creative process, please find our ‘Postcards from the Studio‘ – a series of weekly reflections written by our Co-Artistic Directors, sharing insights into our rehearsals.

With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

This commission was also supported by Arts Council England, and Cockayne Grants for the Arts, held at The London Community Foundation.

Read more about the creative team and the full list of credits on the Over and Over (and over again) work page.

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