'A Reason for Falling' by Hwa Wei-An - Echo Echo Festival of Dance and Movement
Date: 14 March 2025 - 15 March 2025
Venue: Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, Waterloo House, Magazine Street, Derry, Londonderry, BT48 6HH
A Reason for Falling is an exploration of the possibilities that exist between a loss of balance and a meeting with the ground.
A Reason for Falling is an exploration of the possibilities that exist between a loss of balance and a meeting with the ground. It is a look at what happens when we let go of control, give in to gravity, and embrace the experience of a fall.
This work is inspired by the experience of watching freeriding, the practice of riding down uncurated mountain faces on bikes, snowboards or skis. It is one dancer's way of translating these practices from vast, open terrains onto the flat, safe space of the dance floor, and to pursue possibility, wonder, and joy.