Freeing the Body with the Pole


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​Rowena Gander 

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World Premiere

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“Rowena impressively worked with pole and humour…outstanding performance”





​North West End

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Who: Rowena Gander
What: Freeing the Body with the Pole
Where: Unity 1
When: 1:15pm-5:15pm - Friday the 19th of April
Age range: 16+
Website: www.rowenagander.com/
Socials:
Twitter / X  - @RowenaGander
Instagram - @RowenaGander 

​Tickets: 
​£10/£6 concessions with Unity theatre creative pool membership (free to join) - per one hour session
​Freeing my body with the pole - LIF 2024 (acc360.co.uk)
£15 for all four sessions 

​£36 Friday all access ticket - 7 left 

£78 Weekend all access ticket - SOLD OUT 


Performed by:  Rowena Gander

​Thanks to Phoenix Remix for the show interview - ​ Freeing the Body with the Pole 
thephoenixremix.com/2024/04/08/liverpool-improvisation-festival-interview-freeing-the-body-with-the-pole-rowena-gander/?fbclid=IwAR2n33vmFX6wkmD1hfOHpGerJ_UKyhZ3IuFcL8A4mK30ncsgNAKHbgvHZ2k_aem_AdmGTkmCdPUmT4JMgni-PMJu_wY90YSNET-_JhLN2gRaaNDwz3rle37uRzd5inL_tmNDIRb9BN4CCnMGEL-63zzQ

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Freeing The Body with The Pole is a 4-hour physically demanding durational performance where the performance artist reels off all the movements she can remember with the pole, until she cannot move anymore. The solo performer, who is known for rejecting traditional and stylistic aesthetic, continues to free her body from an acquired movement language that combines movement forms in contemporary dance, erotic dance, pole dance, and jazz dance. The spectator is invited to stay for part or the entire duration of the work. The work is inspired by Abramović’s “Freeing the Memory” (1976), which draws from Eastern Philosophies that aid a higher level of consciousness.

“Gander is an incredible physical theatre performer” – Number 9
 “An impressive physical performance... brutal.. yet hilarious" - Writebase
 “Rowena’s dance is incredible… saying so much with movement… a fine piece” Blackpool Social

Commissioned by Liverpool Improvisation Festival 2024

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