And again but louder this time

by Eleanor Sikorski

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

And again, but louder this time, is a structured improvisation. Each night the dancers perform a different interpretation of the choreographic score. Sikorski has asked the dancers to practice performing together, to bridge the gap in feeling between what is familiar and what is unknown. Can we dance together without knowing what comes next? What if we think of choreography as a simple refrain that can be sung in many different ways, in many different keys by many different voices, at our leisure over and over again, until something new happens?

Cast: Jorden Brooks, Lucas Chery, Jacob Edwards, Mali Findlay, Eleni Green, Sylvie Holder, Abigail Mann, Solveig Helene Wiik Pedersen, Martha Pigg, Chasmine Tangen, Ben Whyman & Elicia Yeardley

Rehearsal director: Azzura Ardovini

Music: Which side are you on? by Florence Reece

Original score: Lewys Holt Costumes: Abigail Creasey

Lighting: Mark Baker

Eleanor Sikorski

Eleanor Sikorski is a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Leeds. She grew up in London and studied dance at London Contemporary Dance School. She has been making and touring her choreography on and off since 2011. Since 2015 she has been part of the dancer-led project Nora with fellow dancers Stephanie McMann and Flora Wellesley Wesley: together they invite choreographers to make work for them to perform, most recently making a film in collaboration with Eleanor Bauer and live work with Deborah Hay.

Over the years Eleanor has worked as a dancer for artists including Eva Recacha, Else Tunemyr, Seke Chimutengwende, Igor & Moreno, Gillie Kleiman, Joan Jonas, Alexandre Achour and William Hunt.

As a filmmaker she has worked with artists including Es Morgan, Sue MacLaine, Seke Chimutengwende and Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion.

With her partner, dance artist Lewys Holt, she co-hosts Roadhouse, a quarterly night for improvised dance performance in Leeds. She also works as a choreographic assistant and mentor, and makes comics.