Marking a long-term collaboration between Efrosini Protopapa and Susanna Recchia, this solo piece revisits our 2004 work Umm… I… and uh…, in an attempt to explore the embodiment of thought through processes of translating past memory into present action. Alongside our continuing interest in game-like structures and performative situations that are semi-set / semi-improvised, in this work we incorporate the use of maps and movement scores to guide and support the performer’s process of remembering and translating. The audience is invited to witness the unfolding of a staged puzzle, as the performer reveals fragmentary recollections that oscillate between the anecdotal and the personal.

Conceived and choreographed by: Efrosini Protopapa
Created with and performed by: Susanna Recchia
Recorded monologues: Lucy May Constantini, Meghan Flanigan, Sarah Shorten, Amy Voris
Sound editing, costume and lighting: Efrosini Protopapa
Dramaturgical advice: Cath Willmore

Supported by Dance4, Laban and Roehampton University.

Presented at:

• Sandfield Theatre, Nottingham, March 2008, as part of the ‘Sharing Platform 2008’, organised by Dance4
• The Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton University, London, June 2008, as part of ‘Climbing Babel: Performance and perfection in translation’, a School of Arts research festival
• Tanzfabrik, Berlin, October 2008, as part of ‘Freistil: The Art of Improvisation’, curated by Gabriele Reuter
• Theater Kikker, Utrecht, April 2009, as part of ‘Europe in Motion / Springdance festival’
• The Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton University, London, April 2009, as part of ‘Dance Diary’