Role: Co-creator
The body is an archive. It remembers everything – even the things that the head forgets.
The Body Remembers explores how trauma lives in the body, particularly for Black British women across different generations. Through a unique and compelling relationship between the audience and artist, it creates a cathartic experience.
The performance is inspired by the therapeutic practice of Authentic Movement with Heather Agyepong as The Mover and the audience as The Witness. Featuring interviews of Black British women in trauma recovery, dynamic projections and an immersive soundscape, the audience are supported to rediscover the power of self-reflection as the start of healing.
Photo: Myah Jeffers
Within the simplicity of the dance, the voice recordings and the projections, is the space for introspective thought, and Gail Babb’s dramaturgy finds this excellently.” ★★★★
London Theatre Tom Carter, October 2021
a rich and engrossing solo.”
Afridiziak Gerrard Martin, February 2022
★★★★
Team Credits
Creator/Performer: Heather Agyepong, Co-creator (dramaturgy): Gail Babb, Co-creator (movement): Imogen Knight, Video Designer: Gillian Tan, Sound Designer: Donato Wharton, Associate Sound Designer: Raffaela Pancucci, Stage Managers: Tanya Stephenson & Stella Kailides, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist: Dawn Estefan, Producers: Fuel Theatre