Tempered Body Dance Theatre premieres it goes here now

it goes here now: dance theatre and human genetics expose fetishes, reveries and revulsions – and asks what it means to be human.

Inspired by the cultural debate on genetic modification and designer babies, it goes here now creates a dystopian world through contemporary dance. Intricate duets and delicate solos are brought to life by an original music score, and interplay with responsive projected images, to tell the narrative of innate human curiosity.
“Thrilling and daring; sometimes tender, sometimes brutal” LondonDance

Vigorous and energetic choreography is set in contrast with intricate and detailed physicality to stitch together a body of ideas from bio-clones and the alchemical homunculus to Frankenstein’s demon. Uniting a team of dancers with a geneticist, an ethicist, a composer, a designer, and visionary Canadian choreographer Maddy Wynne-Jones, this bold exploration is a journey into mankind’s obsession with anthropoeia.

Tempered Body Dance Theatre was founded in 2007. The company was Resident Company of Chisenhale Dance Space 2009-2012, and in April 2011 became Associate Company of Rich Mix.