Because I Can/When the Bleeding Stops

When the Bleeding Stops
When the Bleeding Stops is a performance work by Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir addressing the silence and taboo that seems to engulf menopause in Western society, as well as her personal experience of aging as a dancer.

After suffering an injury five years ago, Lovísa was forced to reconsider her relationship with dance and the body. This process opened her eyes to the silence around menopause and her own lack of knowledge on the subject. She began researching and posted an open invitation online where she invited menopausal women to participate in her project. Before she knew it, she was working with a large number of women from across Icelandic society.

When the Bleeding Stops invites the audience into a world of vulnerability, shame, empathy and humour. The work transports us into the privacy of the participants homes, and dives deep into the many layers of the female experience associated with menopause and invites us to laugh, cry and celebrate with these women.

Because I Can
Because I Can is a delicate dance solo made by Eva Recacha in collaboration with iconic British performer Lauren Potter and sound artist Alberto Ruiz Soler. The work visits notions of power, memory and growing old.

In a poetic stream of consciousness memories flow in and out of grasp, leaving a delicate scent of nostalgia and loss. Witness the performer revisit various memories, her presence becoming an ode to a quiet yet liberating rebelliousness that turns intimacy into a tower of power.