
Mother Dearest
choreographed by Grace Nicol
Perfomed at The Place Theatre, London, May 2017 and at the Festival of Giants June 2017
Dancers: Alethia Antonia, Valerie Ebuwa, Maroula Iliopoulou, Claudia Palazzo, Martha Stylianou, Dennie Wilson
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A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.
The Three Graves, Coleridge
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[Motherhood is] the pleasing punishment that women bare
Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare
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The goal of female education must invariably be the future mother.
Adolf Hitler
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Because we have had countless past lives we have had countless mothers. Where are all these mothers now? They’re all the living beings alive today.
Buddha
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I have such respect for women. My mother was one of the great people I have known in my life.
Donald Trump
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Materials: rope, plastic, flour, milk.
Images Camilla Greenwell