Baggage

We all have it—baggage, the invisible burdens we carry that are often too complex, too personal, and too heavy to share.

This duet, combining tap, contemporary dance, and original live music, delves into the emotional journey of carrying these unseen weights. Baggage offers a heartfelt exploration into the highs and lows of life, presenting an uplifting, relatable, and moving piece of dance theatre that seeks to connect us all through our shared experiences.

Baggage was created under ‘A Space to Call Home’ funded by Arts Council England, delivered by Marina Studios Foundation in partnership with DanceHub CIC.

Artistic Director and Choreographer: Lucy Clark

Performers: Lucy Clark and Clea Godsill

Composer and original live music: Philip Kinshuck

Live music: Lucy Tapper

Mentors: Andrea Walker and Ellie Bishop-Williams

Special thanks to:

Marina Studios Foundation

Vincent Dance Theatre

Brighton Dome

South East Dance

Lucy Clark is a disabled dance artist and choreographer producing highly rhythmical contemporary dance theatre pieces infused with elements of tap, hip hop, and jazz. Her work combines her lived experiences with elements of neuropsychology, in order to produce performances that encourage connection by initiating conversations that usually remain unspoken.

Since graduating from Trinity Laban in 2022, Clark has toured previous work across the UK in theatres and art venues such as Brighton Dome, The Place, South East Dance, Cambridge Junction, The Gulbenkian Theatre, Theatre Deli, and Camden People’s Theatre, and was commissioned by Dancin’ Oxford and Pegasus Theatre to create ‘That thing’ (2023) which received a 5 star review on its premiere in Oxford.

Clark is driven to champion disabled artists’ voices, through producing accessible and meaningful dance theatre works which effortlessly interweave science, social issues and movement.