One Foot in the Dark

‘One Foot in the Dark’ is an exploration of our known and unknown experiences of identity, culture and change through text and movement. The answers we are often looking for are waiting on the other side of discomfort, challenging norms and old stories from the past.

It comprises a double bill of a solo ‘The Skeleton is White’ and duet ‘Six Degrees from Home’, both honest explorations of two artists understanding what it means to navigate through life, questions and unknowns.

Divija Melally & Saili Katebe have been collaborating since 2022, working with movement and poetry to explore common themes of interest and curiosity. They are keen to explore the ways in which movement and language in their various forms can come together to facilitate a creative outlet for the stories that we carry. They are interested in human experiences, interactions, and all the different ways in which “being human” manifests in the world.

There will be a Q&A with the artists after the show.

"Melally has managed to encapsulate an overwhelmingly huge topic into something beautiful, powerful and cool. The image of Melally’s dancing among a mass of white balls of differing sizes – each movement sending the balls rippling to the edges of the stage – is an enduring one that will stay with me for a long time. " Quaere Living