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The solo contortion piece Bending Over Backwards provided a physical consideration of Harris’ idea of the ‘can-do girl’ (2004) and the female body as participating in late modernity as part of a 40-minute group performance piece based on working in an office, a tongue in cheek, playful and comedic show including group dances, character work, narrative, aerial and contortion performances.

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The Bending Over Backwards performance was part of social circus group B.Collective’s BandBazi ‘Friday’ show, performed in Brighton 2nd June 2018 in partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council and Irene Mensah, directed by Alfa Marks, produced by Philippa Vafadari, starring Juice Orange, Kellie York, Sita Yegba, Aisling Child, Carolyn Watt.