MaMa

Artistic direction and choreography by Kirsten Newell and Oxana Banshikova.

MaMa is a motherhood-inspired South Asian dance production exploring themes of pregnancy and early motherhood. The production reflects on the joys and the fears, the exhilaration and exhaustion of becoming a new mum. Bringing together gorgeous videography, an irresistible blend of Celtic and Carnatic music and two dancers performing with sympathy, sensitivity and skill, MaMa does not shy away from some of the darkest feelings that can overcome new parents, but neither does it indulge them. Instead, it observes them and lets them be. It is a compassionate, supportive and inclusive piece. New parents, overwhelmed whether by joy or anxiety, can feel the need for their own mothering. This production, in its beauty, its gentleness and its non- judgemental compassion, provides just that. It is a production about mothers - but it is also a mothering caress.

MaMa was awarded funding by Creative Scotland in 2022 and toured extensively across Scotland. In 2023 MaMa was supported by Made In Scotland onward touring and toured internationally at AWAKE festival in Hong Kong, December 2023.

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