Between a conference and a solo dance, 4 Legs Good Remix is a joyful and sharp exploration of the non-normative body. Claire Cunningham opts for a dance-conference to humorously etch out the construction of her identity as a dancer and choreographer from a practice based on the daily use, subversion and distortion of her crutches. On stage, the latter become actual dance partners. Far from being mere accessories, they are conceived as extensions to the dancer’s body, from which a specific choreographic vocabulary is devised, outside of the techniques made for normative bodies. Alternating between a personal narrative, analyses and danced demonstrations, the choreographer interrogates what disabilities change in our way of thinking about virtuosity, performance and transmission. 4 Legs Good Remix is a generous self-portrait, an invitation to acknowledge the creative power of non-normative bodies and to broaden our perception of what dance can be. A manifesto-piece, where constraints become a driving force fueling creativity and emancipation.
Claire Cunningham
Claire Cunningham is a performer and creator of multi-disciplinary performance based in Glasgow, Scotland. One of the UK’s most acclaimed and internationally renowned disabled artists, Cunningham’s work is rooted in the study of Crip & disabled experience, practices of care and questioning societal ideas of knowledge and value. A self-identifying disabled artist, Cunningham’s work combines multiple art forms and ranges from the intimate solo show ME (Mobile/Evolution) (2009), to the large ensemble work 12 made for Candoco Dance Company. In October 2023, Claire joined the Inter-University Centre for Dance (HZT) in Berlin as the Einstein Professor of “Choreography, Dance and Disability Arts” and in 2024, premiered a new solo work, Songs of the Wayfarer which was nominated for ‘Achievement in Dance’ at the 2025 UK Theatre Awards and continues to tour internationally.