about eden
eden (they/them) is a movement artist based between Bristol and Manchester.
As a non-binary person from the North of Ireland, betweenness and otheredness permeate their practice; with their work revolving around themes of identity, grief, and liminality. As such, eden creates work that spans dance theatre, performance art, writing and installation.
In 2023, eden was part of the Creative Futures residency hosted by Creative Youth Network, at the end of which eden premiered their performance art work Perspective Piece I alongside an exhibition of process-oriented works titled giglio. eden also worked with MoveManchester as a dance artist/performer as part of an ACE-funded R&D project developing their new piece of dance theatre Queeries, which aims to demystify queerness amidst a period of widespread anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and politicking.
In 2024, eden will be working with Amelia Hawk and Spike Island as a part of the engagement fellowship, alongside developing further Perspective Pieces, developing their practice as a massage therapist, writing about grief and clowns, and more. They will also be performing in Five Acts by Young In Hong at Spike Island in the Spring (see page titled ‘works’ for dates).
eden graduated from Bath Spa University in 2022, receiving the Talbot House Award as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Dance Practice for their dissertation work Hamartia. In the past, eden has worked with Amy Morvell, Isabel Potter, Chris Owens, Sarahsson, and Bath Spa University as a dance artist, assisting in research, and as a teacher.
eden is interested in Queer Studies, Performance Art, Dance, Verbatim Theatre, Somatic Studies Inter-disciplinary Work, Grief, Installation Art, Autotheory, Autofiction, Feminism, Site-Specific Performance, Fashion, Collaboration and Dramaturgy (the list is quite exhaustive, but the line had to be drawn somewhere).
As a non-binary person from the North of Ireland, betweenness and otheredness permeate their practice; with their work revolving around themes of identity, grief, and liminality. As such, eden creates work that spans dance theatre, performance art, writing and installation.
In 2023, eden was part of the Creative Futures residency hosted by Creative Youth Network, at the end of which eden premiered their performance art work Perspective Piece I alongside an exhibition of process-oriented works titled giglio. eden also worked with MoveManchester as a dance artist/performer as part of an ACE-funded R&D project developing their new piece of dance theatre Queeries, which aims to demystify queerness amidst a period of widespread anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and politicking.
In 2024, eden will be working with Amelia Hawk and Spike Island as a part of the engagement fellowship, alongside developing further Perspective Pieces, developing their practice as a massage therapist, writing about grief and clowns, and more. They will also be performing in Five Acts by Young In Hong at Spike Island in the Spring (see page titled ‘works’ for dates).
eden graduated from Bath Spa University in 2022, receiving the Talbot House Award as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Dance Practice for their dissertation work Hamartia. In the past, eden has worked with Amy Morvell, Isabel Potter, Chris Owens, Sarahsson, and Bath Spa University as a dance artist, assisting in research, and as a teacher.
eden is interested in Queer Studies, Performance Art, Dance, Verbatim Theatre, Somatic Studies Inter-disciplinary Work, Grief, Installation Art, Autotheory, Autofiction, Feminism, Site-Specific Performance, Fashion, Collaboration and Dramaturgy (the list is quite exhaustive, but the line had to be drawn somewhere).