This autumn, Jasmin Vardimon will première her new work, Medusa, a reflection on the powerful feminine symbol of Medusa, the myth and its various connotations in our contemporary life, as the climax of the twentieth anniversary year of her company.
Vardimon will examine the gendered historical significance of Medusa—the myth, the symbolism and the philosophical idea of ‘reflection’—in the new full-length production, which will also explore her aquatic symbolism in the environmental future of our seas.
The production will run at Sadler’s Wells, and tour to Gulbenkian Canterbury, Northcott Theatre Exeter, Dance East and Cambridge Junction.
Vardimon said, "whilst eschewing a retelling of the story itself, I’m interested in the Greek myth of Medusa as an inspiration and as a metaphor to reflect on this powerful symbol of womanhood and examine its contemporary resonances and significance to the world around us."