Dance Object Revisited (2020)

Jacky Lansley in 'Dance Object Revisited' (2020), images courtesy of Cell Project Space, photograph by Rob Harris

As part of ‘Now What’ – an afternoon of new performances by members of X6 Collective for the exhibition ‘X6 Dance Space (1976-80): Liberation Notes’ at Cell Project Space – Jacky Lansley created a new performance and installation ‘Dance Object Revisited’ (2020) in which she was in dialogue with an earlier work ‘Dance Object’ (1977)  and her younger self.

This exhibition was the first presentation of work about the X6 Collective (1976-80), founded by dance artists Emilyn Claid, Maedée Duprès, Fergus Early, Jacky Lansley and Mary Prestidge.

 

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“A double-breasted blazer hangs in one corner, an exception to this archival logic, its pockets stuffed with, among other things, a toy gun and a copy of Juliet Mitchell’s Woman’s Estate (1971) tempting reactivation. This ensemble, first deployed by Lansley in Dance Object, 1977, tested the limits of performance; a scheduled live program featuring X6 members may just reprise the group’s politics for dancers (and viewers) navigating the same old problems today.”
Tom Hastings, Art Forum