Eira Dance Theatre, Magdalena Mannion and Bea Bidault
Resolution Festival 2025
About Eira Dance Theatre, Magdalena Mannion and Bea Bidault
Golden Leaves
The soft steam of peach blossom tea swirls in the air.
Golden Leaves is a meditative dance duet combining nature-inspired floorwork with elements of butoh to contemplate on Summer’s vitality within Winter’s solitude. Immersed in a soundscape of rustling canopies, this piece offers space to encounter the glowing underside of a leaf, inviting you to lean in and wonder or lean back and ponder.
This is a performance for those seeking stillness in the busyness and warmth within Winter.
About Eira Dance Theatre
Eira Dance Theatre (formerly The Motion Pack) is a UK-based ambient dance company, creating meditative encounters that inspire stillness in the busyness. Through interdisciplinary arts, our work unfolds like the slow drip of coffee, offering time to dive into the imagination and inspire harmony in a society rife with social and ecological dissonance.
Cast & Credit
Choreographer: Billy Maxwell Taylor
Dancers: Maggie Tin Lok Chan & Billy Maxwell Taylor
Composer: Stefan Janik
Soundscape Artist: Billy Maxwell Taylor
Costume Designer: Dr. Lara Kipp
Company Artist: Phoebe Lester
Jane
Jane is a solo contemporary flamenco dance work which explores the wild inner life of an introvert, of quiet rebellion against the norm, and questions the boundaries that social expectation and routine place on our existence. Originally inspired by the figure of the madwoman in the attic in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - this piece explores our relationship with altitude and isolation.
Jane is a collaboration with composer and cellist Colin Alexander.
About Magdalena Mannion
Magdalena is a flamenco dance artist who is interested in how flamenco can occupy contemporary spaces and communicate with other art forms. She trained extensively in flamenco in Spain (Amor de Dios, Conservatorio Superior de Danza Maria de Avila, ESMUC) as well as at contemporary schools NSCD and Merce Cunningham NYC.
She is co-director of Luz & Mannion Dance (formerly Dotdotdot Dance), and has toured in companies such as Rafaela Carrasco Company, Adriana Bilbao Company & Riverdance. Between 2013-2020 she was a regular soloist and resident artist in Madrid’s traditional flamenco venues where she formed the foundations for experimenting with the traditional form.
Cast & Credit
Choreographer & Performer: Magdalena Mannion
Original composition & Cello: Colin Alexander
LES NUAGES
Les Nuages is a mesmerizing 35-minute solo dance performance that delves into the intricate human emotions of loneliness and the yearning for connection. Through the evocative performance, the dancer explores how our perceptions of life—shaped by a blend of real experiences and imagined realities—impact these feelings. The performance navigates the delicate line between isolation and the desire for togetherness, illustrating how both tangible and intangible elements of our experiences influence our emotional landscape. Les Nuages offers a poignant reflection on the complexities of the human psyche, resonating deeply with audiences on an emotional and intellectual level.
About Bea Bidault
Bea Bidault is a choreographer, movement researcher, and performer who delves into human connection and identity through mesmerizing, fictional, visual, and sensory performances. Recently, she performed "Les Nuages" at Ugly Duck, Battersea Arts Centre, and Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre. Her choreographic work has been showcased across the UK and Spain, including the Museum of Modern Art in Valencia and Deltebre Festival.
Bea has collaborated with Teac Damsa, directed by Michael Keegan-Dolan, and worked with Becky Namgauds as a movement director and performer. She has also worked with circus performer Loosy Smokes, film director Miranda Stern, and for a new Disney film production. Recently, she joined Akram Khan Company in their touring production "The Jungle Book Reimagined."
Originally from Barcelona, Bea discovered her passion for dance in her early twenties. Immersing herself in the art form, she found purpose and connection, leading her to pursue a Master’s degree at the London School of Contemporary Dance.
Cast & Credits
Direction & Choreography: Bea Bidault
Performer: Bea Bidault
Rehearsal Direction: Becky Namgauds, Theo Arran, Aki Iwamoto
Associate Movement Artists: Connor Scott, Theo Arran, Bonni Bogya
Music: Mayah Kadish
Sound Programming: Jaimie Hamilton
Costume Designer: Shanti Bell
Producer: Polly Cuthbert
Producer support: Silvia Carradori
With the support of the Jaime Iddon Award granted by Blast Theory, the European Mobility Award Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre and Ugly Duck.
