RESOLUTION 26: Algo Au and Cynthia Cheung, Lucy Turner and Dance Collide

Resolution Festival

This image is divided into three parts. On the left, in red light, two rows of people, with the front row lying on their backs propped on elbows with knees bent, and the row behind leaning forward with arms hanging down. In the centre, an extended arm clenched in a fist, dressed in a sheer, beige stocking which is being pulled down by another hand, and with a disproportionately small person, wearing a beige leotard, crouching on all fours atop the arm, gazing toward the viewer. On the right, a person with short hair wearing a blue shirt leans forward with their face down, holding on their back another person whose hair is long and partially braided, wearing a navy T-shirt layered over a light purple long sleeve, and holding a yellow rose in their hand.

About RESOLUTION 26: Algo Au and Cynthia Cheung, Lucy Turner and Dance Collide

In red light, two rows of people, with the front row lying on their backs propped on elbows with knees bent, and the row behind leaning forward with arms hanging down.

介乎於 – Intersection

Always seeking the middle ground — the balance — Algo Au and Cynthia Cheung dig deep into musicality and artistry through their understandings of hip-hop, their Asian roots and contemporary dance.

介乎於 – Intersection explores the shifting place we call the present: a moment defined by culture, by style, by individuality.

About Algo Au and Cynthia Cheung

Algo Au and Cynthia Cheung are from Hong Kong. After years of experience in hip-hop, they first gained international recognition through CHESTROLL Dance Crew before expanding into contemporary dance. Drawing on musicality, precision, fluidity, and more, they explore the intersection of hip-hop and contemporary practices, discovering a dynamic present that balances culture, style, and individuality. Their work spans international performance, choreography, and teaching, with projects at venues including the British Museum, West Kowloon Arts Park, The Place, Olympia London, and collaborations with leading artists worldwide. They have also taught in Hong Kong, London, and Tokyo.

cast and creatives

Choreographers: Algo Au, Cynthia Cheung

Dancers: Bianca Cheung, Cynthia Cheung, Joyce Wong, Ying Yen Yvonne WANG

An extended arm clenched in a fist, dressed in a sheer, beige stocking which is being pulled down by another hand, and with a disproportionately small person, wearing a beige leotard, crouching on all fours atop the arm, gazing toward the viewer.

The ‘Ten-In-One’ Girl

Roll up! Roll up! Come and see ten monsters for the price of one in today’s Freak Show.

Lucy Turner’s The ‘Ten-In-One’ Girl unearths the hidden exploitation of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in circus history. This solo work considers the role of disability in entertainment, and the line in which invisible conditions become bizarre spectacles.

Be the first in your bloodline to experience a contortion of shapes and threading of limbs that only our resident freak(s) can do! Wracked with themes of identity and subjugation, learn about 10 forgotten freaks cursed by their own genetics, as they writhe within one body.

About the artist

Lucy Turner is a London-based artist whose style is often described as 'a mathematical dance equation’. She distills this from her versatile training across dance diasporas and theatre – mainly featuring threading, isolation and shape creation in her work. Her recognisable movement carves the human body into a geometric tool, and analyses Bob Fosse’s use of form through a disabled lens. In 2019, Lucy debuted solo work on BBC One’s The Greatest Dancer, later that year winning the Tudor Rose Choreography Cup. Since, her choreography has been performed at The Place, Wilton’s Music Hall and Move It Dance Convention.

cast and creatives

Choreographer and Performer: Lucy Turner

Photographer and Videographer: Alishia Stride

A person with short hair wearing a blue shirt leans forward with their face down, holding on their back another person whose hair is long and partially braided, wearing a navy T-shirt layered over a light purple long sleeve, and holding a yellow rose in their hand.

Yellow Rose

Yellow Rose explores the emotional impact of dementia through the narrative of a couple's lifelong relationship. The work looks at how illness can reshape identity, love and connection, even before physical loss happens.

Moving and personal, this duet invites consideration as to how we support those living with dementia, and those who love them. Audiences will be moved by the relationship that develops and degrades over the course of the piece, and acknowledge the deep care needed to allow connections to flourish before it's too late.

About dance collide

Dance Collide is an emerging duo based in Berkshire, dedicated to storytelling through fused contemporary contact vocabulary. Co-founders Reuben Spencer and Lauren Williams created Yellow Rose with support from Pavilion Dance South West and Pett Clausen-Knight Dance.

Reuben is a freelance teacher and producer of Young Performers Showcase at The Corn Exchange in Newbury. He choreographs on his own RS Dance Company for local dancers ages 18-25. Lauren freelances as a teacher, choreographer and performer across contemporary dance and theatre disciplines, most recently in Am I Actually Living?!?. She also runs and creates her own projects with Indigo Movement Company.

cast and creatives

Choreographed and performed by Reuben Spencer and Lauren Williams

Lighting Design: Vicky Allen

This piece was supported by Pavilion Dance South West and Pett Clausen-Knight Dance.