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Theatre & Dance

Yinka Esi Graves

The Disappearing Act

Thu 9 Oct 2025

Djanogly Theatre

Concession prices available.

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In her first solo production, Yinka Esi Graves draws on her experience as a flamenco dancer of Afro-Caribbean descent and the questions this has raised throughout her career.

In a three-part performance, she explores notions of removal, absence and invisibility through camouflage and crypsis. Combining dance, live flamenco music, text and live video, the work takes the form of a reimagined Ghanaian Concert Party.

This performance is followed by a post show talk.

The Disappearing Act is part of Nottdance festival. 

Photo © Jérôme Quadri

 

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Production photos

A woman dressed in purple dances flamenco on stage
Three people performs on stage while one of their faces is projected in big behind them
A woman performs flamenco on stage
A woman performs flamenco on a dark stage with a musician in the background
A dancer wearing blue trousers and a white shirt takes up a crab position in a white studio space.
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