LIMITS

SUBVERTING THE BODY BEAUTIFUL

LIMITS shares the story of a Grotesque Creature navigating the world through a stereotypically “hot-body”. As The Creature tries to live up to the world’s expectations, she is sabotaged by insecurity, self-hate and her own limitations.

Choreographed and performed by Bonnie Curtis, LIMITS wrenches audiences into the world of a Grotesque Creature struggling against her inner limitations and societal expectations. Audiences are asked to confront how visible disability challenges ideas of beauty as it plays out on stage.

Described as “outrageous, comedic and thought-provoking” by Sydney Arts Guide, Bonnie draws on her own experiences with invisible disability and functional impairment to create the powerful performance that shows how quickly we judge the exterior.

“There’s this idea that dancers can’t have a disability because they can’t dance, and to be a woman with a disability is to be some kind of hideous creature. Unfeminine. Unwomanly. That’s the idea behind making the work (LIMITS). To express the other side that people don’t see at first glance.”

LIMITS is a hard-hitting dark comedy that challenges perceptions of beauty, perfection and disability.

Choreographed and performed by Bonnie Curtis.

Read more about the development of Limits and the Creative Team.

LIMITS is Tour Ready. Please visit our Presenter Page for more information.

This project has been created with the support of Annandale Creative Arts Centre, Arts on Tour, the NSW Government through Create NSW as part of Arts Restart, Brand X, City of Sydney, Create NSW, Critical Path, DirtyFeet, March Dance and the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, provided through Regional Arts Australia, and in NSW through Regional Arts NSW.