Lucy is a Dance Artist and Molly is a Retired Greyhound. Through companionship, they have evolved a practice of reclining together. It began four years ago as way to bond, connect and commune at a bodily level. During the pandemic, the reclining has taken on deeper significance, especially in relation to the act and role of rest and why it is so difficult to achieve.

The Giant Dog Bed is an invitation into a practice that follows the greyhound’s ability to translate rest into power.

Together we slip and slumber.

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Lucy Suggate is a dance artist and choreographer based in the UK. Making working since 2003, she is recognised for her articulate and engaging solo performances as well as choreographic installations and public scores inspired by change and cooperation.  Her movement practice is an ongoing inquiry into the perceptual and physical expansion that occurs when engaged in long-term moving and thinking. https://www.lucysuggate.com/

Lucy Suggate – Dance Artist
Molly Suggate – Greyhound
Helen McIntosh – Producer
Caitlin and Andrew Webb-Ellis – Artist Filmmakers

Commissioned by: Take Me Somewhere
Supported by: Creative Scotland, The Work Room, Dance Base
Photo: Amy Sinead Photography.