Plue is a bizarre kaleidoscope of colour, movement & queerness, stimulating conversations about rural LGBTQIA+ couples’ experiences of Lockdown.
Joe & Elinor are a queer couple. They spent Lockdown together in Somerset. Plue is a performance created in response to their experience and conversations they had with rural members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The project aims to act as a vibrant online resource for audience’s seeking to contextualise their own Lockdown experiences. Feel free to explore discussions about isolation, queer visibility & expression.
Plue is funded by Arts Council England and supported by Arts Admin, Taunton Pride, 2BU, Diversity Trust, Somerset Lesbian Network and QART.
Home Page photography by Rocio Chacon.
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Joe + Elinor
Joe Garbett is a choreographer, associate lecturer and international performer passionate about making dance both accessible & experimental. In 2019 he self-produced, directed and choreographed a 32 date tour which took him and his work to urban & rural spaces as well as China. His work has been previously commissioned & supported by Arts Council England, The Place, Sports England, GDIF, National Theatre, East London Dance, Studio Wayne McGregor, Table Tennis England & Protein Dance. Joe has performed at Tate Modern, Glastonbury Festival, Sadler's Wells, and World Stage Design Festival, museums, pubs, clubs and everything in-between. In 2014 Joe co-founded of aKa Dance Theatre Co.
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Elinor Lewis makes & performs work that straddles dance, live art & installation. She is passionate about creating performance that playfully challenges audiences to expand their understanding of what dance can be. She currently holds a 2020 DanceXchange Choreography Award. Elinor’s work-in-progress, TIMBER, has been shared at Artsadmin & The Place through Touch Wood & Dance Umbrella. TIMBER’s final phase of development has been commissioned by The Place, DanceXchange & Esmee Fairbairn Foundation & is planned for early 2021. Elinor’s first work Orchard was supported by Arts Council England, Goldsmiths College & The Place through Choreodrome 2018. Orchard was selected for Aerowaves Twenty19 & performed internationally in Denmark, Spain & France.
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