News: Lizzie Klotz – Abundance

This spring, dance artist Lizzie Klotz unveils Abundance, a new intergenerational project exploring care, connection and collective rest. Blending live performance, installation and community activity, the work invites audiences across the North East to slow down and experience togetherness in a softer, more spacious way.

The stage production premieres at Dance City on Wednesday 2nd April, before touring to Queen’s Hall, Hexham (22nd April) and Alnwick Playhouse (25th April). Six dancers — three professional, three community performers — move through shifting landscapes of colourful duvets, accompanied by live music from Me Lost Me, creating a world that drifts between stillness, play and release.

A companion installation opens at The NewBridge Project from 6th June–15th August, transforming the gallery into an immersive duvet‑built environment shaped with local collaborators. The wider programme also includes clay workshops led by ceramicist Megan Randall and community feasts with chef Kaltouma Hassaballah, extending Abundance into a shared space of making, resting and gathering.

Talking about Abundance, choreographer Lizzie Klotz adds:
“I have been working with a team of collaborators to explore our associations to the word, ‘abundance.’ It has opened up conversations about local and global resources, alongside the daily aim and challenges of resisting urgency and perfectionism.”

“As a group, we have spoken and explored ideas around pushing back on pressures and pulls, with an aim to observe and feel present in how we show up.

“My practice is rooted in care, play and embodied connection, and I’m passionate about creating meaningful experiences for people. With that, I’m excited for the work to meet audiences as the process of creating it has been deeply enjoyable.”