Horses

What choices do we make? When do we choose to engage—and how? What happens when we do?

Horses is an outdoor participatory dance inspired by the radical justice tale of Michael Kohlhaas. Set in public spaces, this pop-up spectacle blends medieval fair, performance art, and protest in motion, reconnecting dance with everyday public life. 

The piece features a cast of three professional dancers alongside a community company, with flexibility to adapt or recreate the work using a local cast with great flexibility for both urban and rural settings.

Using improvisation, ballet, contemporary and street dance, storytelling, physical games, and group dynamics, Horses invites participants to explore dance as activism, connection, and creative agency. This one-of-a-kind experience provokes playful and provocative interaction, creating temporary communities through shared movement and collective expression.

Horses will premier in Summer 2026, and has previously been developed with support from Magnetic North’s Rough Mix Residency, Dance Base, Barrowland Ballet’s Wolf Pack and Garnethill Multicultural Centre.

Credits

Director - Eszter Marsalko

Dancers - Kemono Lebe Riot, Laura Bradshaw, Malcolm Sutherland, Vicki Manderson, Harvey Lancaster-Rous