Running from 20th to 22nd October, Manchester-based group Quarantine present Wallflower- a show that changes at every performance, in which the star of the show decides to re-enact a dancing memory.

It’s unlikely you remember every dance you’ve ever danced, but Wallflower is here to remind you.

Whether it was the school disco, your first slow dance, a drunken boogie down the street or a wedding waltz, Quarantine take their inspiration from the minutiae of everyday experience and turn that into a performance full of the joy of movement...

Memories of dancing alone all night at a party; of whirling across the stage at the Paris Opera Ballet; of silently, slowly revolving with a new lover on a canal boat at night; of a repeated tic – a bodily habit that feels like dancing; of walking alongside their mother; of racing with a dog across a beach; of dizzily spinning children; of weeping and dancing; of hitting the mark for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker….

Wallflower is a dance marathon, a game that alters according to the players. Like much of Quarantine’s work, Wallflower serves as a form of portraiture. Each night, the performers choose what they want to reveal, what story of themselves they want to tell. In the seats around the dance floor, the spectators bring their own histories, understanding and expectations.

And somewhere between the spotlight and the sidelines, Wallflower happens.

Quarantine's Wallflower from Dance Umbrella on Vimeo.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend Quarantine’s Wallflower at Battersea Arts Centre on Thursday 20th October at 19:30. To enter the competition, send an email to ava@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: Which of these films does not include a famous disco scene or scenes?

A: .1) Saturday Night Fever .2) Boogie Nights .3) Xanadu .4) Homeward Bound