Moving Through Time: A Dance Experiment

According to physics, every person traces their own unique path through spacetime...

In this unique movement experience, you’ll explore what that means on the dancefloor: speeding up, slowing down, looping, stretching and reshaping as we play with how time moves, bends and flows.

Created by artists Geraldine Cox and Emma Bellerby in collaboration with physicist Professor Mike Tarbutt from Imperial College London, this session blends scientific insight with guided dance and improvisation. From Einstein’s theory of relativity, which suggests each of us carries our own personal time, to Goethe’s poetic reflections on time’s passing, this workshop investigates how scientists and artists alike have tried to grasp something that never stands still.

Whether you’re curious about the physics of time, fascinated by creative interpretations of science, or simply want to move your body, join us to feel time a little differently!

Moving Through Time: A Dance Experiment will run at 13.45–14.25, 15.15–15.55, and 16.45–17.25 on both Saturday and Sunday.

This is a ticketed event, advance booking will open shortly.

Visitor information

This event is a ticketed event, best suited for adults. 

If you have an advance ticket, please arrive at the venue 10 minutes before the start time. Your ticket gives you priority access, however, as this is a free event we overbook to help ensure a full event and your space may be reallocated. Early arrival reduces this risk.

This event has step-free access; a wheelchair ramp is located on the Prince's Garden side of the Goethe-Institut's building providing access to the auditorium. 

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