Ways of Being is a contemporary dance work by artist and choreographer Roberta Jean. It premiered at Tramway in Glasgow and Sadler’s Wells in London in late 2023.
Roberta Jean’s work and life has been shaped by her experience of a neuroendocrine disease that impacts mental health. Ways of Being draws on a rich multitude of adjacent source themes, from psychedelic therapy and witchcraft to botanics and the interplay between the brain and hormones. Featuring an ensemble of extraordinary dance artists that include long term collaborator, Stephanie McMann as well as Katye Coe, Maëva Berthelot and Nicole Nevitt.
“Investigative somatic-based movement, an atmospheric visual landscape by Hollie Miller, and Jude Christian’s poetic narrative incorporated into Jonathan Webb’s soundtrack tells Jean’s remarkable story, of living with this debilitating condition: the failed conventional drugs, the descent into dark places and the discovery of alternative healing methods.” (Dance Art Journal)