Eve Stainton

King Kong Editions presents a limited edition by @evestainton , curated by @lorenzoxiques . Litter Tray Series – Ailuranthropy (2021) forms part of Stainton’s ongoing exploration of intimacy, queerness, and DIY languages. Working across performance, sculpture and digital collage, the artist constructs environments where gesture, material, and community intersect. King Kong Editions, a curated program by King Kong Studio, publishes limited museum-quality prints on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta Satin 300, digitally signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The edition and full interview are now available via our webshop—link in bio.

BEYOND grateful for the opportunities towards the end of last year with this new work! 🖤🖤From car parks to warehouses to theatres 🤍🤍 The Joystick and The Reins At @transform_leeds International festival with @airedale_symphony_orchestra conducted by @bencrickmusic & @actoral_ International Festival in Marseille with orchestra assembled and conducted by @frederic_isoletta_forever 🔉 Next performance of this work is in a few weeks in Copenhagen as part of IPAF at @dansehallerne Co curated by @warehouse9.dk TICKET LINK IN BIO, loads of good ones in the programme come down, if travel is possible 💓 @michaelkitchinn @sara.sassanelli @edwardjamessaunders @maeva_berthelot @ggbiberkopf @temitope_ajosecutting @florence_peake @heni_hale @amyletman @emaboswood Pp+a Photos by JMA photography and Gregoire Edouard

Meet Eve Stainton ✨⁠ ⁠ Eve is an artist and choreographer presenting their new choreographic performance, The Joystick and The Reins, in Hallen on March 19–21 as part of the IPAF festival.⁠ ⁠ Accompanied by Ennio Morricone’s haunting score for The Thing (1982), the work explores who is perceived as a “threat” in society — and who holds the power to define that threat. The piece examines how marginalised groups have been instrumentalised through systems of oppression and authoritarian control.⁠ ⁠ 🎟 Book your tickets today via the link in bio.⁠ Explore the full program of IPAF on Dansehallerne.dk

LAST EVER IMPACT DRIVER SHOW NEXT WEEK! (probably?) 💋 @cambridgejunction J1 💋19th Nov 💋7:30 💋get carpooling London ppl if you missed the ICA premieres and have followed this over the last 2 years-the time is now Ticket link in bio Here’s some stuff from the recent tour @audrafestival Lithuania @dansehallerne Copenhagen, @fruitmarketgallery Edinburgh, rehearsals @london_performance_studios 🩷 Love to the team @michaelkitchinn @wet_mess @romeoroxmangatt @karimafrancis @tinkflaherty @charlie.nohome @h.s.moriartythompson @hsds_ltd @mugridgehelen @rubysevinkj @seyi_adelekun @snnaamith @ellaboucht @shivaangee @marthmcguinn @florence_peake @liz.rosenfeld @serafine1369 El Perry

MASSIVE thankyou to @kem.warsaw school and all the participants for having me hold a workshop series culminating in a wild performance on the public steps in Warsaw 📢 💘 🖤 ⚡️ I’ve got so much respect for what Kem have been doing over the years so the invitation was an honour @darektohobbit @androgienia . In difficult times this school out of necessity continues to be political and experimental. Participating artists who generously and sensitively brought the research to life- @alek_sarna @arekdec_ @babypbrvert @nasty_______organic @domatrademark @nongajaj @inu.gunti @nielaura @militohome @natu_nata @natalia_dziadul @olo_cbd @wozpau @goblaine @zuzannAlicja Hope to reconnect again . 🎀🔗🎀🔗🎀 . As part of the second block of Kem School 2025, Eve Stainton will lead a workshop series exploring movement and choreography as methods to research and construct atmospheres of suspense within the body and between people. Departing from the concept of identities of threat - understood as positions constructed and maintained in society and designated to people and things considered to be ‘dangerous’ or ‘other’, alongside considerations of how those images infiltrate bodies and ways of moving - Eve and the workshop participants will explore ways to make visible and transform states of suspense. Workshop participants will be invited to work with scores exploring interlocking bodies, rolling together, decceleration, stretched out time and bodies unyielding to postures of authority.  Photos by @uczo

UPCOMING DATES 💥🧯👅 26 + 27th Sept @dansehallerne Copenhagen 18th Oct @fruitmarketgallery Edinburgh 19th Nov @cambridgejunction J1 LINK IN BIO 🖤🖤🖤 @wet_mess @romeoroxmangatt @charlie.nohome @tinkflaherty @karimafrancis @michaelkitchinn @seyi_adelekun @rubysevinkj @snnaamith @hsds_ltd @ellaboucht @binitawalia @marthmcguinn @dansehallerne @fruitmarketgallery @cambridgejunction vid from @audrafestival @aceagrams

Speechless ❤️‍🩹 Thank you so much to everyone who came, contributed, and shared afterwards. This was a really big meaningful one for me x 🩶 Artist and choreographer Eve Stainton premieres their new choreographic performance, The Joystick and The Reins at Bold Tendencies, accompanied by Ennio Morricone’s haunting score for The Thing (1982) performed live by Sinfonia Smith Square orchestra. The Joystick and The Reins explores who is deemed to be, and those who decide what constitutes a ‘threat’ within society, exploring how marginalised groups have been instrumentalised through systems of oppression and authoritarianism.  Reproducing intense, hyper-emotional states, Stainton’s references include historical reenactments, police and riot arrest imagery, and 1980s ‘Crime Watch’ episodes.  🩶 Credits of a really special team… Choreography and performance: Eve Stainton Conductor: @jackfrsheen @sinfoniasmithsq Producer: @michaelkitchinn Creative Producer: @sara.sassanelli Lighting Designer: @edwardjamessaunders Rehearsal Director and Steward: @temitope_ajosecutting Rehearsal Director: @maeva_berthelot Choreographic Support: @florence_peake Shield design and creation: Eve Stainton Guest appearance from @bapou_costi and William Morey
PR: @binitawalia Co-commissioned by @boldtendencies , @dansehallerne (DK), @transform_leeds , @theplacelondon and performance, possession + automation (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council). Supported by @officialqmul , @olddiorama , @denfrie.cph (DK), @sluggg_________ (DE) and @ecart.art.actuel (CA). With thanks to The Morricone Estate, Wise Music Classical @wisemusicclassical , @martinobrienart , Jim Tuck, @lydia_garnett , @hwirgman and Jon Gibson. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Photos by @_annetetzlaff_

The Joystick and The Reins Friday 15 & Saturday 16 August at 7.30pm   The Joystick and The Reins is a new performance work by Eve Stainton, drawing upon historical reenactments, police and riot arrest imagery and 1980s Crime Watch episodes to explore how threat is constructed and maintained in society. Stainton is accompanied on stage by the 52 players of Sinfonia Smith Square orchestra conducted by Jack Sheen, performing Ennio Morricone’s seminal music for sci-fi horror blockbuster The Thing (1982). The first time the score will be performed live, the music has been specially prepared for the project by The Morricone Estate from the composer’s handwritten manuscripts.   The Joystick and The Reins is co-commissioned by Bold Tendencies, Dansehallerne (@dansehallerne ), Transform (@transform_leeds ), Performance, Possession + Automation and The Place (@theplacelondon ). It is supported by Arts Council England (@aceagrams ), Queen Mary University of London (@officialqmul ), Old Diorama Arts Centre (olddiarama), Den Frie Udstilling (@denfrie.cph ), SLUG (sluggg_________) and L’Ecart Biennial (@ecart.art.actuel ).     This event is supported by the Wavendon Foundation. We are grateful also to The Morricone Estate and Wise Music Classical (@wisemusicclassical ).   Not to be missed – buy your tickets now at the link in bio.   Credits: Choreographer and performer: Eve Stainton @evestainton Producer: Michael Kitchin @michaelkitchinn Creative Producer: Sara Sassanelli @sara.sassanelli Lighting Designer: Edward Saunders @edwardjamessaunders Rehearsal Director: Temitope Ajose-Cutting @temitope_ajosecutting Rehearsal Director: Maëva Berthelot @maeva_berthelot Choreographic Support: Florence Peake @florence_peake Orchestra: Sinfonia Smith Square @sinfoniasmithsq Conductor: Jack Sheen @jackfrsheen PR: Binita Walia @binitawalia

Excited to finally share after mooonths of figuring out 🫁‼️ I’ll be working with an orchestra @sinfoniasmithsq for my new performance The Joystick and The Reins, playing the full sound score to ‘The Thing’, 80’s sci-fi thriller directed by John Carpenter composed by Ennio Morricone Conducted by @jackfrsheen 🖤 Premiere at @boldtendencies multi-storey car park Peckham 15 + 16 August Tix in bio! 💚 Produced by @michaelkitchinn Creative producer @sara.sassanelli Rehearsal directors @temitope_ajosecutting and @maeva_berthelot Choreographic support @florence_peake 🌀 Photos by @lydia_garnett Styled by @hwirgman 🌪️ Co-commissioned by Bold Tendencies, @dansehallerne (DK), @transform_leeds , Possession Performance + Automation and @theplacelondon . Supported by Queen Mary University, @olddiorama , @denfrie.cph (DK), @sluggg . (DE) and @ecart.art.actuel (CA). Supported by @aceagrams

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EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE… 👁️👁️ New choreographic work The Joystick and The Reins Premiere At @boldtendencies 15 & 16 August Link in bio 📟 The Joystick and the Reins explores who is deemed to be a ‘threat’ within society and examines how marginalised groups have been instrumentalised through systems of oppression and authoritarianism. Influences include historical reenactments, police and riot arrest imagery, and 1980s ‘Crime Watch’ detective reenactments to examine what it means to reconstruct a theatrical scene that draws on truth. 📟 it’s a solo More to say soon on this show… Produced by @michaelkitchinn Creative producer @sara.sassanelli Co-commissioned by Bold Tendencies, @dansehallerne (DK), @transform_leeds , Possession Performance + Automation and @theplacelondon . Supported by Queen Mary University, @olddiorama , @denfrie.cph (DK), @sluggg_________ (DE) and @ecart.art.actuel (CA). Supported by @aceagrams . Photos are screenshots taken from various research sharings 🩷