Welcome

I’m Izzy Brittain (she/they) and I’m a Leeds based artist, performer, facilitator and maker. I work across dance, poetry, story-making, theatre and film. My work is often interdisciplinary, participatory, intergenerational, improvisational or outdoor; I welcome art that expands beyond traditional spaces, audiences + formats. My practice centres creative resistance and collective joy; rituals of care, connection, embodiment and empowerment. I’m interested in trans-disciplinary thinking and collective experimentation. Think wonky utopias, witch clubs, open source art spaces + long-term arts for health initiatives.

Projects and collaborations are diverse and include live/film commissions, solo performance, published writing, participatory projects and advisory roles. I’m fascinated by body, ecology, breath, myth, science, story, people, power, magic. My practice is a constant state of evolution. I see it as a series of antidotes, an ordinary magic, a gentle activism. The alchemy that occurs at the meeting point between beings, places, imaginations. I know that through crossing borders and telling untold stories, we can open up portals for new worlds to emerge. I believe this process of imagineering together is our birth-right.

Here’s to taking time … to sense our own context, to presence, playfulness, making mischief + dancing the solution. See about for more.

RESIST | REMEMBER | REIMAGINE | RESIST | REMEMBER | REIMAGINE | RESIST | REMEMBER | REIMAGINE