MOV DANCE THEATRE

where dance,
songs & stories
meet

Experiences that feel like meeting an old friend and finding yourself in a new place at the same time.

THE COMPANY

Interdisciplinary dance theatre rooted in traditional and contemporary dance, polyphonic songs, storytelling & mythology.

Made in Bradford, centred on migrant and intergenerational voices. MOV makes work by gathering people, songs and stories in a room — and seeing what they make together.

01 See the work Voices, Roma Voices, and what's coming next. 02 Come and take part Workshops and gatherings in Yorkshire and beyond. 03 About MOV The company, the people, the ideas behind the work.

Songs carried across borders. Stories passed down. Bodies remembering.

THE WORK

A practice that is unfolding.

FIRST PRODUCTION

Voices

A dance-theatre work celebrating the songs and stories of people from Greece, Scotland, Ghana, Ireland and Iran. Movement, live polyphonic singing and storytelling, made collectively.

FORM

Dance, live song & storytelling

MADE BY

Co-created with the ensemble

All of MOV's work is underlined by a passion for sharing stories through dance, songs and words — and through bringing people together.

Dancer in a white dress extends her arms on a blue-lit stage, a violinist and another performer behind her in a MOV Dance Theatre performance.

Each performer brought a song & a dance from their own background, & taught it to the rest of us.

CULTURES

Greece, Scotland, Ghana, Ireland, Iran

COMMUNITY CO-CREATION

Roma Voices

The culmination of a year and a half working with Roma community participants and European Drom. An intergenerational cast, traditional Roma dance, original storytelling and puppetry.

PROCESS

18 months, co-created

CAST

Intergenerational

Children in gold and purple satin skirts dance in a circle on stage, adults performing behind them, in MOV Dance Theatre's Voices performance.

Participants shared customs, words, dances, recipes, poems, myths, songs and anecdotes — and, through devising, these became the performance.

WITH

European Drom

NEW WORK

Yaya, Mama & Me

A new work about intergenerational relationships, cultural inheritance and embodied memory. Using weaving and textile practices as both metaphor and choreographic framework.

It draws on Bradford's textile heritage alongside Zoe's Greek roots and textile mythology, looking at how women carry cultural memory through everyday practices: sewing, weaving, polyphonic singing, dancing, storytelling.

STAGE

R&D, July 2026

THEMES

Inheritance, women's labour, memory

Two performers sit on a dark studio floor either side of a line of white cards laid between them in a MOV Dance Theatre rehearsal process shot.

How are traditions passed between generations — through gesture, repetition, song and shared labour?

ROOTED IN

Bradford textile heritage & Greek textile myth

There's more behind each piece than a poster can hold.

Step inside the work — see how it's made.

GATHERINGS

Spaces to dance,
sing, eat &
take part.

MOV shares its love of bringing people together through its gatherings — whatever your experience and background.

You'll meet people from around the world who have a passion for sharing. You might try a new dance, a new song, or learn a word in another language.

You'll definitely share delicious food and have a great time.

18 June 2026

Lift the Ban Day · Bradford Arts Centre

INVITES ONLY

Ensemble cast of MOV Dance Theatre's Voices hold hands on a darkly lit stage, smiling, with a violinist visible in the foreground.
Two MOV Dance Theatre performers mid-movement in black and white rehearsal shot, smiling, against dark stage drapes.
MOV Dance Theatre dancer bends forward with clasped hands in focused rehearsal, second performer seated in soft focus behind.
Close-up of hands playing violin with bow during MOV Dance Theatre rehearsal, scroll and pegs in sharp focus.
Close crop of MOV Dance Theatre performers' hands holding strings of small brass bells during rehearsal.

ABOUT MOV

Director in a striped top reads from a script with one hand raised expressively in a black and white rehearsal portrait for MOV Dance Theatre.

— Zoe Katsilerou, founder & director

MOV Dance Theatre is a Bradford-based interdisciplinary dance theatre company led by choreographer and director Zoe Katsilerou.

Based at Bradford Arts Centre and founded in 2025, MOV co-creates work rooted in traditional and contemporary dance, polyphonic songs, storytelling and mythology — centring migrant voices, intergenerational narratives and culturally diverse experiences.

"I make work as a way of sharing my perspective of the world — usually a romantic, nostalgic and community-led one.

Above all, I love bringing people together in spaces that feel shared and creatively alive: welcoming, diverse and playful."

OV Dance Theatre performer holds script with hand raised to forehead, ensemble and violinist visible behind in studio rehearsal.
MOV Dance Theatre male performer stretches arms wide overhead, face tilted up, second dancer watching from background in studio.
Close crop of MOV Dance Theatre performer holding and playing a frame drum with a beater during rehearsal.
MOV Dance Theatre performer crouches low with hand raised near face in expressive gesture, second dancer on floor in background..

WHAT MOV CARES ABOUT

Rooted in people,
place and memory.

i.

Voices that are rarely centred in mainstream performance.

ii.

Stories and songs passed between generations.

iii.

Making work together, in the room, with the people whose stories they are.

WITH SUPPORT OF

GET IN TOUCH

Whatever brought you here, let’s
start the conversation.

For bookings, collaborations, workshops, or just to say hello.
MOV is available to tour and to commission.

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