Take Me To Bed is an installation and an invitation. To come closer, be curious, to be with the dances of these particular bodies.
An award winning work conceived by Luke and Jo Verrent, created in collaboration with artist performers Caroline Bowditch, Janice Parker, Robert Softley Gale and video artist Mark Morreau that explores the dis/comfort of audiences to bodies that are different.
Created in 2013 whilst Luke and Jo were Associate Artists with Dance Digital. Research was supported by a Blank Canvas Residency from Firkin Crane Cork, Arts Council England and production supported by Arts Council England and Summerhall, Edinburgh.
Take Me To Bed has been presented at Mobilities Festival, Bedford 2014, Unlimited Festival Southbank 2014, Aberdeen Art Gallery for Dance Live 2014 and was winner of the Light Moves Screen Dance Festival, Limerick Prize for Best Overall Work in 2014.
Take Me To Bed was presented as part of Dance International Glasgow, Tramway and Autumn season at Dansens Hus, Stockholm 2015, at Dance Base - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 and TanzHaus NRW as part of the Choreography of Care Symposium, 2022.