past events
The Big House
Artefact, Birmingham
16th November 2022
Writing, Film: Tanna Chamberlain
A short animation about proof of innocence, buried trauma, and class.
The Language of Love, Episode 2
Eastside Jazz Club
14th Feb 2023
Event, Film, Choreography, Music, Performance: Tanna Chamberlain
A show about love… the non-romantic kind. New multi-disciplinary live performance and a premiere screening of a choreographed reality television show (Birmingham cast of 8): Episode 2.
‘Monday’
Artefact, Birmingham
26th May 2022, 8pm
Music: Camille De Beus
Direction: Alex Kaniewski
Choreography: Tanna Chamberlain
Film: Ivy Jlassi
A dance film, caught in an agitated ‘Monday-Friday’ working cycle.
Potpourri
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
1st April 2022
Event, Concept, Film: Ivy Jlassi
Script, Choreography: Tanna Chamberlain
**Film Available Soon**
One of six films in an exhibition structured around the stages of grief after experiencing sexual assault.
Image No. 2
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
24th March 2022
Event: Gina McDonald
Music: Charlie Kedge
**Film Available Soon**
A 16 minute live multi-disciplinary performance about vulnerability and womanhood.
The Language of Love: Ep. 1
Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham
14th Feb 2022
Event, Choreography, Music, Performance: Tanna Chamberlain
**7 Episodes to Follow**
A show about love… the non-romantic kind. New multi-disciplinary live performance and a premiere screening of a choreographed reality television show (Birmingham cast of 8): Episode 1.
Bleep Test/ Cheap Chocolate
IKLECTIK, London
8th Feb 2022
Supporting p.e.r.s.o.n.a.l. c.l.u.t.t.e.r, with James McIlwrath
A collaborative musical performance. Together, Tanna and James natter, expound and play.
How To Do Anything
Artefact, Birmingham
12th Nov 2021
Concept, Choreography, Performance: Tanna Chamberlain
The performer embarks upon a journey through a purple wilderness, taking advice directly from a Reader’s Digest book published in the 80s. The piece whimsically tackles themes of misogyny and everyday anxieties.
A 30 Year Old Woman Crashes Repeatedly into the End of a Flying Fox in Office Attire
Comberton, Cambridge
18th June 2021
Concept, Choreography, Performance: Tanna Chamberlain
An autobiographical performance in two parts: a video about the past and a live online performance about emancipation and the future.
We Commuted Once a Day
Birmingham International Dance Festival, 2nd June 2021
Concept, Choreography, Performance: Tanna Chamberlain
Commission: Dance Xchange
Production: Motion Dance Collective
A pas de deux for person and bike.
Text Scores in the Woods
Birchanger, Herts
April 2021
Tanna Chamberlain
**Film Available Soon**
An exhibition of whimsical suggestions – an invitation to look up, connect and notice nature.
Tanna Chamberlain Choreography 