Blind, Thrust, Fault: how can a poem hold what does not easily surface?

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This workshop explores the body as a landscape shaped by unseen forces, drawing on the geological concept of the blind thrust fault: a build-up of pressure beneath the surface that shifts without warning. 

Through embodied attention and careful, guided writing, we’ll ask how poetic language can respond, attentively and evocatively, to what is hidden, displaced – yet undeniably felt. What kinds of rhythmic detail, texture, and sounds allow language (and the poems they inhabit) to carry, and potentially release somatic pressure? What emerges in the relationship between the word and the experience it seeks to articulate? And how might we savour those moments of joy, relief, or astonishment when what has long lain beneath is finally expressed?

Bio: Helen Calcutt is an award-winning poet, choreographer, and Artistic Director of dance co. Beyond Words. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Feeling All the Kills, and the editor of Eighty-Four, addressing male suicide and mental health. Celebrated for a distinctive practice in text embodiment, her choreography redefines how language is authored and experienced, placing her at the forefront of cross-disciplinary performance in the UK.

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