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This piece forms a double bill with Listen by ACE dance and music. Running time: approx 1 hour (Listen 30mins, Gertrud 30mins) Gertrud is an imagined and performed conversation through time between Austrian expressionist choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser (1890–1959) and Simon (1968–), a solo performer-choreographer. It is a meditation on the nature of solitude, both on-stage and in the wider world. The research and development of Gertrud is documented on Simon’s blog. The project forms part of a trilogy of works curated as Conversations with the dead, and featuring additional choreographies by Helen Herbertson and Bagryana Popov. Gertrud was commissioned for The Place Prize 2008 sponsored by Bloomberg.