# LIBERATING: She Dances (in Chains)

LIBERATING: She Dances (in Chains) at Etcetera Theatre, Wednesday 11 November 2026, 21:00.

- Price: £12
- Venue: Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom
- With: Xiaoyao Luo
- Get tickets: https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/liberating-she-dances-in-chains/
- Go to page: https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/liberating-she-dances-in-chains/

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LIBERATING: She Dances (in Chains) is a visceral physical theatre work about discipline, masking and the paradox of agency within constraint. Created, produced and performed by Xiaoyao Luo, it uses chains, masks, movement and multilingual text to move through the roles a woman is taught to inhabit, from daughter and student to lover and mother. It sketches a world of internalised surveillance where social scripts become muscle memory, asking what freedom might be when conduct is measured from within. Recommended for ages 16+, it runs 50 minutes and contains chains, masks, physical restraint, intense movement and swearing.

## Dates

- Wednesday 11 November 21:00 — Etcetera Theatre
- Thursday 12 November 19:00 — Etcetera Theatre
- Saturday 14 November 17:00 — Etcetera Theatre

Written by a model, sources: [etceteratheatrecamden.com](https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/liberating-she-dances-in-chains-d8ysw-28g82-5kbs9)

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