Brecon-based choreographer Jessie Brett is set to premiere Let Life Dance, a powerful new production by her professional disabled-led dance theatre company, Humans Move, at Theatr Brycheiniog on June 18 and 19.

Founded in 2021, Humans Move is a dance company dedicated to creating work that brings disabled and non-disabled performers together to explore stories that resonate on both personal and collective levels. Let Life Dance has been developed over the past two years with support from Arts Council Wales and the Laura Ashley Family Foundation.

The show explores the complex journey of life through physical storytelling - capturing its highs, lows, twists, and turns, along with the moments of disconnection and reconnection that shape human experience. The dancers embody these themes through movement, revealing struggles to fit in, feelings of isolation, and the eventual acceptance and support found in community.

The cast includes five dancers from diverse backgrounds and experiences, including Justin Melluish, a Down syndrome performer known for his work with Hijinx and on BBC Wales TV drama Hidden (Craith), alongside Giverney Hâf Blomeley, Laura Moy, Adi Detamo, and Indigo Tartan.

Jessie Brett, Artistic Director of Humans Move and director of Let Life Dance, said: “I set up Humans Move as I believe dance with casts of disabled and non-disabled dancers needed to have a space in Wales to flourish and grow.”

She added: “Let Life Dance explores personal life experiences – the joy and energy of love and life, but also some of the challenges that we are sometimes faced with, which gets in the way of that flow like not fitting in, getting into difficulty, becoming disconnected and feeling stuck. It explores what happens when we surrender to the flow of life and receive the support we need to flourish and how we need a village to support us through some of these challenging times.”

Following its run at Theatr Brycheiniog, Let Life Dance will tour to venues across Wales, including The Dance House at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre, Milford Haven’s Torch Theatre, and Newport’s Riverfront Theatre.

For Brecon tickets, visit the Theatr Brycheiniog website by clicking here or calling the box office on 01874 611622.