hands
HANDS has taken us around the world and back again. We've played big venues (Sydney Opera House, Roundhouse), tiny venues (Bumkin, Brompton Club), birthday parties (Roxette) and Bat Mitzvahs (she wanted One Direction but got us instead).
Choreographed / performed by Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding
Based on a video by Jonny Reed
Duration: 8 minutes
Fast-paced skills in the name of comedy…
a blur of stamping boots, flying fists
and a lot of laughs
Evening standard
They’re absolutely right, you can make
Irish dancing cool...they had people
laughing as well. Brilliant!
The Sun
They call themselves ‘nouveau folk deconstructionists’. After watching them take Riverdance apart, I’d call them feckin’ funny
Scotland on Sunday
reviews
“Up & Over It is a dance duo with a difference. Imagine Rab C Nesbitt doing Riverdance
but with impeccable timing. Hands, feet and beer bottles fly at a breathtaking pace…
10 minutes of Up & Over It made a mixed evening magical”
Evening Standard
"A guest spot by hand-dancers Up & Over It – a coked-up face-off
played out through black tie, white lines and
red eyes – brings the house down"
"Guest performers Up & Over It stole the show with their depiction of a
dishevelled young couple in a drink and drug-fuelled post-party row
played out with no words yet conveying a witty,
gritty yet playfully warm narrative"
“Up & Over It dress up a stunning seated dance
routine as a debauched night in”
"Fleet-footed Riverdance alumni, Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding now employ
their fast-paced skills in the name of comedy. No tired observational
material on the difference between cats and dogs, just a
blur of stamping boots, flying fists and a lot of laughs"
PERFORMANCES
LA SOIRÉE
LONDON - SYDNEY - ADELAIDE - MONTREAL
CRAZY HORSE
PARIS - LONDON - GENEVA
MEDIUM RARE
LONDON - STOCKHOLM
PALAZZO
BERLIN - HAMBURG - VIENNA - AMSTERDAM
THE BOX
NEW YORK - LONDON
ROSE.RABBIT.LIE
LAS VEGAS
LATTITUDE FESTIVAL
SUFFOLK
LIO
IBIZA - MOSCOW
WINTERGARTEN
BERLIN
KEMPINSKI
SEYCHELLES
OH LA LA
ZURICH
THE ACT
DUBAI
THISISPOPBABY'S WERK
DUBLIN
MS EUROPA
GERMANY - SCOTLAND - NORWAY
LONDON
DUCKIE | CIRCUS | BOOM BOOM CLUB | TIME OUT LIVE | ALTERNATIVE EUROVISION | UNDERBELLY WONDERGROUND | CAFE DE PARIS | WAM BAM CLUB | MADAM JO JO'S | APPLE CART FESTIVAL
ALTERNATIVE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY | BRIDEWELL THEATRE | CHORTLE FAST FRINGE
BETHNAL GREEN WORKING MEN'S CLUB | SUPPERCLUB | PROUD CAMDEN | LA REVE | BUSH HALL
THE BROMPTON CLUB | DOVER STREET ARTS CLUB | BLOOMSBURY BALLROOM | RVT | TROXY
KIMBERLEY HALL | ROYAL ALBERT HALL | SOUTHBANK CENTRE | BUMKIN | THE TABERNACLE
OLD VIC TUNNELS | ROUNDHOUSE | WILTON'S MUSIC HALL | MAYFAIR 1