In collaboration with 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, Edinburgh International Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet and Théâtre de la Ville, Kadamati brought together dancers and communities of all backgrounds and abilities to experience a collective creative process across two major European cities; Edinburgh and Paris.

Marking the centenary of the final year of the First World War, this profound and moving piece draws on themes of identity, migration, and hope, with the support of the powerful, epic music by Nitin Sawhney.

At once spiritual and universal, Kadamati – meaning ‘clay’ in Bengali – conjures up the idea that we are somehow all connected, and it is vital to return to the essence of the ritual and the body as part of a unified movement.

The work was performed by 300 young people at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh International Culture Summit and Paris gathered 713 dancers of all ages in the forecourt of Parvis de l’hotel de Ville.