Small Sample Size Theatre is a dance theatre company. Since their debut performance in 2018 with Bad Dress, the company have been engaged in an exploration of human behaviour and relationships. The tension between absurdity and tragedy is a reoccurring theme. The projects of Small Sample Size Theatre have been engaged in the field of expanded choreography, staging pieces in galleries, theatres, toilets, playgrounds and on museum staircases.
Key members and collaborators include: choreographer Casper Dillen, composer Gia Dreyer, artist Dann Xiao, performer Lewis Oliver Douglas, writer Kahyun Lee, lawyer Rituraj Singh, artists Yi Wang, Christy Taylor, Yujie Duan, Canaan J. Brown, Qibaiting, fashion designer Lulu Yang, sound artist Neo Gao, Harman Liu
Work includes Orfeo (2022), a retelling of the Orpheus myth at The Place (London),Long Tennis (2023), a dance duet devised in a kitchen at the Center for Performance Research (New York), a performative intervention on the staircase of the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge), and Cycle (2023) a choreographic sound sculpture at WIELS (Brussels).