Dark Days is a performance that evolved from Vicky Hodgson’s experience of receiving chemotherapy drugs over six months. During this time, a dark cloud of despair, depression, and extreme tiredness influenced every aspect of her life. This darkness, heightened by the then misdiagnosis that her cancer had spread, made the fight against this despair an arduous and painful process. In Dark Days, she envelops herself under a black sheet and performs movements that physically represent the emotional difficulties she encountered. As her body moves, it generates disparate black shapes that visually represent the trauma experienced during this dark period, intensifying the emotional significance of the performance and showcasing the transformative power of art in healing.