Challenging the norms of dance
Grace Nicol wants to redefine how we make dance to support more risky work. The answer, she thinks, lies in greater pastoral…
Grace Nicol wants to redefine how we make dance to support more risky work. The answer, she thinks, lies in greater pastoral…
Performers and providers often treat young children as a passive audience. Dr Angela Pickard says they can actively create and eng…
Slung Low’s Alan Lane, disability champion Andrew Miller and Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Moira Sinclair are among those r…
588 more organisations have received Culture Recovery Fund grants in England worth £76m, but information about how many were…
As schools reopen, the barriers to resuming arts education for disabled children "have been hugely increased".
Dance thrives on physical contact and live audiences, so how can the country’s largest youth dance festival move to an onlin…
The effectiveness of a community dance programme in reducing falls among older people has been praised as “an example of &ls…
We spend too much time trying to learn lessons from cities and apply them in other places, argues Brendan Keaney. It’s time…
Joseph Toonga, Artistic Director of Just Us Dance Theatre, looks back on how his career as a choreographer, dancer and teache…
A new initiative to commission dances with UK galleries will improve the profile and practice of this developing field, its founde…
The company says its operating model was too “old school” to remain sustainable after the loss of NPO funding in 2018.
The National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science says it is disappointed not to have been consulted about the “accelerat…
Moya Maxwell looks back on a career that has taken her from managing live events to running Shobana Jeyasingh Dance.
A programme in Stockton-on-Tees has helped young people excluded from mainstream schools learn new skills, develop self-worth and…
Circus was created to fill a gap left by ‘serious’ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucrat…
Composer Gavin Sutherland, Principal Conductor of English National Ballet, pays homage the five people who have guided his pr…
Nathan Geering explains how a hip-hop dance production has helped give a voice to young people in the care system.
Dance company Motionhouse’s partnership with a furniture manufacturer is as close as it gets – they work side by side….
The CEO and Artistic Director of Déda reflects on the influential figures he has learned from.
Joanne McShane reflects on the people who have guided her professional career, both as a dancer and as a choreographer.
A popular dance-based falls prevention programme offers effective treatment on the NHS, with a growing network of local groups hel…
Older adults living with chronic health conditions are improving their physical and mental wellbeing through the joy of South Asia…
A circus artist helped older people and children develop their confidence and communicaton skills in workshops at Guy’s and…
As well as being a studio space for independent dancers and choreographers, Glasgow's The Work Room is also an empowering…