Gladstone to depart Dance Umbrella

After seven years with Dance Umbrella, EMMA GLADSTONE will step down as Artistic Director and Chief Executive after this year’s digital-only festival. She said: “Numerous things have combined leading up to my decision, both personal and professional, including my belief in the need to keep programming views rolling, the sense of being at the end of a particular era, the strength of the current team, and the fact that we are at the start of another reinvention of DU with our first digital festival this autumn.” From the New Year she will be focussing on specific areas of programming, including talent development projects in the UK and Europe, whilst continuing as Chair at Siobhan Davies Studios, and in Trustee positions at Aesop and Dartington Hall Trust.