What's on
2 - 3 Oct 2025
Live performance
Sadler's Wells East
Andrea Peña & Artists BOGOTÁ
A brutalist landscape with movement inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA Curation of International Short Films Between Breath & Lens
A curation of international films, exploring movement in its most expansive and evocative forms
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalRachel Krische & Laura Griffiths Dancing Class: Movings Stories of Levelling Up
Podcast interview series on the challenges & triumphs of pursuing dance amidst class inequalities
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalTjimur Dance Theatre bulabulay mun?
A poignant meditation on history, nature and the enduring will to remember
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalCuration from London International Screen Dance Festival Dance in Focus
A selection of some of the most inventive and curious short dance films from around the world
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalAndrea Peña & Artists 6.58: MANIFESTO
A striking choreographic triptych that interrogates the boundaries between the artificial and the human
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalAmala Dianor Company & Grégoire Korganow Nioun Rec
A film blending urban, contemporary and African dance in a modernist architectural masterpiece
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalVincent Mantsoe Choreographer’s Cut: Men-Jaro
The legendary South African artist reflects on how he created his defining work
3 Oct 2025
Live panel discussion Digital
Studio Wayne McGregor
Sites of Meaning: Culture and the Global City
Exploring how culture, memory and migration influence our experience of place in the world
4 Oct 2025
Live Workshops & Events
Brixton House
Brixton House Takeover with CASA Festival
A day of workshops and events celebrating movement, community and perseverance
8 - 9 Oct 2025
Live performance
Barbican Pit
Lilian Steiner & María del Mar Suárez/La Chachi Change Tempo
Double bill featuring a solo that plays with seduction & illusion, and a raw, electric flamenco duet
10 Oct 2025
Live panel discussion Digital
Battersea Arts Centre
Arts & Class
Exploring how class shapes opportunity, access and visibility in the arts
11 Oct 2025
Live interactive talk Digital
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe
Ben Duke Artist Encounters: Making Text Move
An interactive talk exploring the craft of storytelling through words and movement
11 Oct 2025
Industry event
Sadler's Wells East
BULLYACHE , Lost Dog, Sung-Im Her, and Yinka Esi Graves & Poliana Lima Studio Sessions 2025
Introducing dance artists based in England to promoters from the UK and abroad
12 Oct 2025
Film screening
Barbican Cinema
HSEIH I-Hsuan & Emily Shin-Jie Lee Dance Umbrella Film Series: Sunday Shorts
A feast of short international films with a particular focus on Taiwanese filmmakers
16 Oct 2025
Live performance
Barbican Hall
Les Arts Florissants & Amala Dianor Company Gesualdo Passione
A modern creation inspired by music from the controversial 17th century composer
17 - 18 Oct 2025
Live performance
To be announced
Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira Repertório N.1
A bold choreographic act of resistance, where the body becomes a site of defiance and disruption
21 - 22 Oct 2025
Live performance
The Place
Tjimur Dance Theatre bulabulay mun? / how are you?
A deeply moving story of a community confronted by the power of wind and waves
24 - 25 Oct 2025
Live performance
Shoreditch Town Hall
Elena Antoniou LANDSCAPE
A bold solo confronting the politics of looking, where self-objectification becomes a radical act
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