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
Dance Umbrella Festival
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance returns October 2025, taking place on stages across our global city and online.
Live performance
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
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
Other events
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Live talk Digital Free
Trinity Laban
Lea Anderson Artist Encounters
A unique chance to delve into one of the dance world’s most distinctive minds
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Live panel discussion Digital Free
Barbican
Moving with Equity: A panel discussion on body politics Mamela Nyamza, Kelechi Okafor, Azieb Pool
Interrogating discussions around the body, its politics, movement practices and colonial history
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Choreographer’s Cut: MOS Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
A special insight into the creation of MOS, filmed on the set of her sell out show at the Barbican
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Live panel discussion Digital Free
Shakespeare's Globe & Online
Is Theatre Stealing Dance’s Moves? Panel discussion on the role of Movement Director Stella Kanu, Polly Bennett, Yukiko Masui, Shelley Maxwell
How does movement direction differ from choreography, and why the sudden grow in demand?
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