
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
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance returns, taking place on stages across our global city and online.
Pay What You Can
2 - 3 Oct 2025
Sadler's Wells East
A brutalist landscape with movement inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA striking choreographic triptych that interrogates the boundaries between the artificial and the human
3 Oct 2025
Studio Wayne McGregor
Exploring how culture, memory and migration influence our experience of place in the world
4 Oct 2025
Brixton House
A day of workshops and events celebrating movement, community and perseverance
8 - 9 Oct 2025
Barbican Pit
Double bill featuring a solo that plays with seduction & illusion, and a raw, electric flamenco duet
10 Oct 2025
Battersea Arts Centre
Exploring how class shapes opportunity, access and visibility in the arts
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalPodcast interview series on the challenges & triumphs of pursuing dance amidst class inequalities
11 Oct 2025
Sadler's Wells East
Introducing dance artists based in England to promoters from the UK and abroad
11 Oct 2025
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe
An interactive talk exploring the craft of storytelling through words and movement
12 Oct 2025
Barbican Cinema
A feast of short international films with a particular focus on Taiwanese filmmakers
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA curation of international films, exploring movement in its most expansive and evocative forms
16 Oct 2025
Barbican Hall
A modern creation inspired by music from the controversial 17th century composer
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA film blending urban, contemporary and African dance in a modernist architectural masterpiece
17 - 18 Oct 2025
To be announced
A bold choreographic act of resistance, where the body becomes a site of defiance and disruption
21 - 22 Oct 2025
The Place
A deeply moving story of a community confronted by the power of wind and waves
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA poignant meditation on history, nature and the enduring will to remember
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalA selection of some of the most inventive and curious short dance films from around the world
24 - 25 Oct 2025
Shoreditch Town Hall
A bold solo confronting the politics of looking, where self-objectification becomes a radical act
2 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
DigitalThe legendary South African artist reflects on how he created his defining work
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Trinity Laban
A unique chance to delve into one of the dance world’s most distinctive minds
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Barbican
Interrogating discussions around the body, its politics, movement practices and colonial history
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DigitalA special insight into the creation of MOS, filmed on the set of her sell out show at the Barbican
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Shakespeare's Globe & Online
How does movement direction differ from choreography, and why the sudden grow in demand?
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