9 Oct 2024
Live panel discussion 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
Dance Umbrella 2024
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance, taking place on stages across our global city and online
What you missed
Live panel discussion Free
9 - 12 Oct 2024
Live performance
Barbican
Mamela Nyamza HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Urgent and subtly spectacular, deconstructing gender norms and Western classical dance & music
11 - 12 Oct 2024
Live performance
The Pit, Barbican
Hetain Patel Mathroo Basha
A reflection on what is lost & transformed, revisiting rituals rooted in Brit-Gujarati working-class experience
12 Oct 2024
Industry event
The Place
Studio Sessions Jo Bannon, SAY and Tom Cassani, with Hetain Patel
Introducing dance artists based in England to promoters from the UK and abroad
15 Oct 2024
Live talk Digital Free
Trinity Laban & Online
Lea Anderson Artist Encounters
A unique chance to delve into one of the dance world’s most distinctive minds
16 Oct 2024
Live performance
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Diana Niepce The Other Side of Dance
A solo which takes a deep dive into dance’s past and the hierarchical principles driving movement
18 - 19 Oct 2024
Live performance
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Abby Z and the New Utility Radioactive Practice
Six performers challenge their physical and mental limits in an explosive, genre-bending new work
22 Oct 2024
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?
22 - 23 Oct 2024
Live performance
The Place
POCKETART Fairy Tales
Exploring femininity & identity, connecting with childhood to reimagine happy endings
24 - 25 Oct 2024
Live performance
Brixton House
Adam Seid Tahir & Amina Seid Tahir Change Tempo: several attempts at braiding my way home
A solo that celebrates and holds the artists’ multiplicities as queer Afro-Nordic siblings
26 - 27 Oct 2024
Live performance Free
Unicorn Theatre & Potters Fields Park
Dance Umbrella Family Weekend de Stilte / Hackney Showroom
Performances, workshops and arts & crafts for the whole family to enjoy
Other events
Autumn term 2024
Youth dance & film project
St Andrew's Youth Club
Dance Umbrella x Impact Dance x St Andrew's Youth Club Dance, Camera, Action
1 - 2 Feb 2025
Live performance
Sadler's Wells
Marco da Silva Ferreira CARCAÇA
Inspired by rave culture & traditional Portuguese dance; shortlisted for Rose International Dance Prize
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