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
Dance Umbrella Festival 2025
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance returns, taking place on stages across our global city and online.
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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
10 Oct 2025
Live panel discussion Digital
Battersea Arts Centre
Arts & Class
Exploring how class shapes opportunity, access and visibility in the arts
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
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
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
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
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
DigitalVincent Mantsoe Choreographer’s Cut: Men-Jaro
The legendary South African artist reflects on how he created his defining work
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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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DigitalChoreographer’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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