🎬 Dance Umbrella's home base is located in the heart of Westminster. Last autumn, we were supported by Westminster City Council to create a dance project for local young people at St Andrew's Club. Artists from Impact Dance guided the participants in developing their hip hop dance skills across a series of creative sessions.
We asked a filmmaker to document the project – take a look at what they got up to!
Learn more: https://danceumbrella.co.uk/2025/02/05/watch-youth-dance-project-in-westminster/
Film by George Watson
Parabéns @marco_da_silva_ferreira on two extraordinary performances of CARCAÇA at @sadlers_wells 🎆💜💙💚
A special mention to the ✨incredible✨ company of dancers: @andrespeedygarcia, @krayze_fabio, Catarina Otto Reuss, @marcolivs, @marco_da_silva_ferreira, @mariaatunesdancer, Eríc Santos, @mel_oumel, Nelson Teunis, @nala.revlon
Nominated for the first ever International Rose Prize, the winner will be announced this Saturday 🤞🌹🏆
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Radioactive Practice by Abby Z and the New Utility is The Guardian's No.1 dance show of 2024 🤩
A work that we helped commission way back in 2018 (!) we were so delighted to finally give the show its European premiere in October at Sadler's Wells (see video), when it received a ★★★★★ review from The Guardian.
A huge congratulations to Abby and her extraordinary dancers ❤️
"An exhaustingly impressive display of skill, but also a study in the nature of work, effort, motivation and community."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/dec/17/the-best-theatre-comedy-and-dance-of-2024
Clip | Diversifying Curatorial Stewardship
🗣️"Our challenge wasn’t just about diversifying who sits at the curatorial table—it was about reshaping the table itself."
🎙️ For a new podcast episode, our Artistic Director & Co-CEO Freddie Opoku-Addaie sat down with industry leader Delia Barker to discuss:
- The importance of diversifying who gets to curate art
- Their own career journeys to date
- Their ambitions for change across dance and the wider arts ecology
🎧 Listen to their conversation now (full transcript available): https://danceumbrella.co.uk/2024/11/21/diversifying-curatorial-stewardship-a-conversation/
Part of the Dance Umbrella project Diversifying Curatorial Stewardship, supported by Arts Council England
Following the passing of first-generation immigrants in his family, British-born artist Hetain Patel reflects on what is lost and what is transformed, revisiting rituals rooted in his family’s working-class Brit-Gujarati experience 🛞
His new work Mathroo Basha (which means Mother Tongue is Gujarati) comes to the Barbican Centre this October, as part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2024.
Check out the trailer below and book your tickets now: https://danceumbrella.co.uk/event/hetain-patel-mathroo-basha/
Dance Umbrella Festival 2024, here we go 🚀
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance is back! Join us for spectacular performances on stages across our global city and online.
Featuring:
Abby Z and the New Utility
Adam Seid Tahir
Amina Seid Tahir
de Stilte
Diana Niepce
Hackney Showroom
Hetain Patel
Hugo Glendinning
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
Lea Anderson
Mamela Nyamza
POCKETART
Rosemary Lee
9-31 October | Explore the programme: https://danceumbrella.co.uk/festival/
The Rose International Prize shortlist is revealed
You’ve got the Booker prize for books, Turner for art and launched on International Dance Day – the Rose International Dance Prize, a biennial prize for new dance creations from Sadler's Wells! 🏆🌹
A huge congratulations to the nominees:
- An Untitled Love by Kyle Abraham (USA)
- Larsen C by Christos Papadopoulos (Greece)
- Encantado by Lia Rodrigues (Brazil)
- CARCAÇA by Marco da Silva Ferreira (Portugal)
We are especially excited to reveal that we will be presenting CARCAÇA alongside Sadler's Wells & Big Pulse Dance in London, February 2025 💜
Learn more about the prize: https://danceumbrella.co.uk/2024/04/29/dance-umbrella-announces-new-show-carcaca-by-marco-da-silva-ferreira-shortlisted-for-rose-international-dance-prize/
London's international dance festival, taking place every October across the capital and online ✨ Artistic Director and CEO: Freddie Opoku-Addaie
