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In this film still from the Look Imagine Move project from University of Cambridge Museums Dance with the Museum project, a dancer appears with her arm bent up in front of her, mingling with the impression of a painting from an art gallery

Dance with the Museum – University of Cambridge Museums

South East

Dance with the Museum is a series of health and wellbeing initiatives for and with adults in the Cambridgeshire area. The project has been developed through collaboration between the…

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Three dancers kneel on the floor of a studio, surrounded by shredded paper. They perform in Stasiland, by choreographer Olivia Wallis Jackson

Stasiland – Olivia Wallis Jackson

London South East South West

Stasiland is a dance-theatre piece set in the shredded document ruins of East Germany. Delving into a world of total surveillance where anxiety is the regime we explore…

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3 dancers move with arms outstretched in a garden, with lush green flowers and trees all around.

Roots to Rise

London

This outdoor work by Nandita Shankardass explores ancestry, agriculture, ecological activism and the inherent wisdom of women. Nandita’s research has been inspired and motivated by events throughout India’s…

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Two dancers stand back to back, their arms clasped gently in front of their hearts. They stand in front of a series of wooden posts standing tall at the centre of a Bronze Age pond barrow.

A Gathering Place

National South East South West

A Gathering Place is a new project in progress from dance company Made By Katie Green, exploring ways of responding choreographically to archaeology and engaging with the question of what…

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Black Victorians – choreographed by Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE

London

Black Victorians is a dance performance inspired by the discovery of hundreds of portraits of black people in England during the Victorian era. These images were deliberately airbrushed from…

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A lady in a long white dress made from a thin, shiny fabric leans against the crumbling stone wall of what looks like an old church, her arms extended above her head and her face concealed from the camera. She wears large metallic medieval gloves. The picture is black and white which emphasises the range of different textures, of the crumbling wall, its cracks, her heavy metallic gloves, the softness of her dress.

And In The Soil, There Be Mirrors

South East

‘And In The Soil, There Be Mirrors’ is a site-responsive dance film by Hollie Miller and Sam Williams set across a selection of historical locations in the English…

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Disgo Distaw Owain Glyndwr Silent Disco

South West Wales

In 1400, Owain Glyndŵr, the legendary rebel Prince of Wales, rallied his supporters in an uprising against the English king, Edward I. By 1409 he had disappeared without…

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A group of 5 dancers perform on a catwalk set up in the grand opening hall of the Bristol Museum. They wear long transparent white unitards with black markings underneath and the tips of their hands are painted red. Their arms are stretched over their heads and some of the transparent white fabric is pulled up to cover their faces.

Trying it on – Lea Anderson

South West

A performed exhibition from Lea Anderson that delves deep into The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs costume archives (designers Sandy Powell, Simon Vincenzi & Emma Fryer) to dust off…

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A solo dancer, performing seated in his wheelchair, his fore arms close together and reaching upwards. The gallery in which he performs is painted a deep red, and filled with pictures in golden frames.

Beyond The Waves by Chris Pavia

South East

Chris Pavia is an international touring dance artist and choreographer. He is a member of Stopgap Dance Company and works in his own right as an independent artist.…

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Image by Alice Underwood; image description: a person wearing a blue cap and blue and red jacket holds up an iPad in front of their face, which displays more information about the Leytonstone street through which he's walking.

Leytonstone TrailblazARs – Move and Code

London

A creative digital adventure that brings to life the history of Leytonstone High Road, through the eyes of young local residents. Participants could get to know this corner of…

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3 dancers twist, reach and check the space around them nervously, their images overlaid over an impression of a historic house in darkness

It begins in darkness – Seke Chimutengwende

London Midlands

It begins in darkness is a dance full of ghosts. In this stark, stripped back performance, five dancers move through a series of mysterious and experimental rites of passage,…

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A series of 3 imaginary tarot cards, each depicting a historic image linked to the ballet Giselle.

Glitch / Giselle by Glitch Projects

South East

Glitch/Giselle by Glitch Projects is an experiment – a prototype for a new kind of project that: Shines a light on the future by digging into the past; Draws…

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A group of different dancers, using different dance styles, all wearing bright blues, pinks, black and white dance under the blue arches of a historical building.

Get Dancing Project, Showtown

North

From 2020-2022, Showtown created a brand new social dance, inspired by a long tradition of novelty dances in Blackpool. Together with community arts organisation, LeftCoast and local dance collective, House of Wingz, they…

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4 wet plate collodion images aligned alongside each other, with 2 contemporary images of performers from Freewheelers interspersed with 2 archive photographs from Surrey History Centre.

Us & Them

South East

Us & Them is a series of specially commissioned wet plate collodion portraits co-created with some of the disabled Actors and Artists from Freewheelers Media & Theatre Company.…

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Longways / Crosswise

North

Longways / Crosswise was an immersive, site-specific dance performance by About Time Dance Company. Taking place on the coastline of Morecambe Bay, the performance was inspired by David…

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Picture of a group of people walking off into the distance at Wheal Martyn Clay Works, deep in conversation.

The Imagination Museum Phase 1 – what we learnt

In 2024, we received funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England to relaunch The Imagination Museum network for dance and heritage professionals, focusing on organisational development,…

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A group of people are seated around a table in a museum workshop room, with the table spread with large pieces of paper, pens and post-its. They listen intently to a man on the right side of the image as he describes something.

Recording – first online event, March 2024

On the 21st March 2024 we met online to officially ‘launch’ our events programme for this year. The main aim of this talk was to give a more…

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A group of young dancers dressed in whites, greys and browns cluster around each other, reaching out towards the camera. They are dancing in the large entrance foyer of the Horniman Museum.
Trinity Laban (Dance Campus, Creekside, SE8 3DZ) – 4th September 2024

Moving into the Future – The Imagination Museum in London

What is possible when dance and heritage organisations work in partnership over time? Reflecting on 10 years since Trinity Laban/the Horniman Museum and Gardens’ formative ‘Dance and museums…

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A solo dancer, performing seated in his wheelchair, his fore arms close together and reaching upwards. The gallery in which he performs is painted a deep red, and filled with pictures in golden frames.

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