Case Studies
Explore a range of dance and heritage projects from across the UK.
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Dance with the Museum – University of Cambridge Museums
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…
Us & Them
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.…
Stasiland – Olivia Wallis Jackson
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…
Roots to Rise
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…
A Gathering Place
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…
Black Victorians – choreographed by Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE
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…
And In The Soil, There Be Mirrors
‘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…
Disgo Distaw Owain Glyndwr Silent Disco
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…
Trying it on – Lea Anderson
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…
And They Have Escaped, NOCTURN
In a self guided experience, free to the public, NOCTURN asked their audience to consider if always being online means missing out on their real lives? Fusing a museum collection…
Beyond The Waves by Chris Pavia
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.…
Leytonstone TrailblazARs – Move and Code
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…
It begins in darkness – Seke Chimutengwende
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,…
Glitch / Giselle by Glitch Projects
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…
Get Dancing Project, Showtown
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…
The Art of Courtly Love
The Art of Courtly Love was hosted at the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell in February 2022, as part of the Love Light festival. Thank you to our…
Baa’s Gold 10
'Baa’s Gold 10' was performed at the National Gallery, London, in November 2021 as part of 'Dance to the Music of Our Time', a live exhibition exploring the…
Museums in Motion – Royston, Stevenage and Watford Museums
May to October 2016 - Project Description Museums in Motion was a series of community dance and technology participation projects delivered by BEEE Creative and makeAMPLIFY, working with…
The Great Thames Disaster – Daisy Farris Dance Collective
On the evening of the 3rd September 1878, The Princess Alice paddle steamer was returning to London, loaded with tired yet jovial passengers who had enjoyed a day…
BIOdance
In October 2020, Combination Dance Company created a magical theatrical walk for Twickenham Riverside. Participants were invited to download a free map guiding them along their walk onto…
Casson & Friends – Untitled (The Gallery Project)
In July 2018 Casson & Friends were resident for 2 weeks at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge during the Antony Gormley SUBJECT Exhibition. During the residency the company created several pieces of work including community…
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – études
In Autumn 2016, Shobana Jeyasingh created études, an eight-minute contemporary dance piece responding to The Courtauld Gallery’s exhibition Rodin and Dance: The Essence of Movement. The exhibition explored Rodin’s fascination with dance and bodies…
The National Gallery and Avant Garde Dance
Virtual reality dance in the National Gallery How can dance interpret and respond to our paintings and architecture? How can movement animate our space and art and help us…
Martin Hylton at Lion Salt Works
SALT was commissioned as part of Arts&Heritage's Meeting Point programme in 2017. The work gave visitors the chance to step into the artwork for a truly unique experience. Visitors to the exhibition…
(Re)Make – Sara Wookey and Camilla Robinson
(Re)Make is a new dance film by Sara Wookey in collaboration with Camilla Robinson. It features four experienced female dance artists exploring ideas of remaking in choreography through movement and dance.…
Tide and Seek: Bethan Peters and Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth
At the beginning of 2019 Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth and Bethan Peters were commissioned by Turner Contemporary to deliver a series of workshops and develop a new artwork as part of Seaside:…
The Dancing in Caves project – Beneath Our Feet
Devised in collaboration with a steering group of archaeologists, geologists, historians, cavers and former miners, Beneath Our Feet is a promenade performance that uses dance and live music to tell…
Born and Bred Dance Theatre – Dancestry Project
Dancestry was a unique collaboration between Born and Bred Dance Theatre and Saddleworth Museum that used dance to learn about and explore the local history of Saddleworth. We…
Lowestoft Dance Map – Glass House Dance
Lowestoft Dance Map was part of Making Waves Together, an ambitious programme in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft to raise the profile for culture as a driver for economic…
Dancing to Art – Corali Dance Company at Tate Britain
Corali, a leader in dance created by artists with a learning disability, have worked with Tate since 1998 and are experts in creatively taking up space in the galleries. Most…
Fight or Flight at Norwich Castle
As part of 'Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn', their major National Lottery Heritage Fund redevelopment project, Norwich Castle are proud to introduce 'Fight or Flight': an ambitious creative dance initiative…
The Robert Wedderburn Project
Robert Wedderburn was a political activist of Jamaican/Scottish heritage from the early 1800’s fighting for the freedom of slaves and equality for the poor in London. From 2019-2021,…
Silence Between Waves – Richard Chappell Dance
Taking inspiration from the views of Berry Head in Brixham and the Singaporean dancers who perform the work, Silence Between Waves frames a conversation through movement and sound,…
The Elsewhen Series – Theo Clinkard and Leah Marojević
Modern day romantics, period dramas, projecting the present, practicing elsewhere and elsewhen, a series of daydreams and escapisms into alternatives via nature and her animals Across five duet…
Longways / Crosswise
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…
Clay Walks – Suzie West
On the 14th and 15th June 2018, Wheal Martyn came alive. Each viewing point, settling tank, woodland path and museum yard was filled with a cast of 200…
New Adventures – Cinderella: A Museum Adventure
Cinderella: A Museum Adventure was an exciting collaborative project with the Imperial War Museum to coincide with the UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella. As a creative response to Cinderella, a thrilling and evocative…
Ila Project – Dancing Strong
DancingStrong Movement Lab’s Ila project connected three primary schools to their local museums in Bristol (UK), London (UK), and Flint (USA). Students, classrooms and communities in these areas explored artworks…
Cotton – About Time Dance Company
Cotton is a site-responsive dance work for 3 professional dancers and a community cast; a captivating exploration through dance and sound, illuminating processes of cotton production in Lancashire.…
Bethan Peters – Royal Museums Greenwich
Between April 2015 and June 2016 I was invited to be the first choreographer in residence at Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG), which includes four iconic London sites: the National Maritime…
Against Captain’s Orders
In March 2015 Against Captain’s Orders opened to the public. A groundbreaking collaboration between the National Maritime Museum and immersive theatre makers Punchdrunk Enrichment, Against Captain’s Orders invites younger museum…
Curious Tea Party – Horniman Museum and Trinity Laban
The Horniman Museum and Gardens and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance have been working together on exciting projects since 2009 Trinity Laban has been part of 'Object in Focus', an…