Independent Dance

Led by artists for artists

Independent Dance (ID) is an artist-led organisation providing a responsive framework to support, sustain and stimulate dance artists in their ongoing development as professionals.

It provides a specialist and coherent programme offering opportunities to learn, deepen enquiry, share practice and exchange ideas as part of an interdependent international community.

The classes and workshops at the core of the programme, led by internationally renowned artists, place a particular focus on movement exploration as a source for performance, improvisation and composition. Please visit the Classes page for our current programme.

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Explore bodywork approaches in one of ID’s immersive Sunday Special workshops. Coming up on 19 May is The Mutable Body – Aikido Fundamentals with Paul Douglas, and Awareness, Choice and Movement – Alexander Technique with Lucia Walker on 23 June.

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Applications are now open for the MA Creative Practice, jointly run by ID, Siobhan Davies Dance and Trinity Laban. Prospective students in need of financial support can apply for a Gill Clarke Bursary.

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ID is a home for dialogue and ideas exchange; our Crossing Borders series of talks from 2012 has now concluded, and the recordings of all ten talks are available to listen to or download.