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1990

• The first regular professional contemporary dance classes in the UK find a home base at the Holborn Centre in London
• From the start, classes embrace an ethos that combines mindful enquiry with technical rigour

1992

• The organisation first operates under the name Independent Dance

1993

• The first Thursday Group discussion forum for dance artists is held to debate views and develop a cohesive voice in preparation for an open funder's meeting

1996

• Fiona Millward joins ID as Coordinator of the programme, with support from London Arts Board

1997

• The Holborn Centre closes and classes move to a studio at the Institute of Social Work in Coram Fields, Bloomsbury

1998

• Independent Dance moves to a new home at the Jerwood Space with the support of the Space's Director Richard Lee
• The organisation achieves regularly funded status from Arts Council England

2000

• The London International Summer School partnership is developed with Chisenhale Dance Space and Greenwich Dance Agency

2001

• ID Co-Directors Gill Clarke and Fiona Millward receive a joint fellowship from NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts); part of the fellowship is to develop ID, and support the development of a website, the Winlab creative laboratories and the partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance
• ID website goes live
• The longstanding partnership with post-modern dance pioneer Deborah Hay begins
• Winlab — an annual, intensive creative dance laboratory — is launched in December

2003

• London International Summer School celebrates Judson Church pioneers Yvonne Rainer and Deborah Hay, and expands to include film showings and time for dialogue and discussion

2004

• The first Deborah Hay UK Solo Performance Commissioning Project takes place in partnership with Bodysurf Scotland

2006

• ID begins a new partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance and moves into its new home at Siobhan Davies Studios in Elephant & Castle, London
• Winlab Festival expanded to include windows onto artistic processes and improvisational practices

2007

• Launch of new website with additional features for dissemination and debate including film clips and transcriptions
• Development of partnerships with Siobhan Davies Dance, Swindon Dance, Dance4 and Oxford Dance Forum

2008

• Deborah Hay London Project

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