Entrepreneurial Dance Artists: an Oxford Dance Forum professional development and networking day
ODF are pleased to announce an exciting day of networking and learning supported by Dancin’ Oxford. Don’t miss this fantastic networking and learning day. It’s great value with lunch & refreshments included Aimed at local independent dance artists, the day is an opportunity to rebuild and make new connections in person with other artists, local…
Creative Lab & AGM 31 Jan 2023
Calling all Oxfordshire Dance Artists – come and join us for Creative Lab on Tue 31 Jan from 2-4pm and our Annual General Meeting will follow from 4.30-5.30pm at the URC Hall in Summertown. Please email oxford.dance.forum@gmail.com to confirm your attendance at either or both sessions. As always Creative Lab is a self organising session – bring movement ideas, costumes/props or music…
Call out for Dance Scratch
We are inviting applications for the next Dance Scratch Night which will be on Wed 5 October (previously advertised as 28 Sept but has changed) at the OFS. As always the dance scratch is about sharing new works in progress by local dance makers. If you are making new work or are thinking about making new work, you are…
Creative Lab – door, sun, in between
By Andy Solway – Creative Labs are a great place to try out new ideas. It’s also really interesting to get an insight into other people’s creative process. I’m always amazed at how well people work together in the labs, even when they are from very different dance backgrounds. At the February creative Lab, Jenny…
International Dance Day – Friday 29 April
Celebrating International Dance Day – Friday 29th April 2022 This year Oxford Dance Forum would like to invite all Oxford Dance Artists to share what they’re doing on International Dance Day, in the spirit of “A day in the life of a freelance dance artist”. Whatever our activities on the day, let’s take to our…
Dance Scratch at OFS
On 9th Feb 2022 Oxford Dance Forum were at last able to host our first Dance Scratch at Arts at the Old Fire Station in over two years. Three locally based makers shared new work: Susie Crow, Pragna Das and Helen Edwards, there was lively discussion and fantastic support from the audience who were as…
Digital Display Virtual Film Sharing
Following our Digital Display day at the North Wall, which took place on International Dance day, we shared the resulting films, virtually, via Zoom on Thursday 17 June 2021 at 6pm. Thanks to everyone who came to the film sharing! If you missed it, you can view below the films that 3 ODF members were…
Space to Dance Project: Inventory of dance-suitable spaces in Oxford
Figure 1- Oskar Schlemmer – circa 1920 Space is at the core of the practice of dance, in more senses than one… In order to be suitable for dance activities, and to ensure that dancers are safe (whether they are professionals or not), spaces need to meet a few requirements. In 2016, One DanceUK and…
