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…
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…
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…
Thomas Page Dances workshop – an observer’s account
By Leslie Tompkins – By prior arrangement I visited Thomas Page Dances workshops for professional dancers at HMG performance space Friday 14th Dec 2018 Unable to attend as a professional dancer I went as an enthusiastic community dancer to observe Lead by Thomas, the 3 male & 5 females went through an extensive warm-up followed…
