MOVE IT
MOVE IT is the UK’s biggest dance and performing arts event and brings together the whole industry for an amazing 3-day celebration of dance. If you love dance, you’ll love MOVE IT.
Great reasons to visit Move It:
Watch stars and celebrities performing live
Be wowed by 100 amazing performances
Try a different dance style from a choice of 200 ...
Event at:
Olympia Grand Hall
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London
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United Kingdom
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Jump Jive and Shout Jive Night
Come on down to Jump Jive and Shout the lively, fun friendly 1940s and 50s style party night, with retro diva and vinyl queen Jeniffer Jackson spinning some of the very best in pulsating, energy driven 1940s and 50s rhythm n blues, jump jive, boogie woogie, doo wop, blues shouters and more. The roots of rock n roll.
Join us as we celebrate the ...
Event at:
Kennedy’s Bar
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Islington
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United Kingdom
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Movember Zumbathon 10th December 2011 (10am-12pm)
ZUMBATHON to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
£7.00 entry (donations welcome)
10th December 2011
10am to 12pm
WI Hall Datchet (Berkshire)
Everyone Welcome
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The Movember Effect: Awareness & Education, Surv ...
Event at:
WI Hall Datchet
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Datchet
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United Kingdom
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Edits
The Featherstonehaughs present
Edits
Choreography by Lea Anderson
Production Design by Simon Corder
Join Lea Anderson’s all male contemporary dance company, The Featherstonehaughs, as they hit the road for the very last time.
Six Featherstonehaughs are inhabited by mysterious female film sirens - Green Velvet, Spot, Magenta, Canary, Lur ...
Event at:
Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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Alluminae Performing Arts Show
The Performing Arts Show.
Includes a mixture of dances including hip hop, street, contemporary
If you would like more information on how to join Alluminae Dance Classes ...
Event at:
Watermans
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele
The Featherstonehaughs present
The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele
Choreography by Lea Anderson
Production Design by Simon Corder
Join Lea Anderson’s all male contemporary dance company, The Featherstonehaughs, as they hit the road for the very last time.
This final farewell tour sees the dynamic re-working o ...
Event at:
Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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Rambert Dance Company
Artistic Director Mark Baldwin has attracted some of the very best international choreographers, composers and designers to Rambert since taking the helm in 2002. Following the successes of Constant Speed, Eternal Light and The Comedy of Change, Baldwin presents his brand new work, Seven for a secret, never to be told; a magical and playful piece s ...
Event at:
Sadlers Wells Theatre & the Lilian Bayl
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London
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United Kingdom
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Classical Daredevas by Akademi
A chill-out evening of sensational dance
Two dancers perform six dances in a constantly changing repertoire of bite sized pieces. Up-beat, downbeat, elegant, energetic, cool, hot, Daredevas is a stunning mosaic of choreography designed for the 21st century.
Akademi has been presenting Daredevas, a showcase for up and coming dancers around L ...
Event at:
Watermans
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London
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United Kingdom
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Kata Kantor and Belamuhely - Nightingale Theatre in Brighton
DOUBLE BILL
Kata Kántor and Bélamuhely
A multi-award winning double-bill performance of dance and music fresh from Budapest Fringe. “Origo” will be followed by a musical concert by Bélamuhely
Accomplished Hungarian dancer and choreographer Kata Kántor brings Origo to the Nightingale. Origo is a performance which illumin ...
Event at:
Nightingale Theatre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Tea Dance
Come and Waltz, tango, cha-cha-cha and quickstep to the strains of the Royal Opera House Dance Band.
We continue to celebrate the days when the Royal Opera House was one of the most popular dance venues in London with our tea dances. These take place throughout the Season in the Paul Hamlyn Hall where you can waltz, tango, cha cha cha and quicks ...
Event at:
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Dance United and Only Connect
Powerful, plysical performances by companies whose performers include talented ex-offenders.
Dance United and Only Connect ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Fruit For Thought And Unexploded Stories
By Anjali Theatre Company
This highly acclaimed dance group with pepople with learning disabilities bring to Watermans a Double-Bill two pieces of fascinating imaginative dance.
Fruit For Thought
A tree grows with continuous effort and life's a cycle of work and laughter, love and jelousy, manipulated by hidden forces. Six dancers shake th ...
Event at:
Watermans
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London
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United Kingdom
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Logobi05
The most recent in a series of duets initiated by Monika Gintersdorfer and Knut Klaßen, Logobi 05 is a brilliant and entertaining meeting of different cultures and contexts.
Richard Siegal, formerly a dancer with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt, meets Franck Edmond Yao from the Ivory Coast for a lively and informal discussion and excha ...
Event at:
Gate Theatre
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London
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United Kingdom
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PAST, PRESENT and BEYOND
UK’s street dance champions PERIDOT are thrilled to present to you the ultimate dance showcase and inaugural event, of their Tour to Portsmouth. PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE.
PERIDOT will be supported by some of the best dance groups / crews / schools / duo’s & solo performers in the area. This will be an outstanding, dynamic, jaw-dropping and ...
Event at:
Watermans
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Brentford
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United Kingdom
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Lucinda Childs Dance Company
A seminal collaboration between choreographer Lucinda Childs, composer Philip Glass and visual artist Sol LeWitt, which emerged from New York during one of the city’s most vibrant artistic periods.
In this rarely seen signature piece,three dances are performed live, set to a projection of LeWitt’s black-and-white film showing selected passages o ...
Event at:
Barbican Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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GoToJail: The Cell Project
Gotojail involves the siting of a replica prison cell in public situations. It is constructed to the exact specifications and materials that would be found in a contemporary UK prison, down to the stainless steel toilet and the prison mattress. It also houses, on certain days, a prisoner.
Wander into the cell between 2pm and 7pm to view the cond ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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GoToJail: The Cell Project
Gotojail involves the siting of a replica prison cell in public situations. It is constructed to the exact specifications and materials that would be found in a contemporary UK prison, down to the stainless steel toilet and the prison mattress. It also houses, on certain days, a prisoner.
Wander into the cell between 2pm and 7pm to view the cond ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Armitage Gone! The Watteau Duets
SPECIAL EVENT: Join contemporary dance legend Karole Armitage for a one-off performance of her punk classic, The Watteau Duets. The piece portrays the battle of the sexes, ironically staged as a war dance. The performance is followed by a panel discussion with Karole Armitage, choreographer Matthew Hawkins and curator Glenn Adamson.
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Event at:
The Victoria and Albert Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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A Brief Encounter with... Matthias Sperling
Matthias Sperling and Rachel Krische don superhero lycra and delve boldy into the relationship between body and mind. Both humorous and deadly serious, Do Not Be Afraid explores the notion that dancers might possess a unique superpower allowing an audience to see the mind through the body. These two gifted artists form a delightful combination and ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Candoco Dance Company (UK)
Candoco Dance Company takes us to the past, present and future to celebrate its 20th anniversary with three bold and unexpected commissions.
From 1983 we have contagious music by Laurie Anderson and playful movement in the re-staging of Set and Reset/ Reset between Trisha Brown Dance Company and Candoco. French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane re ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Dance Marathon
Put your glad rags on and dance your cares away in this interactive event inspired by the human endurance contests of 1920s and 30s America.
Part theatre, part social experiment, Dance Marathon invites you to strut your stuff to the live band. Come alone or as a group, come if you are experienced or a total novice. Then it’s time to have fun, le ...
Event at:
Barbican Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Beijing Dance Theatre - Haze
Beijing Dance Theater has built an impressive reputation for collaborating with leading dance artists and cultivating dance and the arts in China since being established by choreographer Wang Yuanyuan and visual artists Han Jiang and Tan Shaoyuan in 2008. In just three years they have created a rich repertoire that brings together traditional eleme ...
Event at:
Sadlers Wells
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London
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United Kingdom
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A Brief Encounter with... Claire Cunningham
This autobiographical solo traces Claire Cunningham's journey into dance and the continuing impact that dance has on her body. Evolution is an innovative piece in which Cunningham's crutches become extensions of her body, creating her own individual vocabulary. Both uplifting and moving, it tells the story of one woman's exploration of ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Armitage Gone! Dance - Two Theories (Excerpts from Three Theories) and Drastic-Classicism
Not seen in London since 1985, '80s wild child Karole Armitage returns to Dance Umbrella with a world premiere and the revival of a seminal classic.
Striking, elegant and dramatic, Two Theories - Quantum & String is performed by the company of ten captivatingly brilliant dancers, and explores the poetry underlying the pillars of 20th-ce ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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A Feeling for Practice - Revivals: Going Beyond the Steps
Now in its fifth year, A Feeling for Practice goes behind the scenes to explore the different ways artists revive seminal work. Not just a matter of teaching the steps, it's a much more complex and interesting process which can be approached in a variety of ways.
Renowned choreographer Richard Alston shares his process of reviving sections ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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A Typical Dancer
Dance Umbrella presents a programme of short films co-curated by Candoco's Pedro Machado as part of Candoco Turning 20. All of the films present distinct alternatives to the traditional notion of a dancer and as such expand the viewer's understanding of what dance can be.
The films range from known classics such as Rosemary Butcher and ...
Event at:
Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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I, within and Anant - Endless
A new contemporary / classical double-bill
Pagrav Dance presents a new double bill I, within and Anant - Endless in an evening of contemporary and classical Indian dance, taking bold new steps in Kathak choreography.
I, Within explores the inner conflict of one’s self. The piece is a bold new step towards expanding the vocabulary of Kathak. ...
Event at:
Rich Mix
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London
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United Kingdom
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IronINC-OYO Fundraising Event
An action-packed evening of dance, live music and very special guest DJ's, ironINC returns to London with acclaimed 'Due to Unforeseen Circumstances…' All ticket proceeds go to ironINC in Africa.
What do dance, incredible DJ’s and live music have in common? They are all coming together to raise funds and awareness for ironINC in Afr ...
Event at:
Rich Mix
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London
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United Kingdom
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Anant - Endless and I, Within
An evening of contemporary and classical Indian dance, taking bold new steps in Kathak choreography
Anant - Endless
This is a personal journey that reveals Urja Desai Thakore's artisitc journey from India to the UK, using the classic Kathak style. This is a solo performance presented in the traditonal context and explores the different, c ...
Event at:
Watermans
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London
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United Kingdom
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company
See a selection of iconic works by visionary choreographer Merce Cunningham performed one last time in the UK by the company he personally trained. Three rich programmes bring together six cutting-edge dances spanning 40 years and showcasing groundbreaking collaborations with artists including John Cage, Brian Eno and Andy Warhol.
Playful exuber ...
Event at:
Barbican Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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