*𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗛*𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡 - 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬 | 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 - 𝟮𝟬/𝟮𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆* Chisenhale Dance Space will be taking over Ugly Duck in London Bridge for a weekend of art, activism, dance, and networking! 'Making Sh*t Happen' is a massive celebration of everything that makes CDS brilliant: people coming together to share ideas, experience radical performance, and make great sh*t happen! It is a way for us to gather and share the wonderful work we have been doing over the last year with the broader sector as well as celebrate pour peers and colleagues in the grassroots arts sector. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵*𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝟳𝗽𝗺, 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 £𝟲 / 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: https://lnkd.in/dbk_nCC5 This is an evening to dance, mingle, and celebrate the radical, explosive work of the CDS Artist Community and grassroots dance sector. With performances from Jose Funnell, Lizzy Tan, Sasha Shadid, Francisco Zhan & Yuki Nishimura. These brilliant artists circle queer & feminist performance, breakdance, vogueing, and activist action. Plus a DJ set from Harietta (Body Swap, Dalston Superstore) 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵*𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺, 𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺, 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 / 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: https://lnkd.in/dGnCvm4B A day of conversation, networking and drop-in workshops. In an age of political disappointment, how can we resist the capitalist stranglehold on our work? Join us to renew our faith in collectivity and hope. With stalls from collectives and orgs working across dance, activism and wellbeing including Raze Collective, Sensoria, oestrogeneration, Metal & Water, Babel Theatre Company, Hidden Keileon. Plus Artist Community members: Christopher Matthews, Renée Bellamy, Sham Miah & Savannah Theis! There'll also be panel talks about anti-ableism, artist leadership, governance and activism.
About us
Chisenhale Dance Space (CDS) is a home for experimentation in dance and performance and has been situated in the heart of Tower Hamlets for over 40 years. CDS affords artists space and time to create in its multi-purpose research and performance studios.
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- Industry
- Performing Arts
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- 2-10 employees
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- London
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- Nonprofit
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- Community Engaged Practice, Education through performance, Artistic Development, and Practice as Research
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Updates
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Funding news 🎉 We are grateful to have received a £4,878 grant from the Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme supported by THE LINBURY TRUST. This grant will enable us to invest in a new lighting desk in our Performance Studio, which will be more energy efficient, accessible remotely and easy to use, giving artists more options to experiment and play when making work or holding classes and workshops in our space! This is the latest investment in CDS’s spaces - after our recent acquisition of mirrors! We’re committed to being one of the most affordable studio spaces in London for artists to make work and experiment and this latest upgrade, allowing artists greater access to using lighting, will be happening in the next few months - so next time you’re in the space, keep an eye out! More info: https://lnkd.in/e97qQx8Z
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We're pleased to be working with BAP! to launch Solidarity Spaces - a space for the income generators of organisations to come together and vent, support and organise. The first Solidarity Space will be specific to London Organisations in partnership on the 14th of October from 9am. Book here: https://lnkd.in/eMDXZpbt
Introducing Solidarity Spaces - a space for the income generators of organisations to come together and vent, support and organise. Our first Solidarity Space will be specific to London Organisations in partnership with Chisenhale Dance Space on the 14th of October from 9am. Book here: https://lnkd.in/eMDXZpbt
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🔊 Join the CDS Team! We are searching for a Venue & Events Producer to join our team at Chisenhale Dance Space! Could it be you…? As the Venue & Events Producer, you’ll be at the heart of CDS, ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of our space and supporting the incredible artists who form the CDS Artist Community. This role is all about people, creativity, and making things happen—whether it’s helping artists book studio spaces, organise classes, workshops, performances, or events. You’ll be the go-to person, the glue that holds our vibrant community together. If you’re passionate about supporting artists, love working collaboratively, and have a knack for maximising opportunities, we’d love to hear from you! This part-time role is perfect for someone with an independent freelance practice who is looking to manage a venue for the first time or wants to bring their administrative and management skills into the creative world. 📅 Key Details: Contract: 0.8 part-time, 1-year fixed term (with potential to extend) Start Date: Ideally October 2024 (negotiable) Salary: £24,000 per annum (£30,000 FTE) Applications Open: 27th August 2024 Deadline: Midnight, 26th September 2024 📢 We strongly encourage applications from those who are under-represented in our sector, particularly from the global majority, who are disabled / neurodiverse and those facing socio-economic barriers. 🔗For more information and to apply, check out: https://lnkd.in/ebbYFNgV Join us in making a real impact at CDS—we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! ✨
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We're super excited to be working with English National Ballet again to be curating and hosting a paid ideas incubator lab for artists. Check it out, deadline to apply 17 June 👇
📢 Call-out: paid opportunity for independent choreographers and dance artists! Following a very successful pilot in February, we are curating another Ideas Incubator Residency in collaboration with Chisenhale Dance Space, from 10-12 July, as part of our Shared Ground initiative. Hosted in our beautiful studios, the residency will offer artists the chance to work with a composer, mentor, and one another, for a creative development and sharing of ideas. Applications are open to choreographers and dance artists from any dance background. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/ekRieAbg Images © Photography by ASH #artistopportunity #artistdevelopment #artistcallout #ideasincubator #sharedground #ChisenhaleDanceSpace
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CDS Executive Director Reece McMahon shares some thoughts about our ongoing process of 'Transformational Governance' 👇
It's coming up to two years since I joined Chisenhale Dance Space as Director and I've been thinking a lot about the journey we've been on as an organisation. We launched our reimagined version of 'Artist Community' last year and since then have just had the most incredible 9 months connecting with and feeding off the energy of artists (70% of whom identify as marginalised in some way) who have come to our space to build community, their practice and try and influence change within the sector. To get to that moment, took a lot of work and restructuring behind the scenes - including unpicking historical and systemic structures and actively making space, new systems and process that could shift power to artists for us to achieve our vision of being truly artist-led. My brilliant colleague Frances (Artist Community Producer) and I were incredibly lucky to be a part of the Transformational Governance programme (led by an awesome Transformational Governance Stewarding Group) which came to and end at the end of 2023 - though the learnings and tools gained through it are being used every day. I wanted to share the transcript / video of the reflection interview we did with amazing Euella Jackson where we summed up the journey we've been on and shared some honest, open reflections on what we have learnt. Just some of the topics we cover include legal structures, paid and unpaid labour, the particulars of creating change in the arts sector and the importance of maintaining momentum. We'd like to see more organisations take up this knotty, but ultimately transformational work and so am sharing in the hope that even a snippet of it might inspire someone to think about embarking on a similar journey! READ HERE: https://lnkd.in/ePv8Z3yS (If you prefer to listen to / watch it - there is the recorded video of Frances, Euella and I here: https://lnkd.in/eqQuMvGm)
Power Shift Reflection #1 — Chisenhale Dance Space
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You will also find us at Chisenhale Dance Space for a WTF Thursday event on the 23rd March, 7-9pm for a special evening and dance and painting! Book you free spot here: https://lnkd.in/giGDRzQX
WTF Thursday - Ensemble: Stories of Solidarity
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In April, our team at Diagonal Dance launched a pilot professional development workshop in partnership with Chisenhale Dance Space 🎉 Diagonal Lab's Scratch Night invited participants to draft a collective marketing campaign for two short-works performed live by dance artists Francesca Matthys, Katie Kelly and Mary Sweetnam. What an amazing evening it was💡Thanks for all performers and participants for the insightful conversations and skillsharing. We can't wait to plan our next Scratch Night!
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