1.30pm and 6.30pm
The Queen’s Gardens, Fell Road, Croydon CR0 1YJ
11 Dance Performances
2.30-6.00pm
Braithwaite Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET
FREE ADMISSION. Book your tickets at Eventbrite.
6 Dance Films
4.15-6.00pm
David Lean Cinema, Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET
FREE ADMISSION
The dance festival starts and ends with Origami at the Queen’s Gardens on Fell Road. Origami is part of the Dance Umbrella London. The festival continues inside Braithwaite Hall with a rage of exciting contemporary dance performances and dance films by Croydon based and national dance companies and artists. Made in Croydon is also participating in the festival. It’ll will showcase work by selected local visual artists and craftspeople.
Jose Agudo Workshop
Jose’s class is fun inclusive and has a dynamic quality. Come and join this workshop if you are Intersted in learning a style that is an interesting mix of Kathak, Flemecon and contemporary dance.
Ceyda Tanc Dance
A celebration of what it means to be female, Kizlar is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning dance work.
Splice
Splice is an exploration of connection and architecture between two bodies as they configure themselves between restriction and possibility,
Folk Remix
A fresh, quirky, colourful and magical collision of traditional and Hip Hop dance and music: high-energy, with a unique remix of Maypole, Clogging, Ceilidh, Street, House and Breakdance with a hint of African & Bollywood.
Garba Flow
Feel the pulse of tradition with Garba Flow’s exquisite medley of Garba and Gujarati Folk dance.
SE19 Dance Project
While the future is difficult to imagine, preparing for it is also vital and needed. Through this work we would like to consider what we can expect from the future on a personal level.
Grand Gesture
In 1969 a new spirit of change was dancing across the world. Grand Gesture takes a leap back into the year of liberation, rebellion and exploration that defined their generation.
Croydon Folk Ensemble
Folk dance encompasses a rich diversity of dance forms, having developed over centuries in various communities across the world. This show is a showcase of both traditional folk dance and its contemporary interpretations, presented by community groups.
Bird Gang Ltd. & The Place
BOOK 4 SHORTS is a Hip-Hop dance adventure where two friends need your help! Join in with the dancers and get the chance to finish telling their story in this interactive and lively show.
Slide Dance
Crosswor(l)ds explores a quest for solutions in an ever-changing world, dealing with themes of agency and identity.
Ash Mukherjee
Vishnu’s Got My Back is part stand-up, part dance with original poetry, songs and anecdotal stories, reliving the coming of age of a femme non-binary person in post-colonial Kolkata, and then as a queer immigrant person of colour in the UK.
Shyam Dattani
Dvihīna, Sanskrit for ‘devoid of gender’. Dvihīna hopes to, through the choreography, de-gendered costume and original score, allow an appreciation of the movement itself over the body wearing the movement.
Jose Agudo Dance Company
Drawing inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s iconic work “The Hero’s Journey,” this personal and introspective dance piece invites audiences to witness a profound exploration of self-discovery.
Jose Agudo Dance Company
Rooted in the Sanskrit word for “discovery,” the performance follows the transformative voyage of an artist unncovering the art form of kathak.
Belinda Roy and Pallavi Anand
“Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing; Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing never ceases its sway”. Kabir Das
Films- 4.15pm David Lean Cinema, Croydon
Jose Agudo Workshop
Jose’s class is fun inclusive and has a dynamic quality. Come and join this workshop if you are Intersted in learning a style that is an interesting mix of Kathak, Flemecon and contemporary dance.
Ceyda Tanc Dance
A celebration of what it means to be female, Kizlar is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning dance work.
Splice
Splice is an exploration of connection and architecture between two bodies as they configure themselves between restriction and possibility,
Folk Remix
A fresh, quirky, colourful and magical collision of traditional and Hip Hop dance and music: high-energy, with a unique remix of Maypole, Clogging, Ceilidh, Street, House and Breakdance with a hint of African & Bollywood.
Garba Flow
Feel the pulse of tradition with Garba Flow’s exquisite medley of Garba and Gujarati Folk dance.
SE19 Dance Project
While the future is difficult to imagine, preparing for it is also vital and needed. Through this work we would like to consider what we can expect from the future on a personal level.
Grand Gesture
In 1969 a new spirit of change was dancing across the world. Grand Gesture takes a leap back into the year of liberation, rebellion and exploration that defined their generation.
Croydon Folk Ensemble
Folk dance encompasses a rich diversity of dance forms, having developed over centuries in various communities across the world. This show is a showcase of both traditional folk dance and its contemporary interpretations, presented by community groups.
Bird Gang Ltd. & The Place
BOOK 4 SHORTS is a Hip-Hop dance adventure where two friends need your help! Join in with the dancers and get the chance to finish telling their story in this interactive and lively show.
Slide Dance
Crosswor(l)ds explores a quest for solutions in an ever-changing world, dealing with themes of agency and identity.
