How to be Afraid? (2021) : a research space with mayfield brooks & Mary Pearson
Research, performances and talks exploring fear and trust through improvisation, in the context of the legacy of transatlantic slave trade
Past Programme
Research + Projects
Contemporary Dance and Whiteness
A two-year project exploring how race and racism mark the cultures, institutions and aesthetics underpinning contemporary dance
ID ONLINE (2020–21)
In March 2020 Siobhan Davies Studios had to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic and ID moved online
Crossing Borders (2007 – 2019)
A 12-year programme of talks criss-crossing disciplines
WinLab (2001 – 2019)
A festival programme of workshops, talks and presentations by leading international artists
Memory at Work: Rosemary Butcher in the Present Tense (2016)
A shared space for remembering Butcher and her work, tracing the legacies of this key British choreographer
Re:imagine India (2015 – 2016)
A joint project with Gati Dance Forum (New Delhi) which fed independent dance practice in India and the UK
The What Festivals (2009 – 2016)
Emphasizing process over product, this series challenged expectations of what a festival might be
5th Gill Clarke Day (2016)
Co-director of ID and pioneering dance artist Gill Clarke died in 2011. Gill’s day invites both her friends and those who didn’t know her to discuss her legacy.
Deborah Hay : Solo Performance Commissioning Project (2004 – 2012)
Co-produced by ID and Bodysurf Scotland
Past Events
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Intimacy & the Civic with Nita Little + Vanessa Grasse
30 July
8–9.30pm
ACCESS: CC
Workshop with Nita Little: Meeting Ourselves Along the Way
28 July – 30 July
5–7.30pm
ACCESS: CC
The Dancing Tongues : a workshop with Chinasa Vivian Ezugha
28 July – 30 July
10am–12pm
ACCESS: CC
Launch of Independent Dance and Movement Training special issue
27 July
7–9pm
ACCESS: CC
Movement Mazes Whispering Fictions (in the Garden) : a research lab with Dinis Machado
23 July – 27 July
11am–5pm
A Park Fête
22 July
4–8.30pm
ID takes to the park to launch the Festival of Learning with an artists' gathering, picnic and performances.
BSL provided on request
Keep Listening Keep Talking #3 with Sharon Watson
20 July
3–5pm
ACCESS: CC
