A festival programme of workshops, talks and presentations by leading international artists, WinLab has been running since 2001 and is oriented at participants who are making dance their life, as professionals.
WinLab has run every December for twenty years, bringing a range of practices and knowledges to the UK-based community and acting as a ground for international exchange. Artists who have been invited to lead labs or give talks or performances in the programme include :
Bebe Miller / Maria Hassabi / Meg Stuart / Steve Paxton / Siobhan Davies / Graeme Miller / Tere O’Connor / Miranda Tufnell / Eva Karczag / Bojana Cvejić / Jennifer Lacey / Rebecca Hilton / Susanne Rethorst / Thomas Hauert / KJ Holmes / Helen Paris / Leslie Hill / Jayne Parker / Rosalind Crisp / Caryn McHose / Mark Lorimer / Frey Faust / Meg Stuart / Alice Chauchat / Tim Etchells / Kaffe Matthews / Adam Benjamin / Kirstie Simson / Emilyn Claid / Linda Hartley / Wendy Houstoun / Lone Twin / Giovanni Felicioni / Rita Geirola / Julyen Hamilton / Jonathan Burrows / Matteo Fargion / Sylvia Hallett / Chris Crickmay / Andrew Morrish / Crosby McCloy / Joao Fiadeiro / Chrysa Parkinson / Lucia Walker / Scott Smith / Kate Brown / Lisa Nelson / Le Quan Ninh / Kirstie Simpson / Rosemary Butcher / Susan Schell / Jane Carr / RoseAnne Spradlin / Rosemary Lee / Simone Forti
Documentation from WinLab is being collated and will be available in our digital library from December 2021.
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