Resources tagged with dance



Bonnie Greer and Eddie Nixon in conversation

To celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, The Place is exploring some big questions crucial to their essence.  Here they focus our attention on what it means to be ‘contemporary’.  Is it a label? Is it definable? Or is it something else altogether? As part of their celebrations The Place‘s Artistic Director Eddie Nixon sat … Read more

What is dance for? A conversation with Sir Ken Robinson and Clare Connor

Author, speaker, international advisor on education and the arts and Patron of The Place, Sir Ken Robinson talks to the Chief Executive of The Place, Clare Connor about the innate value of dance, hierarchies in arts and education and how dance may help us expand our narrow views of intelligence.

Supporting families in need to attend dance theatre

A ‘pay it forward’ pilot campaign aimed to help families most in need attend dance theatre performances, but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Rhona Matheson, Chief Executive of Starcatchers tells the story.

Sadler’s Wells’ New Membership Scheme

How Sadler’s Wells made changes to its new membership scheme to increase new Members by over 50%. Director of Marketing & Sales at Sadler’s Wells Sebastian Cheswright Cater explains exactly what has changed.