Our Stories

As 2024 draws to a close, we’ve been reflecting on some of the highlights of our second year as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.  We started the year in the studios of our partner organisation DanceEast, bringing together our dancers, creative...

We’re ending the year on a high, with a place on the UK Partner Award artist shortlist from disability arts commissioners Unlimited. We have been shortlisted for our new large-scale work Our Worlds Collide, currently in early stages of development. The piece explores...

We're looking forward to presenting two of our works at The Dance Space in Brighton on 25-26 October as part of Dreamy Place festival 2024, a celebration of the vibrant world of art and technology. Come and explore (The Moment) Everything Changed - an interactive...

Exciting times are ahead for our Dance for Neurology workshops. We recently received news that London Catalyst and the Hospital Saturday fund are awarding us over £11,000 to make it possible for us to offer our specialist dance sessions more widely. Dance for...

We’re looking for neuro-disabled people or people who care for someone with a neurological condition to join our small team of Lived Experience Consultants, the people who help shape our work and make sure it authentically reflects their lives. Lived Experience...

Are you an artist making a career change or a graduate who wants to explore and participate in work that straddles arts and health? We’re inviting applications for up to eight artists, based within easy reach of the Thurrock area, to take part in a day of Dance for...

Our story began in 2013, when our Founder and Artistic Director Nikki Watson created a duet exploring her changing relationship with her Mum, whose Multiple Sclerosis symptoms had begun to worsen. Nikki created her first professional work, You Remind Me Of Someone I...

Thanks to a £30,000 award from People’s Postcode Lottery, we’re offering Thurrock-based community or support groups working with neuro-disabled people free interactive dance sessions from October 2024 to January 2025. These bespoke sessions are fun, relaxed and use...

Please note: the following story recounts Teresa’s experience of developing paralysis as a result of Guillain Barre Syndrome, which some readers might find distressing. Since 2018, we have been collaborating with neuro disabled Lived Experience Consultants (LECs) to...

Artistic Director Nikki Watson reflects on what’s in store after our first year as a new member of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio. In November 2022, we were one of 22 dance organisations across England invited to make the transition from founder-run...