Good Grief! What’s that all about? Anthony and Sarah from Maelstrom Theatre are back in the Ludus Dance studio this week developing their third outdoor duet. First, they gave you a cake calamity, then magic mayhem, and now, if that wasn’t enough, they are tackling one of the most mysterious of things in our known
An individually tailored careers support and professional development scheme led by Ludus Dance for North West based dance artists at different stages in their career. What you get SPACE – Up to 90 hours of free studio space either for self-practice use or to develop an idea HOT DESK – Access to hot desk space
Let’s talk about young people’s mental health. In 2017 we supported Hawk Dance Theatre with space and time to help them research and develop a new performance work which was initially created with men’s mental health in mind. Subsequent HandsON test shows demonstrated its wider appeal, speaking on behalf of and resonating with a variety
What? On a murky, grey day in Lancaster our bi-weekly professionals class, which is usually peer led, had a little bit of sunshine added to it last week when it was led, on Skype, by Phinda-Mzala in Gauteng in South Africa. Who? Phinda-Mzala use their artistic practice to spread health messages in disadvantaged areas of
Edenamiuki Aiguobasinmwin kicks off Ludus Dance’s first FORGE artist commission. About The FORGE… Ludus Dance recently launched The FORGE, a brand new initiative responding to a need to nurture diverse artistic voices within cultural spaces and programmes across the North West, and particularly Lancashire. Last year, the organisation put out a call for applications for
A micro playground for testing new ideas Friday 1st March 2019 12pm – 9pm Artist Call-out A new test space for raw, unfinished, unmade and/or challenging artist content. For one full day, we are opening our doors to local performance artists to present new and unfinished ideas/ concepts to lovely northern audiences in an informal
THE FORGE The Call Ludus Dance are seeking artistic proposals from North West based artists/ makers identifying as; Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) and/ or People of Colour (POC), that respond to a clear need for greater diverse representation within our cultural spaces and programmes. With support from Ludus Dance through ‘The Forge’, the successful
WONDER-FULL This summer, we were proud to work in partnership with Fable Arts and Clifton Hospital on the Wonder-Full project to bring the outside in and onto the wards. Wonder-Full focused on improving wellbeing on the wards and was rooted in the thinking that healthy minds support healing bodies. Bringing a sense of achievment and fun
Over eight weeks, until early August, as part of a collaborative project with Fable Arts and Clifton Hospital in Lytham, Ludus Dance is working with community dance professional Anna Daley and early career artist Maiya Leeke to bring gentle movement to music and a sense of fun to weekly sessions with patients. To create inspiring
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