Let’s talk about young people’s mental health. In 2017 we supported Hawk Dance Theatre with space and time to help them R&D a new performance work. 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 of other groups, including
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
Proud to work with Fable Arts and Clifton Hospital Ludus Dance is proud to work with Fable Arts, for the second year, in a therapeutic arts programme for older people staying or living in care homes, health settings and residential schemes. This year’s new project Wonder-Full aims to improve the quality of life of vulnerable
Photo: HandsON show from Hawk Dance Theatre and Briggsyproduces – photo credit: Peter Yankowski – a project supported in 2017 by Ludus Dance with space and time in kind. Time, space and expertise from Ludus Dance Occupied is an individually tailored careers support and professional development scheme, led by Ludus Dance, for dance artists
About Children’s Mental Health Week This week, in Children’s Mental Health Week, children’s mental health charity Place2Be is encouraging children, young people and adults to celebrate our uniqueness…’ It’s all about #BeingOurselves. When we have a positive view of ourselves, it can help us to cope with life’s challenges, and recognising the different qualities of
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