Dance Festival Croydon

Dance Festival Croydon connects dance to new audiences, showcases Croydon artists and celebrates local creativity with a community performance; participatory workshops; youth dance performances; with a programme making LGBTQ+, global majority, elders and disabled artists visible.

Programme:

Ceyda Tanc Dance present Kizlar.

A celebration of what it means to be female, Kizlar is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning dance work.

Ceyda Tanc Dance creates dynamic contemporary dance influenced by Tanc’s Turkish heritage. Drawing on the virtuoso movements of male Turkish dancers with an all-female company, their unique movement vocabulary combines athletic contemporary movement with traditional Turkish folk dance, conveying striking shapes and a strong, sensual energy. Tanc’s work seeks to challenge traditional gender representation and highlight the intersection of cultures in modern Britain, embedding themes of feminism, ritual and ceremony.

Hanna and Faye present Splice

Splice is an exploration of connection and architecture between two bodies as they configure themselves between restriction and possibility, solving a physical puzzle, with a new score composed by world-renowned electronic musician Floating Points.

SE19 Project present Fears and Dreams

While the future is difficult to imagine, preparing for it is also vital and needed. Through this work we would like to consider what we can expect from the future on a personal level. Which part of it can we design individually and which will we be able to build as a community? Join us as we try to collectively find how we can be prepared for tomorrow, having lived through things that seemed impossible and unimaginable before. Dance Conversations – is a community performance group based in Crystal Palace, working together since 2020.

Grand Gesture present 69

In 1969 a new spirit of change was dancing across the world. Grand Gesture takes a leap back into the year of liberation, rebellion and exploration that defined their generation.