RESOURCES


Hi! On this page I’ve gathered some resources around dance and choreography that I  find helpful. Please do share the link with friends who might benefit from the info and pls let me know if you have something else that might be added onto the page. Also, if you read/watch something from the list and would like to discuss, drop me a message and we can arrange a meet-up :)


artist development + communities / funding / spaces for hire / books & articles / websites /
contribute a resource






ARTIST DEVELOPMENT + COMMUNITIES

Interval Collective“Interval is an artist led collective founded in 2010 in Bristol, UK.

We are a group of artists whose work spans live art, contemporary theatre, dance, visual art, cabaret, writing, community work, audio and more.
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We support each other, share, critique and push new ideas and research. We are interested in what a collective can be and in finding new ways in which to support each other’s development. We offer an encouraging and focused space to experiment and go forward with the supportive clout of a collective behind you.

We share knowledge and resources including an office and rehearsal space at The Exchange, Corn Street (above St Nick's Market).“
Spike Island Associates“Spike Island Associates is a professional development network for artists, curators, designers, writers and producers at all stages of their careers. Members span multiple disciplines and share a common interest in collaboration, experimentation and a desire to learn new skills.

We programme a year-round calendar of events for Associates, including:  
  • One-to-one meetings and group crits with artists, curators, writers and critics from across the world 
  • Reading and discussion groups 
  • Skills workshops: pricing and selling your work, fundraising, bookkeeping and finances, digital and practical skills 
  • Talks and study sessions related to contemporary art practice 
  • Away days to galleries and artist-led spaces”



Pervasive Media Studio Residency (unpaid)
“Pervasive Media Studio has around 200 Residents exploring creative technology by making work alongside each other. The Resident community is built upon mutual exchange; we ask people to participate actively in an ongoing way.  

Residency offers the following;  
  • Connection to other Residents and our wider network of partners with whom you can share ideas as they develop
  • Ad-hoc support with business, technology and artistic development (including support to think about climate impact and inclusive practice)
  • Free desk space that you can access 7 days a week
  • Bookable meeting rooms, workshop space and a small maker space (with some access to equipment)” 

Pervasive Media Studio — MakeShift workshops
Make Shift is Watershed's place for early stage creatives who are interested in creative technology and/or film practice*. Through free events and creative development opportunities, it is a space to:
  • CONNECT with peers and potential collaborators
  • LEARN from each other and established practitioners
  • DEVELOP skills and knowledge
  • IMAGINE possibilities for your practice and how your work intersects with the wider world
  • CREATE new work or develop existing ideas
  • SHARE your work at Watershed
  • REFLECT on your practice considering where you have been and where you could go
* In my experience, the events are not specific to these areas at all
Creative Youth Network“Creative Youth Network enables young people, no matter what their background or circumstances, to reach their own potential”*

*Technically it’s for 18-25 year-olds. They offer events, commissions, workshops, etc. 
Neurodiverse Art In MotionNAIM (Neurodiverse Art In Motion) has been set up to create a network for neurodiverse artists in Bristol and the South-West. 

With the support of Art in Motion, an organisation that collaborates with learning-disabled and neurodivergent artists to make artwork, NAIM will be focused on developing a network and programme to nurture and support artists and their work. 



FUNDING

Gather Up Response Pot
£750 available to Bristol-based artists working with contemporary dance practices
The Elephant TrustGrants are usually between £2000 and £5000, but with the addition of the Shelagh Wakely Bequest some larger grants may be awarded. Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries who should submit imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions.  Successful applicants should leave a minimum of two years before reapplying for help with a new project.

The Fenton Arts Trust
Grants are available to support individual works, activities, performances or prizes in any field of artistic endeavour including drama, painting, sculpture, dance, music, poetry and architecture.



SPACES FOR HIRE


Mayking Space

St Anne’s House




Bristol BS4 4ABStandard Day Rate – £135 per day
Reduced Day Rate – £50–£135 (sliding scale)

Standard Weekly Rate – £565 (5 days, can include a weekend)
Reduced Weekly Rate – £340 (5 days, can include a weekend)

(big room, dance flooring)
booking form

info pack
the Island

Nelson Street, Bristol,
BS1 2BEDance space:
£18 p/h individuals
£25 p/h groups
£200 per day
£250 weekend

20% discount for block bookings, charities and youth groups with a minimum 5-hour same day booking.
Discounts also offered to new classes for a 6 week incubation period.

Monday to Friday: 7.30am – 9.30pm
Weekends: 7.30am – 9.30pm

(other types of spaces are also available for bookings, check website) dancespace@theisland.uk

0117 376 3457

website
St. Michael’s Perish Hall

very close to Mount Without
BS16 6BQ £25 hourly rate, 20% discount for charities and community, 32% discount for regular hires

£125 half-day rate, same discounts apply
Either 9am till 5 pm or 5.30pm till 11.30pm
Additional hours outside of these times are charged at £25 per hour.

£250 full-day rate, same discounts
9am till 11.30pmbookings
St. Anne’s Mill Room

St Anne’s House
Bristol BS4 4AB
£36 per hour
£120 half day
£240 full day

114.96 sqm 
Height: approx – 2.8m

(big room, concrete floors) bookings@bricksbristol.org

07709 264 201
Pickle FactoryHas a Main Hall, Cinema room and Cafe. These prices are for the Main Hall (10m x 7m):

£25 p/h
£75 half day
£125 full day

extra costs for access to garden, cafe and cinema room
lower rates for charities website
Interval

Above St Nick’s Market 1 person = £20-£50*
2+ people = £30-£60*
*sliding scale
or hourly £10 p/h

(dance flooring, medium-sized room) interval.leader@gmail.com



BOOKS & ARTICLES

*Let me know if you need help getting your hands on any of these.  
Also it might be worth checking the Arnolfini’s reading room, gov libraries (Bristol Central, etc), Spike Associates library (members only) and Interval library (members only).
Embodied philosophy in dance: Gaga and Ohad Naharin’s Movement Research 
Einav Katan, 2016
Lamb at the AltarDeborah Hay, 1994

Using the sky: a dance Daborah Hay, 2015

Reading dancing: bodies and subjects in contemporary American dance Susan Leigh Foster, 1986
Choreographer’s HandbookJonathan Burrows, 2010

Performance Theory;
Performance Studies, an introduction Richard Schechner

Participation (Documents of Contemporary Art)
Essays by various authors, ed. Claire Bishop

Dance (Documents of Contemporary Art)
Essays by various authors,  ed. Andre Lepecki

WEBSITES

Ubu WebDance videos
MonoscopeA wikipedia for arts and art studies
In terms of performance“IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE is a keywords anthology designed to provoke discovery across artistic disciplines.”
Independent Dance Digital Library“Independent Dance’s digital library houses an extensive range of research material to read, watch and listen to. This material is from the past 15 years of our near-40 year history and is drawn from work ID has programmed, or with which ID has a direct connection.

By re-releasing this archive and creating this new digital space as a home for documentation of our programme and research, ID aims to create a non-academic, dance research resource which is freely available to all.“
Syllabus Project“Syllabus was born from a conversation about discovery and learning. In discussing the ways that cultural artifacts travel through a society, we imagined how a syllabus could function as a creative tool that allows you to do things like:

i. present what you feel is important for others to experience or consume;  
ii. group items together in ways that shade and refine their meaning;  
iii. apply a conceptual or idiosyncratic approach to the syllabus form;
iv. develop rogue pedagogies.“ 

*A very cool website! Love it
Material for the Spine“Material for the Spine, a movement study is an interactive online publication (Web-app). Conceived by the dancer Steve Paxton as both a meditation on the spine and a technical approach, Material for the Spine focuses on experience acquired along his artistic journey: his study on walking, his experience as a dancer, the development of Contact Improvisation and his Aïkido practice. This 4 hour long interactive publication online features the technique in its formal dimension and underlying thought process. Exercises and physical explorations are combined with lectures and documents of original performances, aiming to “bring consciousness to the dark side of the body, its hidden aspect or its interior.””
Movement ArtisansOnline archive of Axis Syllabus online intensives available for purchase from around €25. Also news about their ongoing workshops and residencies in Europe.