Every summer, The Place, London’s leading centre for dance and performance, is excited to welcome a new annual cohort of Choreodrome artists to its building, to research and work on new ideas, pushing forward dance innovation.
Choreodrome is one of the most important dance development programmes in the UK, enabling artists to explore new territories and have access to tailored support. Itis part of The Place’s range of artist development opportunities designed to create a space for artists to explore new territories and facilitate the growth of independent artists’ creativity and sustainability. The 14 artists selected this year are delving into a wide range of practises and creative ideas including krump, improvisation, minimalism, archiving, Flamenco, Kuchipudi and Africanfuturism.
Speaking of the programme, Polly Cuthbert, Artist Development Producer at the Place, says:
“Choreodrome is a vital part of the UK’s dance ecology, supporting artists to develop bold new work that goes on to reach audiences at The Place, but also nationally and internationally. At its core, Choreodrome is about experimentation: a space to test ideas, take risks, and embrace the unexpected. This spirit of exploration is essential to the creative process, and we’re excited to see what emerges from this year’s artists.”
The creation of new dance thrives best in collaboration, and as always, The Place works with a number of partners and experts in their field, in order to best support a wide range of artists from different practices and with different needs. The Booster Packs are aimed at supporting artists in a specific area of choreographic practice or research, and this year, The Place is excited to be working with Just Us Dance Theatre, Bradford Arts Centre and London Contemporary Dance School to provide tailored support to three artists.
The Bradford Arts Centre Booster Pack is supporting Kesha Raithatha, the Knowledge Exchange Booster Pack is supporting emilyn claid and the Hip Hop Booster Pack is supporting Isaac Ouro-Gnao.
For 2026, the Choreodrome residency programme has been redesigned to better support artists at different stages of the making process and reflect the rising costs of making new work.This year, two levels of commissioning support are available:
£2,000 commissions:
- 1 week of studio space
- pitching opportunity at Choreodrome: making progress for ideas in the first stage of development that have had limited/no studio development time.
£4,000 commission:
- 2 weeks of studio space
- performance opportunity at Choreodrome: making progress for ideas that have been substantially developed with at least one previous studio-based research and development phase.
The 14 artists and collectives who were awarded this year’s Choreodrome Research Residencies are:
Annie Edwards
Annie Hanauer
Eleanor Sikorski
Emilyn Claid
Ghost and John
Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Joe Moran
Kesha Raithatha
Maiya Leeke
MANACAN
Matthew Rawcliffe
Oluwatosin Omotosho
Patricia Langa
Payal Ramchandani