The Place present their Graduate Performances 2018. See exciting work from the next generation of dance makers in this selection of the best student choreography from this year.
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE HOSTED AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
How did early 20th century cinema present and represent fashion, and how does this historical material relate to contemporary fashion film? This one-day conference investigates new methods, topics and themes at the interface of three fields: media archaeology, fashion history, and film studies. The conference looks at two parallel moments of fashion and film in the early 20th and 21st centuries, when the emergence and intensification of new technologies of the image began to impact the culture and commerce of fashion.
Have you got 1 hour to think about how happy you are and what could make you more happy? We are delighted to invite you to a free happiness workshop on Thursday 12 July 9:30am-10:30am at Old Diorama Arts Centre in Euston (nearest station: Warren Street).
The Community Champions project is a series of events designed to bring Knowledge Quarter (KQ) partners together with local charities and community groups, in order to encourage KQ partners to develop collaborative projects around the themes of youth, employability, environment, wellbeing and nexus. This particular event will cover the built environment, accommodation, internal and external play spaces, parks and nature.
Holloway Prison has been an important landmark in Islington for over 150 years. Thousands of women passed through its doors until it closed in 2016. This exhibition explores their stories.
In Victorian Britain, a women's place was considered to be in the home and children were treated as "expendable". On this walk through some of Bloomsbury's Squares, we hear about the first hospital specifically for children; a hospital founded thanks to the efforts of two sisters seeking care for their grandmother who had suffered a stroke and meet some the women pioneers of medicine and science.
Family Dance Day is jam-packed full of surprises that will entertain and inspire children and parents alike, you’d be mad to miss the most exciting family event in London this summer!
Each year Tête à Tête now takes over Riverside Studios for three weeks in August with a mix of musicians, singers, performers and dancers who are given free rein to present their work, some of which is still in progress. The categories include dance, mime and media technologies
Remember how you used to draw with confidence and joy as a child? What happened? Why did you stop? This workshop will help you rediscover that natural instinct for expressing yourself through drawing, and along the way you will see how drawing can give clarity to your thoughts, trigger memories, invigorate passions and solve problems.
In this striking exploration of memory, choreographer and director Wayne McGregor’s trademark sleek, athletic style combines with live accompaniment from electronic music innovator Jlin. Knowledge Quarter Special Offer: Get £26 tickets for £15!
