Stretch Programme

Registration & Admission

Panel: Making Dance More Accessible – Production and Programming

Lydia Wharf (Independent Dance Producer & Manager), Reece McMahon (Chisenhale Dance Space)

Workshop with Awa Dance: Leadership Development for Women in Dance

Avatâra Ayuso (Ava Dance Company, Awa Dance)

Panel: Dancepreneurs and Innovation in the Sector

Tamar Dixon (unique tay)

Workshop with dance art journal: Dance Writing

Katie Hagan (dance art journal, Royal Academy of Dance), Angel Dust (dance art journal, The Albany)

Panel: Fund Your Creative Career – Institutional vs Alternative Funding

Johanna Taylor (VAULT Creative Arts), Jessica Walker (Trade Creatives)

Panel: Your Freelance Desk – Accounting and Admin for Freelancers

Christopher Rodriguez (One Dance UK)

Networking: Meet Your Peers

Panel: Q&A with Beverley Glean MBE (Irie! Dance Theatre)

Performance 1: Connectingvibes by Irie! Dance Theatre
Performance 2: EU Topos

Registration & Admission

Panel: Diversity, Inclusion and Creating Safe Spaces

Peter Laycock (Freelance Creative Learning Consultant), Pierre (Mind Ur Head), Bakani Pick Up (Freelancer), Katie Hagan (DAJ)

Workshop with diagonal dance and Antonia Wiese: Dance Marketing in Practice

Antonia Wiese (HdK Associates), Ines Carvalho (diagonal dance, English National Ballet)

Panel: How to Network within the Sector – Best Practices

Isabel Sachs (I Like Networking), Steph Townsend (Yodanga Arts)

Panel: Diversifying your Career Paths – Working with Agencies and Embracing Commercial Work

Kosta Karakashyan (Studio Karakashyan), Helen Esther Aschauer (Freelance Director/Choreographer)

Panel: Creating Content and Storytelling – Communicating Dance Better

Rachel Elderkin (The Stage, Dance Dialogues Podcast), Sarah Blanc (Moxie Brawl, Dan Daw Creative Projects)

Networking: Closing Party