Round table discussion at Cell Project Space

Cell Project Space

4.30pm
This roundtable discussion bring together academic 'Funmi Adewole, artist Jamila Johnson-Small and X6 founding members- Emilyn Claid, Fergus Early, Jacky Lansley and Mary Prestidge. Taking New Dance magazine as a starting point the conversation will explore the relationship of collectivity, writing and politics in dance today.
‘Funmi Adewole is a dance practitioner, writer and lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester.  Her touring credits include Horse and Bamboo Mask and Puppetry Company, Adzida Pan-African Dance Ensemble and the Chomondeleys dance company and her recent performances include “The Sleepwalker”, Tangente, Montreal; “Restfulness”, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester.  Recent publications include: 'Caribbean dance: British Perspectives and the choreography of Beverley Glean’ (2016); The construction of the Black dance/African Peoples' dance section in Britain: Issues arising for the conceptualisation of related choreographic and dance practices (2016); Curating performance from Africa for international stages: Thoughts on Artistic Categories and Critical Discourse (2018). Adewole was chair of Association of Dance of the African Diaspora in Britain (ADAD) from 2005 to 2007.
Emilyn Claid is a choreographer, writer, teacher, academic and psychotherapist based in London, UK. She was a co-founder of the X6 Collective, London and a co-editor of New Dance magazine (1976-80). Claid was Artistic Director of Extemporary Dance Theatre, London (1981-1989) and has choreographed for companies including Candoco Dance Company and Phoenix Dance Company. Claid was Director of BA & MA Choreography at Dartington College of Arts (2003-2013). Publications include ‘Yes? No! Maybe… Seductive Ambiguity in Dance Theatre Performance’ (Routledge, 2006). Claid is currently Professor of Choreographic Practices at Roehampton University and has a private practice as a psychotherapist in London.
Fergus Early is dancer, choreographer and director based in London, UK. He is a co-founder of the X6 Collective, London (1976-80); its successor Chisenhale Dance Space, London (1980-) and a co-editor of New Dance magazine (1977-88). Early founded Green Candle Dance Company, London (1984), and continues to serve as Artistic Director. Green Candle Company has been awarded three Digital Dance awards. In 2010 Early was awarded an OBE for services to dance and is an Honorary Doctor of Arts at De Montfort University, Leicester. Publications include ‘The Wise Body’ (Intellect Books, 2011), co-authored with Jacky Lansley.
Last Yearz Interesting Negro is the working name of London based artist/dancer/choreographer Jamila Johnson-Small. Jamila makes performances, (de)compositions between what is held in their own body, the space and the bodies of the spectators. Always relational and thinking cumulatively, moving across spaces, contexts, roles and collaborations, the work gathers and transmits information through inviting others in, creating various constellations to build spaces for dancing, performance, listening and conversation. Regular collaborators include Phoebe Collings-James, Alexandrina Hemsley and Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome.
Jacky Lansley is a choreographer, writer and performance artist based in London, UK. She is a co-founder of the X6 Collective, London (1976-80); its successor Chisenhale Dance Space, London (1980-), a co-editor of New Dance magazine (1977-88) and founder of Dance Research Studio, London (2002 –). Recent performance work includes ‘About Us’, at Modern Art, Oxford (2019), Bluecoat, Liverpool (2018) and Oxford House Theatre, London (2018). Publications include ‘The Wise Body’ (Intellect Books, 2011), co-authored with Fergus Early and ‘Choreographies: Tracing the Materials of an Ephemeral Art Form’ (Intellect Books, 2017). Lansley has been awarded One Dance UK’s Jane Attenborough Award (2018).
Mary Prestidge is an independent dancer based in Liverpool, UK. She was a co-founder of X6 Collective (1976-80); its successor Chisenhale Dance Space (1980-89) and a co-editor of New Dance magazine (1977-1980). Prestidge supported the creation and delivery of the dance programme at the Liverpool Institute for Peforming Arts (LIPA). She was co-organiser of Liverpool International Festival of Dance Improvisation (LIFDI) (1999-2007) and subsequently co-founded LIC studio at Bluecoat, Liverpool, with Liverpool Improvisation Collective (2008-). Prestidge is a former Olympic Gymnast (1968). 
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