Monday, 21 January, 2019
Our Executive Producer Sho Shibata elaborates on how Stopgap's artistic and developmental work strategically align to make a difference in the wider world and the industry.
"We are putting the artistic vision at the heart and rethinking how we can build out from that to affect social change."
Our Interim Co-Artistic Director (Maternity Cover), Siobhan, outlines the 6 easy steps to becoming an IRIS teacher...
Wednesday, 19 December, 2018
2018 has been a very productive year for Stopgap Dance Company despite the setback of our touring van being stolen mid tour at the start of the year and our office being burgled at the end of the year… Our team called on their grit and determination to get 2018 over the finish line!
.jpg "Yasmin's First Blog")
Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
Sg2 Support Worker, Yasmin, introduces herself and how she is looking forward to working with Stopgap & supporting Sg2 on their journey...
Thursday, 11 October, 2018
Jade, our new student intern from the University of Surrey, introduces herself and talks about her first few weeks at Stopgap...
Friday, 5 October, 2018
Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Christian gives us an insight into working with Chris and his creative process...
Monday, 1 October, 2018
Sg2 member Kat writes her first blog about the change from associate to Sg2 apprentice with Stopgap and looking forward to the future...
Ahead of his performance this weekend, Chris shares his inspiration behind the piece...
Monday, 10 September, 2018
Nicky updates us on her year with all of our lovely groups.
Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
Thursday, 14 June, 2018
Wednesday, 11 April, 2018
Since Stopgap have become part of the AQA Dance anthology, there has been an increase in GCSE Dance students looking to spend time with Stopgap. Here, our most recent work experience student Anna, talks about her time with us.
Friday, 6 April, 2018
Charlotte joined Stopgap back in 2011 and today was her last day...! She first came to the company as the Administrator and worked her way up to becoming a wonderful producer. We are going to miss her very much and are wishing her all the best wishes for her new role as the producer at Nuffield Theatres in Southampton...
Monday, 19 March, 2018
Monday, 5 March, 2018
.jpg "Nadenh on fliming and editing for Replay")
Monday, 19 February, 2018
Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
Monday, 13 November, 2017
Siobhan talks about her year training as Franklin Method Educator and the benefits of learning a new skill..
Friday, 3 November, 2017
Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
Friday, 27 October, 2017
Monday, 23 October, 2017
Monday, 9 October, 2017
Monday, 2 October, 2017
ArtsPool's Director Heather Worall talks about the journey to shape "Artificial Things" into an educational resource.
Monday, 25 September, 2017
Monday, 18 September, 2017
Tuesday, 12 September, 2017
Thursday, 24 August, 2017
Monday, 21 August, 2017
Friday, 18 August, 2017
Wednesday, 16 August, 2017
Monday, 7 August, 2017
Friday, 4 August, 2017
Monday, 24 July, 2017
Monday, 10 July, 2017
Tuesday, 4 July, 2017
Monday, 19 June, 2017
.jpg "ISTD Springboard: Hannah's reflections")
Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
We hear from Hannah as she talks about her experience of teaching rep from The Awakening as part of an ISTD Springboard workshop at Urdang Academy in April...
Monday, 15 May, 2017
Hannah shares her experience at the Athens Residency in March...
.jpg "Cairo Residency: part 2")
Thursday, 27 April, 2017
Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
Thursday, 23 March, 2017
.jpg "Abi, on Apart")
Monday, 27 February, 2017
Friday, 20 January, 2017
Monday, 16 January, 2017
Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
Siobhan reflects on her recent visit to Myanmar together with Nadenh Poan...
Thursday, 8 December, 2016
Thursday, 3 November, 2016
Monday, 17 October, 2016
Wednesday, 12 October, 2016
.jpeg "Six months of Stopgap")
Friday, 30 September, 2016
Monday, 5 September, 2016
Wednesday, 24 August, 2016
Friday, 12 August, 2016
Wednesday, 10 August, 2016
Thursday, 28 July, 2016
Friday, 22 July, 2016
Thursday, 21 July, 2016
Hannah writes about the ideas behind Night at the Theatre and the creation process...
Monday, 18 July, 2016
Thursday, 14 July, 2016
Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
Friday, 1 July, 2016
Monday, 20 June, 2016
Friday, 6 May, 2016
Thursday, 5 May, 2016
In this first blog about Stopgap's next major production The Enormous Room, Artistic Director Lucy Bennett talks about the overall concept and how ideas for the work developed and changed.
Thursday, 28 April, 2016
Thursday, 28 April, 2016
Wednesday, 27 April, 2016
Tuesday, 12 April, 2016
Monday, 4 April, 2016
.jpg "Decibels Twitter Q&A with Chris")
Monday, 21 March, 2016
Have a look at the twitter Q&A between Decibels and Chris on 3rd March - discussing arts, disability and technology!
Thursday, 17 March, 2016
Hear from Laura about her time working with Indepen-dance 4 at the iF Residency, and her revived choreography A:Version...
Wednesday, 9 March, 2016
Friday, 26 February, 2016
Hear from Projects Intern, Lily, and how her time at Stopgap has been...
Friday, 26 February, 2016
Monday, 22 February, 2016
Thursday, 18 February, 2016
Monday, 15 February, 2016
Thursday, 28 January, 2016
Monday, 21 December, 2015
Company Producer Sho Shibata does a whistle stop tour of Stopgap's achievements in 2015 and ponders what's in store for 2016.
Wednesday, 9 December, 2015
Thursday, 26 November, 2015
Tuesday, 17 November, 2015
.jpg "Chris' Choreography Inspiration")
Monday, 16 November, 2015
Thursday, 12 November, 2015
Thursday, 5 November, 2015
Monday, 2 November, 2015
Thursday, 29 October, 2015
Wednesday, 28 October, 2015
Monday, 26 October, 2015
Thursday, 22 October, 2015
Friday, 18 September, 2015
Friday, 18 September, 2015
Friday, 18 September, 2015
Friday, 11 September, 2015
Monday, 10 August, 2015
Wednesday, 5 August, 2015
Company Producer Sho Shibata responds to the article 'How I shamed the ballet world' by Chief Political Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. This response is also published by The RAD Gazette in October 2015.
Wednesday, 5 August, 2015
Artistic Director Lucy Bennett responds to the article 'How I shamed the ballet world' by Chief Political Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. This response is also published by South East Dance's Everybody Issue in August 2015.
Tuesday, 4 August, 2015
Imogen Aujla PhD, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Course Coordinator MSc Dance Science at the University of Bedfordshire, writes about the well-being outcomes of dance and the positive impact our inclusive syllabus IRIS could have in promoting physical and mental health for disabled people.
Friday, 31 July, 2015
Thursday, 30 July, 2015
Wednesday, 29 July, 2015
Friday, 24 July, 2015
Friday, 24 July, 2015
Thursday, 25 June, 2015
Thursday, 25 June, 2015
Wednesday, 24 June, 2015
Tuesday, 23 June, 2015
Monday, 22 June, 2015
Wednesday, 3 June, 2015
Tuesday, 19 May, 2015
Monday, 18 May, 2015
Monday, 11 May, 2015
Friday, 8 May, 2015
Thursday, 23 April, 2015
Tuesday, 31 March, 2015
Monday, 30 March, 2015
Friday, 27 March, 2015
Tuesday, 24 March, 2015
Monday, 23 March, 2015
Wednesday, 4 February, 2015
Wednesday, 4 February, 2015
Chris talks about his Saturdays with Stepping Stones
Thursday, 22 January, 2015
Tuesday, 6 January, 2015
Thursday, 18 December, 2014
Monday, 1 December, 2014
Lou Coleman writes about her day spent with the Stopgap team exploring improvisation with objects such as leg splints and ankle supports…
Wednesday, 26 November, 2014
Wednesday, 12 November, 2014
Wednesday, 15 October, 2014
Placement student, Chloe, writes about her experience on spending two weeks working with Stopgap and how it has opened her eyes to dance and accessibility…
Tuesday, 7 October, 2014
Julia, IRIS Research Associate, reflects on the first meetings for Stopgap’s pilot dance training programme for young disabled and non-disabled dancers…
Friday, 3 October, 2014
Amy talks about her explorations in teaching Inclusive Yoga at Stopgap…
Tuesday, 23 September, 2014
Chris shares his experiences choreographing The Awakening and what he has learnt from the whole process…
Thursday, 18 September, 2014
Hannah writes a blog about her experience performing as part of the Unlimited Festival at The South Bank Centre…
Friday, 5 September, 2014
Our Company Producer Sho Shibata gives his insight into producing The Awakening, which was the first touring dance production ever to be made by learning disabled choreographer (part 2 of a two-part blog. Click here for part 1).
Tuesday, 26 August, 2014
Kaisha, our University of Surrey placement student, writes about her time here at Stopgap, explaining some of her favourite moments…
Wednesday, 20 August, 2014
Helen Bendell, this weeks Guest blogger, writes about her experience researching and developing Stopgap’s newest outdoor work, 'Bill and Bobby', commissioned by National Theatre: Performance 24th August 2014.
Wednesday, 20 August, 2014
Nicky Norton, our Community Dance Development Officer, writes her first blog, explaining how her role came about and what her job entails…’on a jolly all week and just skipping about’ is what her husband thinks. However, this blog proves otherwise…
Thursday, 17 July, 2014
Ana, who has traveled from America to be here with us at Stopgap for a six-week placement, writes a short blog explaining her experiences of dance and disability…
Thursday, 17 July, 2014
Wednesday, 16 July, 2014
Our Surrey University intern, Cherie, writes about her time working with Stopgap…
Wednesday, 16 July, 2014
Cherie talks about the success of her placement project ‘Dance The Day Away’…
Wednesday, 2 July, 2014
Tomos writes about his experience teaching the Guildford Youth Group and what he has learnt from them…
Thursday, 26 June, 2014
Prior to the London premiere of Chris’ new outdoor work at Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Company Producer Sho Shibata talks about what makes Chris’ work so appealing (Part 1 of a 2 Part blog). For part 2, click here.
Monday, 9 June, 2014
Amy has been commissioned to choreograph a short dance work for Sg2's new mixed bill Exhibition, funded through Arts Council's Strategic Touring Scheme, touring in Autumn 14. In this 2 part blog Amy explains her ideas for her choreography and where she hopes it will lead…
Monday, 9 June, 2014
Our learning disabled dance artist Chris Pavia has done a quick Q&A about his inspiration behind our new outdoor production The Awakening.
Wednesday, 28 May, 2014
Thursday, 22 May, 2014
Having completed a fruitful Spring season, Stopgap Dance Company is now preparing for the upcoming Summer tour. Company Producer Sho Shibata reflects back on Spring 2014 and looks forward to a busy Summer season.
Monday, 12 May, 2014
Artisitic Director, Lucy, divulges where the initial idea for Artificial Things originated and how the dancers are crucial in the creative process...
Thursday, 8 May, 2014
Anna Jones our Theatre and Costume Designer for Artificial Things explains where the creative ideas appeared from...
Friday, 2 May, 2014
All three of Artificial Things composers have written about their experiences during the creation process…
Wednesday, 30 April, 2014
Wednesday, 30 April, 2014
David talks about the recent Responsive Teaching and CPD sessions he has taught over the past month, explaining where his enjoyment lies in sharing his expertise.
Tuesday, 22 April, 2014
In advance to our London premiere of Artificial Things, our Company Producer Sho Shibata talks about what our audience can expect from the production.
Tuesday, 15 April, 2014
Monday, 14 April, 2014
Here is the final part to Jo Cork’s blog about her route to recovery. Read where her journey took her…
Monday, 7 April, 2014
Tuesday, 18 March, 2014
Part five to Jo Cork’s recovery blog highlights the mental struggles you go through…
Monday, 17 March, 2014
Monday, 10 March, 2014
Sg2 went to watch Protein Dance last week. Nadenh writes up his thoughts on the performance…
Monday, 10 March, 2014
Long time member of Stopgap’s Guildford Youth Company, Jenny, has written a blog on her experiences of her one-to-one sessions and the company…
Monday, 10 March, 2014
Tomos writes a blog about his experience choreographing on Stopgap’s Youth Company…
Tuesday, 4 March, 2014
Part four to Jo Cork’s blogs explains how a Stopgap company class can open the mind…
Tuesday, 4 March, 2014
Hannah writes a blog about the workshops and performances Sg2 did over in France
Tuesday, 4 March, 2014
Guest blog from Joop who worked with Stopgap during the creation process of Artificial Things and how it inspired her…
Monday, 24 February, 2014
Siobhan tells us what Sg2 got up to on their most recent trip away to Dunkirk…
Monday, 24 February, 2014
Cherie writes about her experience of Stopgap’s premiere, Artificial Things…
Monday, 24 February, 2014
Laura talks us through the process the dancers went through leading up to the premiere of Artificial Things
Monday, 17 February, 2014
Joy writes a blog about Stopgap’s time away in Cherbourg, learning new acrobatic skills…
Monday, 17 February, 2014
Sg2 dancer, Nadenh, has written a blog about working on David’s choreography ‘String Quartet’.
Monday, 17 February, 2014
This is Jo Cork’s third blog on her journey through recovery. Find out how she’s doing…
Tuesday, 11 February, 2014
Christopher Benstead writes a few words on his time collaborating with choreographer Yoshifumi Inao for the opening scene of Stopgap’s new production Artificial Things
.jpg "Jim Pinchen talks about composing for Stopgap")
Tuesday, 11 February, 2014
Composer Jim Pinchen writes a blog explaining how he created the music for scene two of Stopgap’s new production Artificial Things
Tuesday, 28 January, 2014
Jo Cork continues her journey to recovery…Read here for part two.
Wednesday, 22 January, 2014
Chris updates us on the process of his own choreography, The Awakening. He explains what he has been up to the past week, what he plans to do and what he enjoys about being a choreographer.
Tuesday, 21 January, 2014
Jo Cork, guest blogger for Stopgap, invites us to read and travel with her as she experiences the physical and mental struggles after an accident. Is there a way to keep dancing throughout the recovery? Here is part one of her discoveries…
Wednesday, 18 December, 2013
Thursday, 5 December, 2013
Laura writes a blog about a music workshop Stopgap were invited to participate in.
Friday, 22 November, 2013
Leading on from our previous two postcards, Laura sums up our last stop in Bremen for our pre-premiere of Artificial Things.
Wednesday, 20 November, 2013
Wednesday, 20 November, 2013
Friday, 15 November, 2013
This blog shows the joys and fears of being backstage and performing with Stopgap.
Friday, 15 November, 2013
Cherie tells us about her involvement in the up coming Christmas event - ‘Northern Lights’.
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013
Dave tells us the events from the tour to Spain…
.jpg "Postcard from Chris")
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013
Chris tells us about the company’s trip away to France for the pre-premiere for Artificial Things
Thursday, 31 October, 2013
Friday, 25 October, 2013
Friday, 18 October, 2013
Thursday, 17 October, 2013
Wednesday, 16 October, 2013
Friday, 11 October, 2013
Monday, 23 September, 2013
Monday, 23 September, 2013
Wednesday, 4 September, 2013
Tuesday, 27 August, 2013
Wednesday, 14 August, 2013
Thursday, 25 July, 2013
Wednesday, 24 July, 2013
Tuesday, 23 July, 2013
Thursday, 11 July, 2013
Friday, 28 June, 2013
Friday, 28 June, 2013
Monday, 24 June, 2013
Friday, 21 June, 2013
Friday, 21 June, 2013
Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
Monday, 17 June, 2013
Monday, 10 June, 2013
Friday, 7 June, 2013
Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
David writes about working with Yoshifumi Inao on creation part one of Artifical Things.
Thursday, 9 May, 2013
Friday, 3 May, 2013
Wednesday, 6 March, 2013
Tuesday, 12 February, 2013
Tuesday, 5 February, 2013
Thursday, 31 January, 2013
Wednesday, 23 January, 2013