
Artificial Things | Sarah Crompton's five best dance of 2020
'With the dancers moving from anxiety to uncertain joy, felt like a summary of the year'
'With the dancers moving from anxiety to uncertain joy, felt like a summary of the year'
In memory of Dave Toole and to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act, BBC Arts are broadcasting our dance film Artificial Things on Weds 18 November on BBC Four.
We’re bringing you a few reflections from Dave, as he reflects back on his career highlights, dance and a little bit of politics.
We are very excited to announce that our Artificial Things film will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 31st March! Read the full announcement here...
Artificial Things - the film will be shown at IDFA the acclaimed interntational film festival in Amsterdam throughout this month.
ArtsPool's Director Heather Worall talks about the journey to shape "Artificial Things" into an educational resource.
Stopgap Dance Company is delighted to announce that their recent work, Artificial Things is part of the new specification for GCSE Dance.
'Exhilarating, emotional and provoking' a review from Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015
Julia, the company’s Research Assistant, writes a blog about Stopgap’s guest appearance on the main stage at Move it, the UK’s biggest dance exhibition which takes place annually at Olympia, London.
'Bold and disarming' a review from Sadler's Wells
Your thoughts on the second night of Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells.
Your thoughts on the first night of Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells.
Artistic Director, Lucy, divulges where the initial idea for Artificial Things originated and how the dancers are crucial in the creative process.
Anna Jones our Theatre and Costume Designer for Artificial Things explains where the creative ideas appeared from.
All three of Artificial Things composers have written about their experiences during the creation process.
The creative chief on diversity in dance, challenging the artform's accepted rules and why the best ideas begin over a cuppa
David explains the ideas behind section two of Artificial Things
The second section of Artificial Things is where everything gets a bit manic – the storm before the calm as it were. In this section there is a phrase created by Laura, which has been made into a unison section – otherwise known as the chicken phrase.
During creation at Zinc Arts, Andy Higgs, composer for the final section of Artificial Things, has set up his own studio next to the dancers to start creating the music. He has written a blog about the experience.
Dave writes about returning to Stopgap to work on Artificial Things
Chris has been working on developing his character in Artificial Things
Amy, David and Chris write about working with Jozef Frucek from RootlessRoot.
Lucy talks about what Yoshifumi is developing in the studio.